In this acronym-laden time, SFD is one that Noosa residents should be particularly aware of. It stands for State Facilitated Development, but it could just as easily represent Shortcuts For Developers. You don’t have to live next door to be
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
If you’re a large, predatory gambling business desperate to ‘socially wash’ some of the stink off your reputation, here’s an idea that sounds a lot like Christmas. Our Council-run Connecting Noosa Christmas Convoy, now in its fourth year, is about
For those other than the LNP’s ‘true believers’, this Noosa election campaign has been an abject failure, in many respects worse than their last abject failure four years ago. Even with a relatively high profile candidate, ex-mayor Clare Stewart, and
The polls show that a change of government in Queensland next month is all but certain. Will Noosa’s lone Independent Sandy Bolton hang on, or will ex-Mayor Clare Stewart be swept in on the rising LNP tide? If you get
Across Australia a high-stakes political arm wrestle has been playing out over protecting our children from the flood of TV and online gambling ads. Here in Noosa, and across our coastline, there’s a parallel problem that’s even more deeply embedded, a toxic and shameful problem that’s right in front of us, if we care to look.
There are few more incendiary questions to ask in Noosa than this one: do we need to develop upwards – even a little bit – and if we do, is there a long term cost to the Noosa we have
This month’s rally against Noosa Council’s plans to update the much-loved Gympie Terrace foreshore had a strong whiff of sideshow alley about it. At face value many of the 200 or so (some claimed 300) who turned out in blustery
Noosa Council has hit the ‘reset’ button on two key issues; the plan to update the much-loved foreshore at Noosaville and the long-term strategy to better protect and improve the Noosa River. Both go back to the drawing board for
For most of Noosa, our Council staff and – fortunately – a majority of our Councillors, the Noosa Plan is a pretty big deal. It’s our blueprint – a contract between the Council and residents – for the kind of
In this acronym-laden time, SFD is one that Noosa residents should be particularly aware of. It stands for State Facilitated Development, but it could just as easily represent Shortcuts For Developers. You don’t have to live next door to be
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
If you’re a large, predatory gambling business desperate to ‘socially wash’ some of the stink off your reputation, here’s an idea that sounds a lot like Christmas. Our Council-run Connecting Noosa Christmas Convoy, now in its fourth year, is about
For those other than the LNP’s ‘true believers’, this Noosa election campaign has been an abject failure, in many respects worse than their last abject failure four years ago. Even with a relatively high profile candidate, ex-mayor Clare Stewart, and
The polls show that a change of government in Queensland next month is all but certain. Will Noosa’s lone Independent Sandy Bolton hang on, or will ex-Mayor Clare Stewart be swept in on the rising LNP tide? If you get
Across Australia a high-stakes political arm wrestle has been playing out over protecting our children from the flood of TV and online gambling ads. Here in Noosa, and across our coastline, there’s a parallel problem that’s even more deeply embedded, a toxic and shameful problem that’s right in front of us, if we care to look.
There are few more incendiary questions to ask in Noosa than this one: do we need to develop upwards – even a little bit – and if we do, is there a long term cost to the Noosa we have
This month’s rally against Noosa Council’s plans to update the much-loved Gympie Terrace foreshore had a strong whiff of sideshow alley about it. At face value many of the 200 or so (some claimed 300) who turned out in blustery
Noosa Council has hit the ‘reset’ button on two key issues; the plan to update the much-loved foreshore at Noosaville and the long-term strategy to better protect and improve the Noosa River. Both go back to the drawing board for
For most of Noosa, our Council staff and – fortunately – a majority of our Councillors, the Noosa Plan is a pretty big deal. It’s our blueprint – a contract between the Council and residents – for the kind of