Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

MALENY COMMUNITY ASKS COUNCIL … Where is our Obi Obi walkway?

A public meeting of almost 200 Maleny residents on August 28 questioned Council’s spending priorities on the Maleny Community Precinct. SUNSHINE COAST COUNCIL has completed its Master Plan for the Precinct but has left off the plan a key community resource – the 4km walkway from the township to Gardners Falls. There was also concern over [...]

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Suddenly politics is interesting … Mungo MacCallum

“Please remain seated and keep your seat belt securely fastened until the election has come to a complete halt”. At the weekend (August 28-29) Tony Abbott finally faced reality; he sent a message after the departing independents saying he had decided to submit his costings to Treasury after all, and Treasury could tell the independents about [...]

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Decentralise or Perish – Bob Abbot’s Prescription For Queensland

Bob Abbot believes that population growth and related infrastructure problems are central to the coming federal election. He is buoyed up by his inclusion on Federal Labor’s population panel and believes that decentralisation is back on the agenda for handling population growth on both sides of the political divide. “Decentralisation means regional development”, says Mr Abbot. [...]

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Bob to have his say on sustainable Australia

Tony Burke, Sustainable Population Minister, has asked Sunshine Coast mayor Bob Abbot to join a federal group of like-minded experts to spell out sustainability for Australian communities. The expert panel will be headed by former NSW premier Bob Carr, and it will draft an issues paper for parliament. The day after Mr Abbot’s appointment (June 30) [...]

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Resolution at last! Agreed Plan for Maleny Community Precinct

Council is expected to endorse in June the most extensive development ever on the Hinterland of the Sunshine Coast. The Maleny Community Precinct – in the planning for seven years – has been the focus of bitter differences by community groups seeking to stake their claims on this prime piece of real estate. THE 126 HECTARES [...]

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The Feds step into Coast planning debate

Maxine McKew, the former journalist turned Labor politician, is the parliamentary secretary for infrastructure and regional development in the Rudd government. Maxine, made a quick trip to the Sunshine Coast recently to launch Regional Development Australia, and to scan her eyes over the Coolum beach on which she frolicked as a young girl. While Maxine is [...]

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Green Army on the Move

THE QUEENSLAND Green Army under the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative, is providing jobs that benefit both the environment and local people. In the Sunshine Coast Hinterland area, eight jobs have been created in a partnership between the Queensland Government and the Hinterland Business Centre in Maleny, putting workers into jobs in the local area. Co-operation [...]

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Bob Abbot Looking backwards and forwards

Mayor of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council, Bob Abbot, looks back on 2009, reviews Council’s agenda for 2010, and gives the Maleny community a pat on the back. 2009 HAS BEEN A BUSY YEAR FOR US ALL. The global financial crisis has given us a fair amount of heartache … significant reduction in interest on our investments; [...]

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Maleny’s Maple Street upgrade

Maleny’s Maple Street facelift has begun after 16 years of planning, several community consultation processes and budget bottlenecks inside Council. Sunshine Coast Regional Council has now started work on a beautification and road project that extends from Myrtle Street to the Obi Obi Creek Bridge. Stage one includes an upgrade to the Cooke Park frontage, a new [...]

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QGAP Government Services … now at Maleny Police Station

Range residents can now access a wide range of Queensland Government services at the Maleny Police Station with the opening of a QGAP office in the building. These services are additional to the ongoing local community policing and the existing provision of drivers and weapons licences. Officer-in-charge Sergeant Gary Ricks said “Having the QGAP office [...]

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