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.
Mayor Mark Jamieson and Queensland Police Sunshine Coast District Superintendent Darryl Johnson today urged residents and visitors to the Coast to keep safety, patience and respect in the forefront of their minds ahead of the Easter break. Mayor...
Under 25s will be able to dance to live beats, skate with the best or just chill with their besties at the free National Youth Week event on Saturday, April 9 from 2 to 8pm at Coolum’s Tickle Park. The Blended Youth Culture, Art and Music...
The countdown to the Aussies has officially started with work starting on the set up for the mammoth event. Sunshine Coast Council CEO Michael Whittaker said that for the first time since 1980, the iconic Australian Surf Life Saving Championships...
Last week I attended our latest Citizenship Ceremony – welcoming more than 200 people as new Australian citizens who have chosen to call the Sunshine Coast home. Our Citizenship Ceremonies are without a doubt, one of the highlights for me in my...
The search is over. The winner of the Kenilworth Designer Dunny competition has been decided and was revealed to locals last night in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland town. Selected from a field of almost 200 entrants from around Australia, and even...
A major drainage upgrade in Caloundra, which will help reduce flooding and protect the Pumicestone Passage, is now underway ahead of council’s Bulcock Street streetscape upgrade, due to start this month. The upgrade includes a new underground...
It’s never too late to discover your artistic side, and a gallery tour could be just the right way to start. Whether you’re a budding artist, have an appreciation for art, or just want to learn more about art, gallery tours could provide you...
Sunshine Coast school kids rode their way to a new record for National Ride2School Day this year, with 1945 students riding a total of 4,194km to school last Friday. That’s a 51% increase in participants compared to 2015. With that record in...
La Boite Theatre Company’s compassionate and hilariously unsentimental theatre performance 4000 miles by Amy Herzog will be presented by Sunshine Coast Council’s Coolum Civic Centre on Saturday, April 23 at 7.30pm. La Boite Theatre Company is...
Australia’s premier motocross series will continue to deliver significant economic benefits and widespread exposure for the Sunshine Coast over the next three years after council today extended its partnership with the event. Two rounds of the...
The World is Coming to the Sunshine Coast in 2016 and from Thursday our region will be the focal point for millions of national and international television viewers as well as elite athletes and guests. More than 5000 participants will line up in...
Australia Zoo’s Terri, Bindi and Robert Irwin will join the cast and crew of Channel Nine’s Today Show when the popular television breakfast program airs from the Sunshine Coast tomorrow morning (Thursday, March 10). The Wildlife Warriors...
