While our silly season headlines have leapt on those cabanas that block our beaches, here in Noosa there’s a far more serious encroachment problem that our authorities seem reluctant to deal with. We thought Maritime Safety Queensland was finally getting
In short; Noosa Council has a long history of planning and consulting the community to get the plans right. Unfortunately, it also has a history of ignoring the implementation of the last plan when it moves on to the next
Frank Wilkie’s supporters saw his convincing election win last March as the beginning of the end of Noosa’s Short Term Accommodation (STA) scourge. Many residents voted for him, convinced by his pledge to be at the ‘forefront of safeguarding Noosa’s
Noosa’s free holiday bus service is to be scrapped, while more money will be put into supporting “electric mobility”. But the Go Noosa Loop service, which links park-and-ride locations with Hastings Street during the holidays, is to be retained as
The absence of any serious discussion about performance reporting at council’s November Ordinary meeting, or on the Audit Committee reports at the same meeting, call into question council’s commitment to a robust performance reporting regime. In fact, the Audit Committee
As we begin debating the so-called Destination Management Plan, which arguably should be called the Resident Liveability Plan, I want to challenge some long-held assumptions. When thinking about the impacts of tourism, many people and most stakeholders focus on the
As our not-so-new Noosa Council approaches its first full year in March, the settling in period is over. The time for excuses is past. 2025 will be the year that makes, or breaks, this Council. It will be the year
While our silly season headlines have leapt on those cabanas that block our beaches, here in Noosa there’s a far more serious encroachment problem that our authorities seem reluctant to deal with. We thought Maritime Safety Queensland was finally getting
In short; Noosa Council has a long history of planning and consulting the community to get the plans right. Unfortunately, it also has a history of ignoring the implementation of the last plan when it moves on to the next
Frank Wilkie’s supporters saw his convincing election win last March as the beginning of the end of Noosa’s Short Term Accommodation (STA) scourge. Many residents voted for him, convinced by his pledge to be at the ‘forefront of safeguarding Noosa’s
Noosa’s free holiday bus service is to be scrapped, while more money will be put into supporting “electric mobility”. But the Go Noosa Loop service, which links park-and-ride locations with Hastings Street during the holidays, is to be retained as
The absence of any serious discussion about performance reporting at council’s November Ordinary meeting, or on the Audit Committee reports at the same meeting, call into question council’s commitment to a robust performance reporting regime. In fact, the Audit Committee
As we begin debating the so-called Destination Management Plan, which arguably should be called the Resident Liveability Plan, I want to challenge some long-held assumptions. When thinking about the impacts of tourism, many people and most stakeholders focus on the
As our not-so-new Noosa Council approaches its first full year in March, the settling in period is over. The time for excuses is past. 2025 will be the year that makes, or breaks, this Council. It will be the year