An environment and lifestyle that is second to none
- Expanding Council’s environmental land holdings since 2012 to 2761 hectares, with further acquisitions in the pipeline. More than 15% of the total conservation estate has been purchased under the Jamieson Council.
- Fostered the largest Land for Wildlife membership of any council in Queensland, with 866 participating properties.
- Continuing to work hard to improve the water quality and catchment for the Pumicestone Passage. Protecting the Passage has been a key priority for our Council in negotiating the infrastructure agreement for Caloundra South.
- Advocating strongly with the Queensland Government for the preservation and protection of our Regional Inter-urban break between Moreton Bay and the Sunshine Coast.
- Spending over $2.1 million on coastal dunal rehabilitation and shoreline erosion management.
- Committing to a 15MW utility scale grid connected solar farm – by the end of 2016, 100% of Council’s electricity needs will be provided from a renewable source.
An implementation update for the Pumicestone Passage and Catchment Action Plan shows that two years in, 88 per cent of the 41 actions are either in progress or completed, demonstrating the power of a partnership between Sunshine Coast Council...
The Healthy Waterways 2015 Report Card results were released today, with good results for Sunshine Coast waterways providing some reward for the efforts of Sunshine Coast Council and the community. Environment Portfolio Councillor Jenny McKay...
Preserving the inter-urban break straddling the Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay council areas is on the agenda for tomorrow’s (August 7) South East Queensland Regional Planning Committee meeting chaired by the Deputy Premier, Jackie Trad. Sunshine...
Mattresses and fridges can now be dumped at Sunshine Coast Council’s resource recovery facilities for free, garden bin charges have been cut and most ratepayers are in for a carbon tax rebate on their rates. Mayor Mark Jamieson said savings had...
Sunshine Coast Council’s quest to become Australia’s first local government to build a utility scale solar farm is powering ahead. The Council today approved a development application to build a 15 megawatt (MW) solar farm at Valdora which will...
Sunshine Coast Council has welcomed the outcome of the Queensland Audit Office (QAO) analysis of the Sunshine Coast Solar Farm project at Valdora which shows the audit results are satisfactory and there are no significant findings that need to be...
The number of property owners signing up for Sunshine Coast Council’s Land for Wildlife program has broken the records. The Council’s December 2014 Quarterly Progress Report, shows the Land for Wildlife program has attracted the highest number of...
Anyone wondering how their Environment Levy had been spent would not be disappointed after reading the 2013/14 annual report, which Council noted at its Ordinary Meeting today. The Environment Levy Annual Report 2013/14 details the many...
The passion, dedication and significant contribution of private landholders involved in Sunshine Coast Council’s Land for Wildlife Program and Voluntary Conservation Agreement programs has been recognised at today’s Ordinary Meeting. Mayor Mark...
Future development, threatened plant and animal species and declining report card grades have kept the Pumicestone Passage front and centre with all eyes trained on improving the environmental statistics for this valuable 45km waterway. Well...
Council endorsed a new Environment Levy Partnerships Program at its Ordinary Meeting today that will deliver more than half a million dollars to 24 environmentally focussed community groups. Environment Portfolio Councillor Jenny McKay said the...
Koalas at Sunshine Coast Council’s Doonan Creek Environmental Reserve have been given a hand up and hand out with a $970,000 State Government offset payment. Sunshine Coast Mayor Mark Jamieson said offset agreements attempted to compensate for...
