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
Noosa’s leading conservation group – NPA – has given its verdict on the changes to the Noosa Plan now out for public consultation. And like the proverbial curate’s egg, they say it’s good in parts, bad in others. While supporting
How hard is it to wrestle a seat like Noosa away from a popular, hard-working Independent Member? Well, just ask the LNP as it manoeuvres clumsily towards full campaign mode for the October election. The party faithful turned up this
This is how the Noosa Council will look. Five sitting Councillor have been returned, including Deputy Mayor Frank Wilkie who becomes the next Mayor of Noosa. In the end it was an emphatic victory for Frank Wilkie, with just over
There’s a sense of cautious optimism about Noosa after a rancorous election campaign that this end of the Sunshine Coast is becoming infamous for. Optimism, that is, if you discount some of the bitterness shown by one or two candidates
As Noosa’s voters navigate the gauntlet of leaflet-waving foot soldiers at polling centres, it’s likely that one of the how-to-vote cards shoved in their face will be held by someone in a grey shirt from the Noosa Boating Fishing Alliance.
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
Noosa’s leading conservation group – NPA – has given its verdict on the changes to the Noosa Plan now out for public consultation. And like the proverbial curate’s egg, they say it’s good in parts, bad in others. While supporting
How hard is it to wrestle a seat like Noosa away from a popular, hard-working Independent Member? Well, just ask the LNP as it manoeuvres clumsily towards full campaign mode for the October election. The party faithful turned up this
This is how the Noosa Council will look. Five sitting Councillor have been returned, including Deputy Mayor Frank Wilkie who becomes the next Mayor of Noosa. In the end it was an emphatic victory for Frank Wilkie, with just over
There’s a sense of cautious optimism about Noosa after a rancorous election campaign that this end of the Sunshine Coast is becoming infamous for. Optimism, that is, if you discount some of the bitterness shown by one or two candidates
As Noosa’s voters navigate the gauntlet of leaflet-waving foot soldiers at polling centres, it’s likely that one of the how-to-vote cards shoved in their face will be held by someone in a grey shirt from the Noosa Boating Fishing Alliance.