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
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
As the Noosa Council election looms, I am reminded how wonderful it is not to be a candidate this time. I have stood in four local government elections and been elected three times. Each election presented its unique challenges. However,
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 Mayoral candidate Nick Hluszko’s 66 Facebook followers may see him as a serious contender, but this weekend he may have seen his campaign self-destruct before it even gathered speed. One of Noosa’s most notorious local government names has appeared on
A ‘mystery’ phone survey testing the water for a mayoral run Will popular Deputy Mayor Frank Wilkie have an unopposed run at the top job in March? Well, we will know soon enough after a wave of those expensive and
It was bound to come to Noosa some day. Big party politics has smashed its way through the front doors of our little Council chamber on Pelican Street. No doubt the local branch of the LNP were encouraged by the
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
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
As the Noosa Council election looms, I am reminded how wonderful it is not to be a candidate this time. I have stood in four local government elections and been elected three times. Each election presented its unique challenges. However,
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 Mayoral candidate Nick Hluszko’s 66 Facebook followers may see him as a serious contender, but this weekend he may have seen his campaign self-destruct before it even gathered speed. One of Noosa’s most notorious local government names has appeared on
A ‘mystery’ phone survey testing the water for a mayoral run Will popular Deputy Mayor Frank Wilkie have an unopposed run at the top job in March? Well, we will know soon enough after a wave of those expensive and
It was bound to come to Noosa some day. Big party politics has smashed its way through the front doors of our little Council chamber on Pelican Street. No doubt the local branch of the LNP were encouraged by the