This week, Sunshine Coast Council hosted a forum with experts from throughout Australia to discuss and plan a blue carbon pilot project within our nation.
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Subscriber only A major fundraiser to help child victims of domestic violence will return this year after being called off last year due to coronavirus restrictions. The cancellation of last year s Mayoral Ball hurt Sunshine Coast charity SunnyKids deeply at a time when the organisation s work was especially needed by vulnerable families. A SunnyKids spokesman said the ball was one of their biggest fundraising events each year. Mayor Mark Jamieson said he was delighted to see the event back on the calendar. The work SunnyKids does in helping to break the cycle of those who are disadvantaged or experiencing poverty is to be commended, he said.
Councillors were sent a series of questions about the steps they d taken to-date and were still to take to understand their division s views on mass transit to ensure they could accurately represent them in future debates and decision making, as well as their position on light rail, preferred method of mass transit and how they saw mass transit fitting into a broader transport system on the Coast. Here s what your Sunshine Coast councillors had to say: Cr Maria Suarez.
Maria Suarez, Division 9: Ms Suarez said the mass transit corridor was well out of the Division 9 area, so for her it was more a matter of ensuring residents were informed of the consultation.
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This year’s Maleny Show on 28 and 29 May has a new show-stopping look following the completion of a $1.4 million upgrade to infrastructure and facilities to cater for the crowds who are expected to flock to the Show once more.
Sunshine Coast Council Mayor Mark Jamieson said the renewed facilities meant the showgrounds could continue to cater for crowd-favourite events.
“Usually the smells, sounds and sights of country life are the main attractions when you enter the gates, but I think our facility upgrades won’t go unnoticed this year,” Mayor Jamieson said.
“For 84 years, patrons have been rolling through the Maleny Showground gates to celebrate and come together as a community at the Show.