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Subscriber only Sunshine Coast and Noosa councils are confident in future development plans despite projections showing the regions have less than two and a half years worth of approved lots. New data shows the Sunshine Coast has 2.3 years worth of approved lots and Noosa 1.1 years - among the lowest rates in Queensland. A Sunshine Coast Council spokesman said approved lot supply varied and followed market conditions. They said during the past five years it had ranged from 3.4 to 2.3 years. In times of heightened market activity, it is not uncommon for land to be sold at a rate quicker than it can be brought to market, they said.
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2019-2020 Crime Report released
Minister for Police and Corrective Services and Minister for Fire and Emergency Services The Honourable Mark Ryan
The 2019-20 Crime Report Queensland, independently prepared by the Queensland Government Statisticians Office (QGSO) and released today, shows the number of unique offenders and unique youth offenders at its lowest level in a decade.
The decreased count of unique offenders in 2019-20 has resulted in the Queensland unique offender rate continuing its downward trend from a peak of 2,999 offenders per 100,000 persons in 2014-15 to 2,408 offenders in 2019-20.
In addition, the number of unique offenders in 2019-20 was down 4.5 percent from the previous year.
Coast crime stats show drugs, domestic violence rising noosanews.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from noosanews.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Subscriber only Crime and the rate it s being committed is down on last year in latest state government figures but the scourge of domestic violence continues to terrorise behind closed doors. There were 26,919 reported offences in the region in 2019-20, down on the 27,334 reported in 2018-19. The rate of offences per 100,000 people had also reduced by almost 4 per cent from 2019-20 to the previous financial year. Murder rates were down year on year and a significant drop of almost 90 per cent was recorded in attempted murder, manslaughter and other homicide incidents in the region. The figures released by the Queensland Government Statistician s Office revealed the assault rate also dropped by almost 5 per cent, with 876 offences recorded in 2019-20.
Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate says building on basketball court-sized blocks better than nothing
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Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate says council will consider approving new houses on smaller lots.
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Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate says council will consider releasing more blocks of land as small as 400 square metres, in an effort to boost the supply of housing.
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Gold Coast City Council will consider building approvals on smaller-scale lots to boost housing supply
A real-estate economist says supply of potentially thousands of new dwellings have been put on hold by the pandemic