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Premium Content Subscriber only Squaring off a decade ago over the Gillard government s ill-fated carbon tax, former Rio Tinto managing director David Peever and ex-Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan now find themselves on the same side. The pair have thrown their weight behind the growing cause rallying against a proposed light rail system along the beach front at Alexandra Headland. Mr Peever, now a Cotton Tree resident and Mr Swan, a former Nambour High school student who is a regular at Cotton Tree and passionate Coast surfer, spoke out against what they said was a consistent lack of consultation and failure to respect the community s wishes. ....
But a Sunshine Coast Council spokeswoman said the survey would assist with implementing and monitoring the council’s environment and liveability strategy and the community strategy. “The Living in Place survey is an independent and robust community survey/social research project used to provide a measure of liveability,” the spokeswoman said. It was developed by population and demographic specialists Informed Decisions. The spokeswoman said the survey complemented a communication satisfaction survey completed last year. “It will build on the information captured in relation to the satisfaction and utilisation of council services and provide an understanding of the values our community places on where they live, what is important to them and what works well in their neighbourhoods from a liveability perspective,” the spokeswoman said. ....
Efforts were now focused on ensuring the community was well involved in any redesign process. Ms Bermingham said the community had been consistent and clear in its messaging to Sunshine Coast Council and the Department of Transport and Main Roads that âthey donât want or need beach barriers limiting the way they visit, use and see the beachâ. She said there was data backing up their claims of little community support, but feared bureaucrats remained âfixatedâ on creating barriers to Alexandra Headland beach. With almost 4000 members in the group, Ms Bermingham said she expected at least half of that contingent to line the beach on Saturday. ....
A community group fighting to have its say on a controversial coastal bike path fears upcoming consultation on a mass transit solution will pay nothing more than lip service. Concerns were raised after Sunshine Coast Council awarded a $330,000 tender for the public consultation to Brisbane-based firm Articulous. Articulous has been tasked with delivering a community engagement strategy for the mass transit business case, which has light rail as the preferred option to run along the coastal fringe. The Beach Matters, a group of Alexandra Headland residents formed in a bid to secure better designs of the M2M Cycleway project the Department of Transport and Main Roads was currently engaged in, feared they would not be heard during the upcoming consultation. ....