Joe Jurisevic

Ratepayers to pay for business lobby group

A GRANT application from Noosa Chamber of Commerce has been approved by Noosa councillors – but only after a last-minute amendment to ensure transparency was inserted. The application, for $30,000 from council’s Economic Development Grants funding triggered the requirement for

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People power keeps the coffee flowing

The impact of ‘people power’ was in stark evidence on Tuesday at Noosa Council chambers when a unique local produce and coffee outlet located outside Cooroy was given a reprieve. A retrospective application by Bus Stop Espresso, operating under ‘roadside

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STA SATuration point. Where to from here?

WHILE most Noosa Council Ordinary Meetings (OM) are primarily rubber-stampings of decisions voted in the previous Monday’s General Committee (GC), there can at times be extended debate on seemingly unresolved issues. An item in the GC of January 20 concerned

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No Short-Term Passes for Noosa Duplex

AN APPLICATION to gain short-term accommodation (STA) status for two units in a dual-occupancy property in Noosa Heads has been narrowly voted down at Noosa Council. The Angler St site, off Viewland Drive, sits in a medium-density residential neighbourhood that

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Ratepayers to pay for business lobby group

A GRANT application from Noosa Chamber of Commerce has been approved by Noosa councillors – but only after a last-minute amendment to ensure transparency was inserted. The application, for $30,000 from council’s Economic Development Grants funding triggered the requirement for

READ MORE

People power keeps the coffee flowing

The impact of ‘people power’ was in stark evidence on Tuesday at Noosa Council chambers when a unique local produce and coffee outlet located outside Cooroy was given a reprieve. A retrospective application by Bus Stop Espresso, operating under ‘roadside

READ MORE

STA SATuration point. Where to from here?

WHILE most Noosa Council Ordinary Meetings (OM) are primarily rubber-stampings of decisions voted in the previous Monday’s General Committee (GC), there can at times be extended debate on seemingly unresolved issues. An item in the GC of January 20 concerned

READ MORE

No Short-Term Passes for Noosa Duplex

AN APPLICATION to gain short-term accommodation (STA) status for two units in a dual-occupancy property in Noosa Heads has been narrowly voted down at Noosa Council. The Angler St site, off Viewland Drive, sits in a medium-density residential neighbourhood that

READ MORE