Aware of the Noosa Council apparent takeover of Tourism Noosa, Ingrid Jackson has been reminded of how in 2000 she project managed the communications for the merger of CBA with Colonial, the biggest merger in Australian history. In 2006, she published this article ‘How to Host a Merger’ in Today's Manager, the journal of the Singapore Institute of Management, about her experience in the takeover war zone. This can be something to compare the struggle that lies ahead for Noosa Council and Tourism Noosa.
The common consensus is that COVID will be around for years to come, so Rod Ritchie believes it's time to take a reality check. Rod outlines how the new normal will impact residents, businesses and tourism in general as we start living with COVID.
“If a tree falls in a forest and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” And if a Council meeting falls on a Friday and nobody hears it, does it make a sound? With only four views on the latest Council meeting, Ingrid believes the missing piece in the council transparency jigsaw puzzle is just letting people know when and where to find it.
Democracy dies in the dark. Open Noosa's reason for being is to further transparency and help formulate a shared vision for the Noosa Shire. In this Facebook post, Cr Ingrid Jackson, writes of the latest setback in her long...
At about this time last week, as I read The Guardian in a hotel room in Windsor, England, Cr Ingrid sat in a chair opposite, PC perched on lap, ear plugs resplendent, participating from afar at a Thursday night...
John Lobb's latest report on the Noosa Council Services Organisation Committee Meeting held on Tuesday 6 August 2019.
John Lobb reports on the Noosa Council General Committee Meeting of 15 July.
At Open Noosa, as you might expect, we are all about openness... in fact that's our reason for being! So it's with great delight that we are seeing the walls come down and the doors opening at Noosa Council...
Another thorough contribution from NNSA President Nick Hluszko as an alternative locality plan presented to Noosa Council along with the group's submission to the New Noosa Plan which reflects North Shore residents' perspective.
John Lobb's report on the Noosa Council General Committee Meeting of Monday 13 May
The Lobb Report about Noosa Council's Ordinary Meeting of Thursday 21 March 2019 - is this the end of cockatoos in Sunrise and lifesavers at Peregian?
In this column regular contributor John Lobb presents the highlights from two Noosa Council meetings held on Tuesday 12 February - the Planning & Environment Committee and the Services & Organisation Committee.
The Noosa Council ordinary meeting of Thursday 17 January, 2019. Spoke to Stan from Pomona who is not happy with the Council. He spoke to Mayor Tony Wellington but will contact other Councillors to express his concerns. Wellington gave me a forced nod; I'll have to send him another letter reminding him of his faults. Cr Jess Glasgow rushed past and said nothing. Cr Joe Juresivic walked past without a greeting...
We do not question the worth of trying to restore oyster reefs in the Noosa River, but questions need to be asked about the way the funding is being pushed through with a disregard of - and indeed at the expense of - other programs run by local organisations and council.
The first three years of the 'Bring back the fish' project were beset with delays and the University of the Sunshine Coast scientists deployed to it were not able to do much (or anything) by way of evaluating its effectiveness - it seemed to have been decided the university’s services would no longer be required.
Cr Ingrid Jackson's explains her rationale for voting against agreeing in principle to funding for the Bring back the fish project without open and fair processes.
A rare Mayoral Minute is called recommending that council purchase for $1.7 million the old TAFE college site closed by the state government in 2014 after eight years operation. It consists of four now decrepit buildings on 11.4 hectares of land in Tewantin. John Lobb looks at the pros and the cons and what it could mean for the Noosa community.
The Noosa Council general committee meeting of Monday 17 December 2018
In the chair deputy mayor Cr Frank Wilkie with mayor Cr Tony Wellington, Cr Ingrid Jackson, Cr Brian Stockwell, Cr Joe Jurisevic, Cr Frank Pardon. Apology Cr Jess Glasgow.
Very occasionally Noosa Council gets into the hinterland and convenes a meeting at one of the pretty townships that are scattered around the rural areas of the shire. Such was the case for the last ordinary meeting which was held on a lovely evening at former timber town Pomona.
Did Noosa Council scrap a stabilisation scheme which would have prevented Noosa River eroding the sand spit that keeps it on course and protects Noosa Sound from inundation? And if they abandoned the program, why?
In this column I review the highlights of last Tuesday’s meetings of two Noosa Council committees – Services & Organisation and Planning & Environment - which discuss matters that eventually go up the line for final determination at the ordinary meeting nine days later. Yes, Council decision-making, like making a sausage, is a process.
