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.
Thanking our Sunshine Coast Business Ambassadors and Leaders for their continued support for our economic agenda. Also Introducing South Sydney Rabbitoh’s CEO Blake Solly, who has become a great supporter of ours and will assist us in building a...
I was honoured to officially open the new Drysdale and White Lady Funeral Home in Nambour. A beautiful facility catering to the needs of all in farewelling their loved one’s, including ‘live streaming’ capacity for those unable to attend. Julie...
Started the day at breakfast with Caloundra Chamber of Commerce at Dicky Beach. I love the commitment of local business and the opportunities they create for others. Confidence on Sunshine Coast is high and businesses is planning further...
Our Council staff have a variety of challenges to deal with every day but in NQ it is a little more complex Think of the responsibilities of Councils in this pic. Roads Traffic Tourism Work health & safety Environment Animal protection Bio...
PM Scott Morrison, Minister Alan Tudge and member for Fairfax Ted O’Brien sat down with SEQ Council of Mayors to discuss our City Deal and the first steps of forming a tripartite agreement to map the future with the Qld State Government...
Sunshine Coast Intelligent Community We have been recognised as a world leader and below is how the Top 7 are determined by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) in New York City USA How We Were Chosen ICF uses a rigorous analytic method to...
We enjoyed a detailed discussion with Deputy PM Michael McCormack on a range of Local Government initiatives including Just 1% as a share of Commonwealth taxation, Building Better Regions , Digital, Road and Rail infrastructure and City Deals...
Great day for our Sunshine Coast with commitments from the Federal & State Government to a regional ‘City Deal’ in concert with the SEQ Council of Mayors. I joined Federal members Ted O’Brien & Andrew Wallace at Parliament House to...
Meeting with Police Minister Mark Ryan and Sunshine Coast Superintendent Darryl Johnson about policing activities in our region, that keep our growing population safe. Our officer’s do a great job and I commended their service to the Minister and...
The Eleven Qld Regional Organisation’s of Councils (ROCS) met over the past two days on our Sunshine Coast at Best Western Plus in Kawana We had much to deal with including the population growth imbalance, infrastructure, a fairer share of...
$9m in State funding for the USC Stadium expansion was acknowledged on-site today with Deputy Premier Jackie Trad and Minister Mick deBrenni The expanded venue will cater for 1000 more @sc_lightning fans plus a variety of new events and...
This morning we celebrated our Sunshine Coast citizens & groups of the year at Maroochy RSL We congratulated our winners, thanked our sponsors and applauded our judges. A magnificent and enjoyable experienced enhanced by our 2017 Australian...
