Know your school parking rules

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Know your school parking rules

SCHOOL has returned for Term Two, and Noosa Council’s parking inspectors and Queensland Police have been enforcing parking rules around local schools.

Noosa Council said that these rules are to help keep students and residents safe.

“Children are not always aware of or able to perceive the risks that parked cars pose regarding their safety.”

“Parking rules are put in place to allow traffic to flow while keeping children safe.” “Please take care and follow the rules when parking on school grounds or on the roads and streets surrounding your school.”

Call to remember breast screen schedules

WITH the recent influx of new residents to the region BreastScreen Queensland Sunshine Coast is urging people to remember to book in for their regular screening sessions.

BreastScreen Queensland Health Promotion Officer Gillian Duffy said in the upheavel of a move it was easy to forget to book a new breast screen. "To encourage women who are overdue for their breast screen to book an appointment, all women who attend for breast screening during May and June will go into a prize draw," Gillian said. "Ten lucky winners will receive a $50 gift card to spend how they choose.”

The BreastScreen Queensland service is provided free to women aged 40 years and over. Women aged 50 – 74 are encouraged to have a breast screen every two years, as studies show that this age group benefits the most from regular screening.

Finding breast cancer early can increase treatment options and save lives.

BreastScreen Queensland has services in Goodchap St, Noosaville, Goldfields Plaza, Gympie and at Nambour Hospital, open every week, with early late and Saturday appointments available. No doctor’s referral is needed and appointments take less than 30 minutes. Call 13 20 50 or visit breastscreen.qld.gov.au

SCREENING FACTS: • 75% of women diagnosed with breast cancer are over 50. Younger women do get breast cancer, but the risk of breast cancer increases dramatically after the age of 50. • 9 out of 10 women diagnosed with breast cancer have no family history of the disease.

While women with a family history of breast cancer are more at risk, most women diagnosed with breast cancer have no family history of the disease at all. • A breast screen every two years is the best way to detect breast cancer early, well before you or your doctor can feel anything. QUEENSLANDERS will have to pay more for a range of traffic offences under the Queensland Government’s new road safety strategy.

Under the strategy, from 1 July 2022, road users caught without a seatbelt will pay $1087, up from $413, and pay $575 for running a red light, up from $413.

The cost of a speeding fine will depend on the number of k/ph over the limit that the driver is going.

Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey, said the Queensland Road Safety Strategy 2022-31 aims to reduce the number of lives lost on Queensland roads.

“We’ve had a tragic start to the year, with 81 lives lost on Queensland roads already – that’s 81 people who are missing from dinner tables around the state.” "The message is simple. If you don’t want one of these fines, do the right thing on our roads.”

Mr Bailey said fine revenue was reinvested into road safety initiatives throughout the State.

FREE FIRST AID

POMONA and District Community House Inc is hosting free first aid workshops targeted at caring for children and babies on May 12 and May 14 at the Lawson Shed in Pomona.

The course, facilitated by accredited First Aid Trainer Vicki Kelly will cover topics and responses for health issues including choking, drowning, asthma, allergies, CPR and burns.

There will be two sessions on Thursday, May 12 - 9.30am to 11am and 6.30pm to 8pm. A third workshop will be held on Saturday, May 15 from 9.30am to 11am.

Bookings are essential by phoning 5485 2427.