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.
By Cr Ingrid Jackson. An informed community is a more effective community and disclosure, transparency and accountability matter.
What is the problem with taking and publishing informative minutes of all official council meetings? I'd argue, that we are in danger of becoming 'a parish of Dibley' rather than the progressive shire many of us want.
“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.
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?
Mayor Cr Tony Wellington is on leave and Noosa Council’s meetings (open and secret) have temporarily ground to a halt, so I thought I might look at how our two local newspapers, Noosa Today and Noosa News, reported activities...
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.
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...
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.
At the Monday 17 September general meeting of Noosa Council, the public gallery was crowded with three members of the public, including me. At the media table were Peter Gardiner (Noosa News), who left halfway, and Margaret Maccoll (Noosa...
Cr. Ingrid Jackson has worked hard for the community to successfully set council onto a path of greater transparency and accountability. An attempt to derail her failed. Allegations of misconduct against her by two of her fellow councillors have been found to be frivolous and lacking substance. This is her statement.
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.
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.
There was only one item of significance at Noosa Council’s ordinary meeting last Thursday (20 September) and that was a motion from Cr Ingrid Jackson, strongly supported by Cr Jess Glascow, to introduce the live streaming of all public...
Noosa Council General Committee Meeting, Monday October 15th. Noosa had received a year’s rainfall in a single week, so it was no surprise to walk into the foyer of the Council chambers and see water damage caused by a leaking roof. Just one of many repair jobs across the shire that need attention.
This week I’m taking a good hard look at a special Noosa Council meeting on Friday 6 July, the primary aim of which was to formally adopt the 2018-19 budget and give the CEO and Corporate Services Manager an...
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.
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...
Noosa Council is building a $2.5m playground in a rural village where old people outnumber the young nearly 3:1.
