A strong economy
- A clear blueprint has been put in place to transform the Sunshine Coast economy through the Regional Economic Development Strategy 2013-2033.
- Our Strategy is contributing to record levels of business confidence and more than $10 billion in new public and private investment is either committed or in the pipeline
- A strong focus on jobs:
– the Maroochydore City Centre is underway – will provide 10,000 jobs over the life of the project
– the Oceanside Health Hub – the public hospital is coming out of the ground and the entire Health Hub will provide approximately 6,000 jobs when completed and
– generating nearly 2,000 jobs from businesses that we have attracted to the Coast or encouraged to expand (eg. Youi).
- A new Planning Scheme for the whole Sunshine Coast has been put in place, providing greater certainty for the community and for investors.
- Opening the Sunshine Coast up to the world – supporting more Sunshine Coast businesses (like RADAQUA) to access new export markets.
- Assisting local businesses to access opportunities – last year alone, our Council spent $169 million with local businesses given our commitment to spend locally to help business grow and prosper.
Park Lakes # Bli Bli Sunshine Coast is one of our most popular residential estates. Developers Robert Flipp and Peter Shadforth have done a magnificent job to ensure community facilities Today they handed over the 1h community park. Cr Steve...
Our Sunshine Coast Airport Expansion project is forging ahead at a rate of knots. Council received a progress report this week and there is 730,000m³ of sand already pumped on site, with about 600,000m³ to go. We are confident the sand pumping...
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk presenting the ‘State Of The State’ address at the CEDA (Committee for Economic Development of Australia) lunch at the Convention Centre. The Premier highlighted Sunshine Coast projects such as International Airport...
Welcoming our first 2018 New Zealanders on direct flights from Auckland. 45,000 seats available until the end of October. Kiwi visitors loved our welcome at Sunshine Coast Airport. Thanks to our many volunteers including Nancy & Noelene...
You have heard of WiFi, well today our Sunshine Coast was the Australian launch site for LiFi (Light Fidelity) Instead of using radio waves it uses light to transmit data. Thanks to Sudhir Shreedharan for our first demonstration in the...
Proud to present our Sunshine Coast Council Budget with our Deputy Mayor Tim Dwyer Our 7th surplus in a row with a strong commitment to a growing community. $200million on roads, stormwater, parks, sports & recreation facilities as well as...
Sunshine Coast Council has announced expressions of interest for a new international broadband network to be constructed by 2020 will be open from tomorrow (December 2). Mayor Mark Jamieson said council was wasting no time prioritising future...
In a move that may reignite the great pavlova debate, Sunshine Coast-based Country Chef Bakery Co. may have taken the title of being the biggest pavlova producer in the Southern Hemisphere following the official opening of a new pavlova factory...
The largest wild caught tuna company in Australia, Walker Seafoods, has officially celebrated the $1.2 million expansion of its Mooloolaba-based operations during a ceremony with Mayor Mark Jamieson today (November 14). It’s an achievement that...
Sunshine Coast Mayor Mark Jamieson has welcomed the Queensland Labor Party’s pre-election commitment of a $15 million grant towards the Sunshine Coast International Broadband Submarine Cable Project – one of the six infrastructure priorities...
Sunshine Coast Airport’s tremendous success, progress and achievements over the past year has seen it named the Asia-Pacific Small Airport of the Year in the CAPA Asia Pacific Aviation Awards for Excellence announced at a ceremony held in...
The Sunshine Coast has again been named a Smart21 community for 2018 by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), during the 4th Annual Next Gen Tech Conference in New York City at the weekend (October 28). Mayor Mark Jamieson said the announcement...
