A recent ABC Four Corners exposé of the aged care crisis in Australia has sparked a Royal Commission into the quality and safety of aged care, raising some serious questions about the mental health and well-being of elderly people...
Submission to the 2019 Draft Noosa Plan on behalf of Noosa North Shore Association Inc members
While Noosa Council has gone to great lengths to engage the community through a long consultation process, the reality is that many residents simply...
Last week Spencer and his mum Maxine tabled Spencer's 44,000 strong petition to Noosa Council to formally acknowledge the huge support received to save this critical Glossy Black habitat. It also included a letter to the CEO requesting him to halt any clearing until an independent ecological report is done as we believe the current report to be defective.
As a survivor of a bush fire event a local grandmother decided to dig deeper to find out what exactly would happen should a fire break out in the Sunrise Beach area. What she found left her extremely concerned, especially taking into account the addition of 500 elderly residents once the Blue Care development goes ahead.
Bettina's submission to the Noosa Plan is concerned with Short Stay Accommodation, placemaking in her own suburb and other issues.
Staying on the topic of the Sunrise Aged Care development, Bettina and Desiré ponders the possibilities of WIMBYism (Welcome In My Back Yard). A vision to minimise the destructive impact on our precious environment and focus on the multiple benefits that could flow from a more environmentally conscious design.
On 22 January 2019 Sunrise Beach locals supported by a Glossy expert sat down with Uniting Care and Blue Care representatives to discuss the planned aged care development at Sunrise Beach.
The developer (Uniting Care / Blue Care) was represented...
Many of us making up the Sunrise Beach community have been taken by surprise. Residents, schools and visiting bird and Wallum enthusiasts have had little or no idea that this development was imminent. This is an update on what is currently happening to hopefully save our glossies and find good outcomes for all.
Much has happened in the background at Glossy Team Sunrise with letters of support from key environmental groups and the launch of an online change.org petition asking Blue Care to protect and retain as much of the native flora and fauna as possible.
Last week we met with representatives from Uniting Care / Blue Care to deliver our petition, comments and letters of support. We now turn our efforts back to you Noosa Council. We would like you to support a rethink of the development to make it a biosphere worthy aged care facility.
“Do you swear to protect the Noosa Plan, the whole Noosa Plan, and nothing but the Noosa Plan?”
“I do.”
In the run-up to the March Noosa Council elections some advocacy groups put candidates on the spot about their commitment to...
In this post, Ingrid Jackson gives an overview of how 'housing affordability' differs from 'affordable housing', how these are addressed in the new Noosa Plan, what was left out, and the next steps proposed by Noosa's mayor.
I love a good playground. My daughters and I have 'tested' many great ones in Germany, the UK and in Australia.
When I read that $5 Million of public funding had been earmarked for a new playground in Cooroy I...
Judy Barrass' response to aged care developments in Noosa suggests we look at the broader question about any development while still putting the needs of our ageing population into perspective and questioning some of the conventional wisdom.
Cycling as a means of transport in Noosa is fun. We have some wonderful bike lanes. Unfortunately there are big gaps and missing links. Noosa residents are being invited to collaborate on a grassroots project to help make cycling the number one choice of transport for Noosa residents.
Our latest contributor as part of Glossy Team Sunrise, Leela Rottman wrote this great introduction to the Glossy Black Cockatoo.
The expansion of the runway is to take larger aircraft, especially those from international destinations which currently fly into Brisbane. Most people think this is okay, since there aren't, and likely won't be for a while, any international flights.
A local group of Queensland “Koala Crusaders” are planning to assist the vulnerable Glossy Black Cockatoos at the same time as the declining Noosa Shire Koalas through their great work revegetating a local area of future koala habitat.
NIMBYism has got a bad reputation, and rightly so. In this post, Desi makes the case for NIMBYism and a community's rights to stand up for NO EXTINCTIONS in our back yards. Save our Sunrise Glossies!
The silence on the proposed new development has been deafening from both Council and Blue Care - could it be the quiet before the storm? Here's a bit of an update on the Glossy Birding Day results, the latest...
Join Glossy Team will meet Cr Ingrid Jackson on Thursday 21 March at 5.30pm in front of Noosa Council Chambers to officially hand over the petition to save Glossy feed trees at the Sunrise development. The Noosa Council Ordinary Meeting will commence at 6pm and a debate about minor amendments to the Blue Care development is on the agenda.
