With shoddy government mapping of koala habitats being used when planning infrastructure and development, it is more important than ever that you map your koala sightings. There are 2 main avenues to do this at present. One is the Sunshine Coast, Koala Diaries websiteand the other is the Australian Koala Foundation website. Mark Rodriquez spoke [...]
Entries from July 8th, 2010
Council’s climate change and peak oil strategy: 2010-2020
July 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Community, Interviews, Podcasts
The Sunshine Coast Regional Council has just formulated their Climate Change and Peak Oil Strategy 2010-2020. Garry Duffy, an employee of council who helped to develop the strategy talks to Mark Rodriquez about it. He outlines the strategy, addresses climate skeptics and suggests what we can do to reduce the onset of the [...]
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Free social networking portals for job seekers and industry users.
July 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Community, Interviews, Podcasts
As an initiative of the State Government’s Qld. Skilling Plan, Sunshine Coast TAFE was approached to set up a series of social networking industry portals. They now include electronic job boards with a focus on networking all who use the site; from jobseekers to industry users. Wendy Hornsby, the marketing manager from Sunshine Coast TAFE [...]
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Nominate a local for these awards
July 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Community, Interviews, Podcasts, Uncategorized
The Qld. Regional Achievement and Community Awards are on again. They have been running for 10 years. They are designed to acknowledge and publicly recognise the contribution and achievement of individuals, communities and businesses in regional Queensland. Kerri Lewis tells us about these awards.
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“Park Rd. boardwalk is not ‘low key’ Noosa”
July 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Community, Interviews, Podcasts
Friends of Noosa are concerned about the repair of Park Road, which runs from Hastings St. up to the National Park and the planned new boardwalk, which they say is overkill. They have put their concerns to Council, but are not waiting with baited breath for an outcome they consider to be more appropriate. Here [...]
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