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Bree Dwyer
Maroochydore, QLD
Bree Dwyer is a multi-platform reporter with ABC Sunshine Coast, based in Maroochydore.
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Double amputee makes triumphant return to the sport she loves at National Sprint Championships
Shona Muckert relies on a wheelchair for many day-to-day activities but when it comes to competitive canoeing, her disability does not hold her back.
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Two men accused of stealing brass plaques from graves and selling metal
Police allege the plaques were taken from gravestones at Sunshine Coast cemeteries in early November and sold to second-hand metal dealers with the names removed.
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Video shows moment two men are saved from sinking life raft after plane crash off Sunshine Coast
By Owen Jacques, Bianca Clare, and Bree Dwyer
Paramedics say it's incredible no one was hurt after two people were winched from a life raft after a light plane crash off the Sunshine Coast.
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Thousands of plastic beads wash up on Sunshine Coast beaches days into turtle nesting season
The local environmental group has described the spill as a "pollution event of an industrial scale".
'Beats doing nothing': 72yo competes in every Noosa Triathlon for past 40 years
Peter O'Neill is a man who has well and truly gone the distance, competing in the world's largest Olympic-distance triathlon every year since 1983.
420 bushfires in days exhaust firefighters and 'worst fire season in 70 years' is just beginning
After a rugged week, Queensland is facing up to a "generational fire season" the state hasn't experienced since the 1950s, according to the rural fire brigade chief.
Queensland Police First Nations Advisory Group calls for union boss Ian Leavers to resign
The Queensland Police Union boss has been urged to step down after widespread condemnation of his controversial comments about the state's Path to Treaty legislation, with the police's advisory group saying his views display "outwardly racist ideology".
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What's behind foul smells and weird colours on some of Queensland's most popular beaches?
A "rotting fish" stench and wild water colours are confusing beachgoers at some of Australia's most popular holiday spots. So what's behind the strange phenomenon?
Tenants forced to consider leaving coastal towns as rent rises hit 'severe crisis' levels
A report into spiralling rent prices has found some Sunshine Coast residents are spending up to 60 per cent of their income on rent, with social housing groups saying some locals are being forced out.
Step carefully as snake activity surges with warmer weather, warns busy catcher
Hot and dry weather conditions off the back of several wet seasons is sparking an increase in snake activity across South East Queensland, with call-outs for professional wrangling on the rise.
Fatal Sunshine Coast crash driver had loaded gun, methamphetamines, court documents allege
Court documents allege Izak Kane Sefton-Bennett had a loaded rifle in the car and drove while under the influence of drugs when involved in a crash that killed Queensland aged care worker Christella Tan last week.