A vibrant community
- Put in place the Sunshine Coast Social Strategy – to ensure our community continues to thrive and our residents continue to enjoy a lifestyle that sets us apart.
- Improving community access to facilities by allocating more than $22 million since 2012 for new or upgraded community facilities.
- A massive major events program for the community to enjoy and from which local businesses to benefit.
- Provided on average, $7.5 million in grants each year to community organisations to help deliver improved services, programs and facilities for our residents.
- Established the Disaster Management Hub – providing our community with real time access to flood maps and council and state controlled road closures during an emergency situation.
- Ensuring new communities – like Aura (Caloundra South) and Palmview – are provided with the community facilities they will need, without a residual cost to existing ratepayers.
- Allocating more than $180 million since 2012 to improve and maintain the accessibility and safety of our local road network.
Local Indigenous Elder Lyndon Davis welcomes our guests at today’s Citizenship Ceremony at MaroochyRSL. We inducted 160 “new Aussies” from 34 countries across the globe. Thanks to the Sunshine Coast Council’s events staff for a magnificent...
Australian first RideScore Active Schools ready to roll An innovative Australian-first active travel program delivered by Sunshine Coast Council and which uses smart technology to encourage students to ride to and from school was launched at...
Thank you for having me today at this new MS Queensland Wellbeing Centre. More than 10 Australians are diagnosed with MS every week and nearly 4,000 Queenslanders and 23,000 Australians are living with MS, with a 4% increase in the number of...
I was delighted to welcome famous Australian rugby league coach Wayne Bennett to our Sunshine Coast this morning to launch our Major Events 2020 calendar. Wayne talked about leadership and how you can be the “best you” possible. Wayne has had a...
Guest speaker at the Property Council of Australia annual lunch today. I shared the stage with an impressive panel, to consider future implications for the Coast property sector. The sector is credited with 1 in 5 jobs on our Sunshine Coast...
A wonderful Remembrance Day service at the Cotton Tree Cenotaph was well supported by young and old alike. As would be the case at services across our Sunshine Coast, as we remembered those who made such a contribution to our freedom on the 11th...
I had the honour of issuing the ‘Welcome’ to all those attending the ‘Coming Home’ celebration concert at LifePointe today. A great crowd enjoyed a special occasion being the 100th anniversary. Legacy emerged from a dying soldier’s request of a...
Officially opening the Sunshine Coast Cider’s new commercial premises at Kunda Park. Originally from Switzerland Martin and Regine Rellstab have a 25 generation family history in producing Cider. They’ve invested $1m and created 7 jobs and will...
Celebrating with 19 graduates from our Migrant Work Ready Program at SolBar this morning. Congratulations to the hard working graduates & their supporters and Sunshine Coast Council partners for your assistance and encouragement. New skills...
Last night we unveiled the Business ‘Cream Of The Crop’ with 29 winners in the Sunshine Coast Business Awards 2019. Our host was Larry Emdur Well done to all the nominee’s, winners, sponsors and organisers, the Sunshine Coast Chamber Alliance for...
Adventure Sunshine Coast shines at Outdoors Queensland Awards Adventure Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast Council’s innovative trail finding website, has been recognised for its role in helping people to get outdoors by winning the Outdoors...
Roundtable at USC with IMDA Singapore business delegates and local business and industry representatives. Tremendous opportunities in health, education, development and knowledge amplified by Artifical Intelligence. Singapore is a close neighbour...
