Not only has Noosa a strong record of successful community action to protect its natural environment, but it is also a demonstrably successful example of cooperation with state governments to achieve desired outcomes. There is plenty of precedent to demonstrate
Arguably the biggest issue currently facing Noosa Shire is overtourism. So-called “destination management” is really about how Noosa can survive an ever-growing tsunami of tourists. Right now, Noosa residents have an opportunity to tell the State Government what they think
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
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
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.
Well, fellow citoyens, this whole foreshore fandango has Noosa natives in a right tizz. The recent rally at the tennis court on Gympie Terrace was a classic example of local revolutionaries doing a bit of carpe diem and bashing the
Love or hate ‘em, tourists are an omnipresent – some residents might say omnishambles – part of Noosa life. Have you heard of ‘Yahoo Syndrome’? That’s the common tendency for normally civilised people travelling overseas or even interstate to unleash
My latest e-death experience came a few weeks ago while strolling down the lane at the rear of The J car park. I was listening to an audio book via earphones when first one, and then a second young girl,
“ Now we know what Gaslighting feels like”. One Noosa resident with lived STA experience is responding to the characterisation of Short-Term Accommodation (STA) problems as being ‘imaginary’. Health practitioner Dr Alison Asher, and her family live in a duplex impacted by Short-term Letting of the adjoining property.
No one could have missed this week’s public call to action to arrest the decline in a range of ‘lifestyle’ issues and the way we manage Noosa as a tourism destination. It was a clear message that even our most
Not only has Noosa a strong record of successful community action to protect its natural environment, but it is also a demonstrably successful example of cooperation with state governments to achieve desired outcomes. There is plenty of precedent to demonstrate
Arguably the biggest issue currently facing Noosa Shire is overtourism. So-called “destination management” is really about how Noosa can survive an ever-growing tsunami of tourists. Right now, Noosa residents have an opportunity to tell the State Government what they think
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
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
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.
Well, fellow citoyens, this whole foreshore fandango has Noosa natives in a right tizz. The recent rally at the tennis court on Gympie Terrace was a classic example of local revolutionaries doing a bit of carpe diem and bashing the
Love or hate ‘em, tourists are an omnipresent – some residents might say omnishambles – part of Noosa life. Have you heard of ‘Yahoo Syndrome’? That’s the common tendency for normally civilised people travelling overseas or even interstate to unleash
My latest e-death experience came a few weeks ago while strolling down the lane at the rear of The J car park. I was listening to an audio book via earphones when first one, and then a second young girl,
“ Now we know what Gaslighting feels like”. One Noosa resident with lived STA experience is responding to the characterisation of Short-Term Accommodation (STA) problems as being ‘imaginary’. Health practitioner Dr Alison Asher, and her family live in a duplex impacted by Short-term Letting of the adjoining property.
No one could have missed this week’s public call to action to arrest the decline in a range of ‘lifestyle’ issues and the way we manage Noosa as a tourism destination. It was a clear message that even our most