Sunshine Coast Daily newspaper

Eligibility - Queensland citizens
Principal Petitioner:
William Redpath
20 Bahamas Circuit
PARREARRA QLD 4575
Total Signatures - 352
Sponsoring Member: Hon Kate Jones MP
Posting Date: 8/9/2020
Tabled Date: 8/9/2020
Responded By: Hon Annastacia Palaszczuk MP on 9/12/2020
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

The petition of citizens of Queensland draws to the attention of the House the announcement that the Sunshine Coast Daily newspaper will no longer be published in a paper format. This will mean a loss of access to news, particularly local news, a loss of our sense of regional identity, the reduced prospect of holding truth to power and a loss of jobs.

Your petitioners therefore request the House to urge News Corporation to continue to publish the Sunshine Coast Daily in a paper format or, if they are unwilling to do so, to sell the paper to a local consortium who will continue its publication.