To understand some of the big issues facing Noosa Council right now, we need to go back just a little to see what it’s come through in recent years. That journey can tell us a lot. There was a short-lived
Every Noosa survey tells us that road congestion is one of our most pressing and annoying issues, and every so often an event comes along to turbo-charge the problem. The last such event was Covid. It flipped the switch on
Above all else, the reason Noosa has achieved a rare – albeit precarious – balance between humans and nature is that we have one of the most engaged communities in Queensland. Sadly this does not by itself guarantee that community
Two giant shadows have been cast over Noosa’s right to plan its own destiny. Our council has been hit with a double whammy; first the unrealistic housing targets imposed by the State Government through last year’s SEQ Update and now
Local bushcarers say Noosa Council’s encroachment policy needs real teeth if it is to meaningfully address the continued vandalism of our coastal foreshores. In a “please explain” to all mayoral and council candidates for the forthcoming local council election on
When it comes to addressing our transport, traffic and congestion problems, Vivien Griffin’s appeal in Noosa Today recently for candidates to “get specific” seems to have fallen – mostly – on deaf ears. As has the community’s calls for “transformational”
While work has begun on a Northern Sunshine Coast Public Transport Strategy (belatedly in response to the woeful lack of infrastructure initiatives in the SEQ Update 2023, perhaps?) it is unlikely that Noosa will attract any transport infrastructure of note.
Government’s everywhere are being asked to back up their expansive claims on emissions reduction targets. Perhaps it’s time for Noosa Council to do the same. With the recent release of Council’s annual report, we have yet another document that restates
The EV Expo and Street Festival, this Sunday 18th June, plays an important role in community action to help achieve net zero emissions in the Noosa Shire by 2026. Stationery energy (electricity) accounts for about 58% of emissions sources with
We’re really trying, but please forgive those of us struggling to be ecstatic about the “exciting new blueprint for the shire” adopted with fanfare recently by Noosa Council. Back in February 2022 Cr Tom Wegener bemoaned the fact that Council’s
To understand some of the big issues facing Noosa Council right now, we need to go back just a little to see what it’s come through in recent years. That journey can tell us a lot. There was a short-lived
Every Noosa survey tells us that road congestion is one of our most pressing and annoying issues, and every so often an event comes along to turbo-charge the problem. The last such event was Covid. It flipped the switch on
Above all else, the reason Noosa has achieved a rare – albeit precarious – balance between humans and nature is that we have one of the most engaged communities in Queensland. Sadly this does not by itself guarantee that community
Two giant shadows have been cast over Noosa’s right to plan its own destiny. Our council has been hit with a double whammy; first the unrealistic housing targets imposed by the State Government through last year’s SEQ Update and now
Local bushcarers say Noosa Council’s encroachment policy needs real teeth if it is to meaningfully address the continued vandalism of our coastal foreshores. In a “please explain” to all mayoral and council candidates for the forthcoming local council election on
When it comes to addressing our transport, traffic and congestion problems, Vivien Griffin’s appeal in Noosa Today recently for candidates to “get specific” seems to have fallen – mostly – on deaf ears. As has the community’s calls for “transformational”
While work has begun on a Northern Sunshine Coast Public Transport Strategy (belatedly in response to the woeful lack of infrastructure initiatives in the SEQ Update 2023, perhaps?) it is unlikely that Noosa will attract any transport infrastructure of note.
Government’s everywhere are being asked to back up their expansive claims on emissions reduction targets. Perhaps it’s time for Noosa Council to do the same. With the recent release of Council’s annual report, we have yet another document that restates
The EV Expo and Street Festival, this Sunday 18th June, plays an important role in community action to help achieve net zero emissions in the Noosa Shire by 2026. Stationery energy (electricity) accounts for about 58% of emissions sources with
We’re really trying, but please forgive those of us struggling to be ecstatic about the “exciting new blueprint for the shire” adopted with fanfare recently by Noosa Council. Back in February 2022 Cr Tom Wegener bemoaned the fact that Council’s