(This story has been updated to reflect that some businesses mentioned in an earlier version are neighbouring but not directly impacted by the development application.) “Local planning decisions need to be made in Noosa, not Brisbane.” That’s the main takeaway
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
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
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
One of the more intriguing participants in the whirlpool of local election politics is the Noosa Chamber of Commerce and Industry. It’s entered the election fray as a no-holds barred backer of one of the mayoral candidates. The Chamber’s President
Noosa Council has voted to send a strong reminder to the community that it is still focused on, and engaged in, environmental protection of Noosa River, despite recent events and decisions. Following a decision to delay further action on the
The disintegration of cooperative, effective governance in this term of a deeply fractured Noosa Council has been disturbing to witness. Never more so than during what passed for a Council “ordinary’ meeting in October; a meeting in which any attempt
(This story has been updated to reflect that some businesses mentioned in an earlier version are neighbouring but not directly impacted by the development application.) “Local planning decisions need to be made in Noosa, not Brisbane.” That’s the main takeaway
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
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
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
One of the more intriguing participants in the whirlpool of local election politics is the Noosa Chamber of Commerce and Industry. It’s entered the election fray as a no-holds barred backer of one of the mayoral candidates. The Chamber’s President
Noosa Council has voted to send a strong reminder to the community that it is still focused on, and engaged in, environmental protection of Noosa River, despite recent events and decisions. Following a decision to delay further action on the
The disintegration of cooperative, effective governance in this term of a deeply fractured Noosa Council has been disturbing to witness. Never more so than during what passed for a Council “ordinary’ meeting in October; a meeting in which any attempt