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...
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?
Most ratepayers would never know this (or even be interested if they did know) but Noosa Council has a monthly meeting cycle which includes four meetings, sometimes five, that are open to the public.
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...
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?
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.
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.
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.
Ordinary meetings of Noosa Council are rarely lively affairs. They tend to be tick-box night. But last Thursday it was an unexpected transport proposal, an unusual admission of wrong-doing from Cr Stockwell and the reappearance of Cr Pardon provided some spice to warm up a chilly winter’s evening at Tewantin.
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.
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...
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.
Noosa Council is building a $2.5m playground in a rural village where old people outnumber the young nearly 3:1.
I’m now well into my regular reporting of Noosa Council meetings as I seek to provide a critical and constructive rather than some councillors’ sycophantic view of our local governing body. My enduring hope is that this critique may...
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...
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.
By Cr Ingrid Jackson. An informed community is a more effective community and disclosure, transparency and accountability matter.
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...
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.
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.
