Year: 2018

[Source: By Ruth McCosker, Brisbane Times, 9 April 2018] Allowing aged care and retirement facilities to be built in sport and recreation zones (in the Brisbane Council) is one step closer, but significant community consultation will be required before the amendment is given the final tick of approval. In August […]

[Source: The Conversation, 23 March 2018. Author: Philippa England, Griffith University] Recent changes in Queensland planning law continue the shift toward a more commercially oriented, business-friendly planning framework that relegates accountability and public access and influence to a minimum. This stands in contrast to a 2015 government directions paper for […]

OSCAR was invited to attend the Verge Parking Workshop held at the Lake Kawana Community Centre on Monday, 12 February 2018. There were a number of presentations and speakers – and lots of information to take in. The organisations represented – the council itself, community organisations, representatives from the utility […]

If you want a primer on the Sekisui development we recommend that you read the article from Scott Sawyer in Saturday’s Sunshine Coast Daily (3 February 2018) on pages 18-19. The article is a comprehensive, up-to-date and balanced summary of where this issue is at the moment and is another […]

OSCAR members Greg Smith, Gillian Hall and Tony Gibson along with Adrian Williams, President of the Noosa Shire Residents & Ratepayers Association, had the pleasure of meeting with the new Independent member for Noosa on 31 January 2018. Sandy made us feel very welcome and was most generous with her […]