A development application lodged more than four years ago for a commercial car wash in Cooroy has now been approved. The automated car wash, designed to cater for four-wheel drives, RVs and caravans, will be located between the two petrol
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
Newly elected Mayor Frank Wilkie and five of the 2024 councillors directly acknowledged residents’ frustration with the implementation and enforcement of the Short Stay Let Local Law (SSL LL) during the election campaign. Mayor Wilkie committed to “halt the spread
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.
Noosa Residents Against Unregistered Short-Term Accommodation (NRAUSTA) asked candidates in this month’s council election for Yes or No answers to five simple questions. The group wanted to understand each candidate’s attitude to Short-Term Accommodation (STA) and to use traffic lights
In the sport of Queensland politics, Noosa is a bit like some Olympic water polo games you might have seen on TV. Hands waving and heads bobbing calmly on the surface. Just beneath the waves…kicking, gouging and blood in the
It’s a tough gig. And probably one that rookie council candidates can never fully be ready for. Running for council might look easy, but ask any of the newbies at last Thursday’s Meet the Candidates (MTC) night at Cooroy Memorial
To the best of my knowledge, I don’t know any of the candidates in next month’s Noosa Council election. Never met them. Never rubbed shoulders. Never knowingly broke bread or clinked glasses with them. Indeed, the wannabe politicians are probably
When you search the Noosa Council website for statistics on the scourge of Short Term Accommodation (STA) in our shire, you get this message: “Information coming soon”. This test of community patience has been unchanged since the implementation of the
A development application lodged more than four years ago for a commercial car wash in Cooroy has now been approved. The automated car wash, designed to cater for four-wheel drives, RVs and caravans, will be located between the two petrol
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
Newly elected Mayor Frank Wilkie and five of the 2024 councillors directly acknowledged residents’ frustration with the implementation and enforcement of the Short Stay Let Local Law (SSL LL) during the election campaign. Mayor Wilkie committed to “halt the spread
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.
Noosa Residents Against Unregistered Short-Term Accommodation (NRAUSTA) asked candidates in this month’s council election for Yes or No answers to five simple questions. The group wanted to understand each candidate’s attitude to Short-Term Accommodation (STA) and to use traffic lights
In the sport of Queensland politics, Noosa is a bit like some Olympic water polo games you might have seen on TV. Hands waving and heads bobbing calmly on the surface. Just beneath the waves…kicking, gouging and blood in the
It’s a tough gig. And probably one that rookie council candidates can never fully be ready for. Running for council might look easy, but ask any of the newbies at last Thursday’s Meet the Candidates (MTC) night at Cooroy Memorial
To the best of my knowledge, I don’t know any of the candidates in next month’s Noosa Council election. Never met them. Never rubbed shoulders. Never knowingly broke bread or clinked glasses with them. Indeed, the wannabe politicians are probably
When you search the Noosa Council website for statistics on the scourge of Short Term Accommodation (STA) in our shire, you get this message: “Information coming soon”. This test of community patience has been unchanged since the implementation of the