Rarely has a bureaucratic backflip posed such a clear threat to the jewel in Noosa’s crown, our magnificent river system. Despite earlier assurances, Maritime Safety Queensland has buckled to now allow any vessel to permanently anchor anywhere in the upper
It’s not often the ABC gets it quite this wrong. The broadcaster’s coverage of a contentious development application in Tewantin knocked back by the LNP State Government mischaracterises the project as a Noosa affordable housing project. This is far from
It was around the time Noosa Council was coming back into its own after some five years absorbed into Sunshine Coast Council, that a bright new motto for Noosa Council 2.0 was dreamed up. It’s a small but hugely meaningful
Nearly 500 Noosa residents have used written submissions to give a massive thumbs-down to a proposed 40-unit development in Tewantin, resulting in a huge win for the local community – and for the ongoing integrity of its planning scheme. The
“A little less conversation, a little more action, please.” That Elvis song should be playing on high rotation in our Council headquarters in Tewantin. The current Council has inherited a mess of half-baked strategies and plans. What it needs now
Australasian robins are not really robins at all. However, they looked enough like northern hemisphere robins for early European zoologists to lumber them with the moniker. Now we’re stuck with referring to them by a misnomer. Rose robins are a
On January 26, Noosa Matters published an article of mine in which I proposed a permit system to control the number of day visitor vehicles entering the coastal areas of Noosa. You can read that article here: One of the
There’s been intense community debate in recent weeks after Noosa councillors narrowly approved a much-needed social housing development in Cooroy, and much of it revolves around this question; could the cost outweigh the community benefit? Noosa Matters was particularly interested
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
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
Rarely has a bureaucratic backflip posed such a clear threat to the jewel in Noosa’s crown, our magnificent river system. Despite earlier assurances, Maritime Safety Queensland has buckled to now allow any vessel to permanently anchor anywhere in the upper
It’s not often the ABC gets it quite this wrong. The broadcaster’s coverage of a contentious development application in Tewantin knocked back by the LNP State Government mischaracterises the project as a Noosa affordable housing project. This is far from
It was around the time Noosa Council was coming back into its own after some five years absorbed into Sunshine Coast Council, that a bright new motto for Noosa Council 2.0 was dreamed up. It’s a small but hugely meaningful
Nearly 500 Noosa residents have used written submissions to give a massive thumbs-down to a proposed 40-unit development in Tewantin, resulting in a huge win for the local community – and for the ongoing integrity of its planning scheme. The
“A little less conversation, a little more action, please.” That Elvis song should be playing on high rotation in our Council headquarters in Tewantin. The current Council has inherited a mess of half-baked strategies and plans. What it needs now
Australasian robins are not really robins at all. However, they looked enough like northern hemisphere robins for early European zoologists to lumber them with the moniker. Now we’re stuck with referring to them by a misnomer. Rose robins are a
On January 26, Noosa Matters published an article of mine in which I proposed a permit system to control the number of day visitor vehicles entering the coastal areas of Noosa. You can read that article here: One of the
There’s been intense community debate in recent weeks after Noosa councillors narrowly approved a much-needed social housing development in Cooroy, and much of it revolves around this question; could the cost outweigh the community benefit? Noosa Matters was particularly interested
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
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