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
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
Popular tourist café Bus Stop Espresso just outside Cooroy has been given an extension to operating beyond its scheduled closing date, due to an internal review of council’s process in this matter. Noosa Councillor Tom Wegener, a major supporter of
The hinterland town of Cooroy will be facing an even bigger traffic and truck nightmare than it currently does – for the next five years. The imminent commencement of the works on upgrading Lake Macdonald (or Six Mile) Dam will
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
A town planning scheme cannot predict the future. And by the time the 10-year-spanning document is written, let alone endorsed, elements of it can often already be out of date. The Noosa Plan is a statement outlining uses of land
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
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
Popular tourist café Bus Stop Espresso just outside Cooroy has been given an extension to operating beyond its scheduled closing date, due to an internal review of council’s process in this matter. Noosa Councillor Tom Wegener, a major supporter of
The hinterland town of Cooroy will be facing an even bigger traffic and truck nightmare than it currently does – for the next five years. The imminent commencement of the works on upgrading Lake Macdonald (or Six Mile) Dam will
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
A town planning scheme cannot predict the future. And by the time the 10-year-spanning document is written, let alone endorsed, elements of it can often already be out of date. The Noosa Plan is a statement outlining uses of land