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I don’t know about you but something has definitely been missing from life in Noosa over the past year. It took a little while to identify but it hit me like a ton of bricks this week when our former Mayor chose not to vote on an issue as important to Noosa as the Stockwell Civic 3 development. What’s changed for those of us living in Noosa is we no longer have anyone to champion our cause, no ‘Go- To’ person when we have a problem. No public face of Noosa to meet and greet visitors, to encourage conferences and conventions to come our way. No public ‘figure-head’ to put the record straight when the media over sensationalise about beach erosion or foul weather or any other matter that is being miss-represented in the public arena. |
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Well, our State election has come and gone and with it the hopes of Noosa regaining its local government in the short term. While disappointed Friends of Noosa are not discouraged as we know it took Mansfield 8 years to separate from the Delatite Regional Council which they were forced to merge with in the early 90s.
While we weren’t able to influence the greater Brisbane area to vote for the party committed to re-establishing our Council, the Noosa voters made their feelings crystal clear with 80% supporting candidates favouring de-amalgamation. The LNP candidate, whose policy would have led to the creation of a Greater Noosa Shire, received 69.85% of the vote on a two party preferred basis.
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For those who may have missed it here is a copy of the Courier Mail article from Friday 26 March 2009 Click here to view--->>> |
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 The Black Arm Band Rally on Noosa’s Main Beach last Sunday marked the first and hopefully the last anniversary of the loss of our Local Government. More than a thousand Noosa residents and visiting tourists joined the rally to express their disgust over this blatant act of totalitarianism by the Bligh government.
This Remembrance and Renewal Rally was designed to enable residents to commiserate with one another over the loss of our council and to renew and re-energise their commitment to restore Noosa’s right to self govern.
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Exactly twelve months ago on the 15th of March 2008 the Noosa Council was terminated by order of a State Government ignoring 95% of Noosa voters who opposed council amalgamation. What do we have to show for it? Just what FON & EDV predicted: a substantial increase in rates, a serious decline in services, a major loss of key Noosa personnel in the increasingly Maroochy Centric SCRC administration, unprecedented development dangers putting Noosa’s Biosphere designation at serious risk, an on-going debilitating Tourism organisational debate at a critical time of need for the industry and a dangerous Council deficit which threatens to go even higher with the true costs of implementing the forced amalgamation to be born by rate payers. |
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Following on from what appears to have been an exceptionally busy holiday period for Noosa, it will be interesting to see how quickly our regional council responds to the build up of rubbish along the roads leading into Noosa, and some of the area’s around Sunshine Beach where careless tourists have disposed of their rubbish. Speaking of which there is a desperate need for more bins at Main beach particularly next to Sails restaurant where each morning we’re confronted with overflowing smelly rubbish. Is anyone from the new council vested with the responsibility of assessing these needs? What’s happened to the ‘tender loving care’ we expect from our local government? As Sam Scanlon pointed out in a very succinct letter to our local paper, on the flaws in the amalgamation model, Noosa has only two of twelve councillors on the Regional Council, and given forecast population growth at the southern end of the coast, there will inevitably be a redistribution sometime in the not too distant future, which could see our representation reduced even further. |
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Noosa Leisure Centre 3:00pm Thursday 12th February
In June 2008 the Qld Government declared Noosa an Iconic Place in recognition of the shared goals of the Council and community to attain environmental excellence, quality lifestyle and economic well-being. The declaration aims to maintain the unique character of Noosa and give the community confidence that population growth will not adversely impact on the character, lifestyle and environment.
Post-amalgamation, the Iconic Panel has a crucial role in protecting Noosa. Professor Peter Bycroft will put the Panel in the context of his long association with fostering sustainability in Noosa.
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