Ingrid recounts how her letter to the editor at Noosa News were distorted and published on the newspaper’s website under a misleading and dishonest headline, going from ‘Incumbency is the big advantage in election campaigns’ to ‘You pay peanuts ($70,000 worth) and you get elected mayor’. Is this click bait needed to keep regional newspapers alive?
By DOM MASSONI in Verrierdale
Brisbane City Council has just announced it will reduce fees for eateries across the city. Cafes and restaurants will have their council fees slashed as part of a multi-million dollar push by Lord Mayor Adrian...
Letter to the Editor from Dr John Spencer, Noosaville in response to Mayor Tony Wellingtons letter (Noosa News November 27th) following the furore over the New Years’ Eve party to be held on public land in Noosa.
Letter to the Editor from Dom Massoni questioning the recent acquisition of the Yurol/Ringtail forest by the Noosa Council amidst financial constraints for hinterland roads, bridges, river erosion and town infrastructure in desperate need of attention.
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...
On the back of Cr Ingrid Jackson's attempt for more transparency by making General Committee minutes public, Noosa Council has quietly attempted, and failed, in its bid to stifle democratic processes by having a parliamentary citizens e-petition against a...
Michael Donovan's letter to the editor calls the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation a secretive, opaque and mystery organisation of Frankenstein character. And while many of us have tried to help it turns out that, like a bad blind date, the ‘calls’ are not returned.
I agree with Andrew Anderson (Noosa Today 23/3/2018) about the need for apology and meaningful remedy not to be reserved for Trevor Clarey alone. But it is neither fair nor helpful to fault Trevor for correcting misleading claims about...
