The Sunshine Coast Council worries that Queensland government planning is not paying enough attention to the hazards of rising sea levels. A Yandina woman feels bullied by that government over its use of her land for a pipeline experts say is not needed. Plans are in train to spruce up Noosa Junction and Noosa Biosphere Limited is calling for nominations to its community sector boards. Those were the topics in the 27 January edition of What’s Going On? [Read more →]
Rising sea level, pipeline bullying, sprucing Noosa Junction and calls for Noosa Biosphere nominations
January 27th, 2010 · Community, Interviews
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From nothing to a pretty exciting day
January 21st, 2010 · Celebrations, Community, Interviews
Lyndon Davis, Gubbi Gubbi Dancers leader
For the third year running Sunshine Coast people had an opportunity to build positive relationships and share in local Aboriginal culture, and Aboriginal people could inform themselves about support services available to them, at the Booin Gari festival in Tewantin on 19 January.
Booin Gari means “come this way” in the language of the Gubbi Gubbi the tribe whose traditional land encompasses the Sunshine Coast.
Packed into the four hours were presentations by local artist Peter Mulcahy
Pomona-based Aboriginal painter, Peter Muraay Djeripi Mulcahy, explained how the dreamings of his Gumilaroi nation, passed to him by Elders, inspire his paintings. The one his right hand is on tells how butterflies came into being in the Lightning Ridge area of north-western NSW. Peter gives talks in schools. He originally trained as a policeman but told Diet Simon in an interview a while back that he soon discovered that was not for him.
and performers, including a bush tucker cooking demonstration by Dale Chapman and tastings, art workshops and storytelling, a discussion on the Stolen Generations lead by Judi Wickes , the Gubbi Gubbi Dancers, a reptile talk and handling session, learning circles and workshops incorporating storytelling, Murri art and boomerang art. The Sunshine Coast Daily reported 500 people attending. The 5 of us from the radio who were there think there were more.
The event is run by United Synergies a not-for-profit company supporting young people, families and communities, with particular emphasis on those experiencing some form of disadvantage. Their General Manager, Geoff Walters, told us they launched Booin Gari because they felt they were not engaging enough with the Aboriginal community of our area.
Support came from the Sunshine Coast Regional Council , the Queensland Department of Communities , local businesses and dozens of individual volunteers.
The photos were shot and made available by Brigitte Simon-Enderl. Click on each image to enlarge it.
Below are three of about a dozen interviews we did. We’ll be broadcasting them on 2nd February from 11am till noon and adding them to our website after that program.
Geoff Walters (United Synergies general manager of special projects) talks to Gerard Broersen (presenter of the “Solid Ground” indigenous program on Saturdays at 9am)
Under the cultural wing.... (in the background) Lyndon Davis sings the welcome to country with Mark Rodriquez holding the microphone.
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Jenny Hervey (activist) talks to Diet Simon (presenter of “What’s Going On?” Wednesdays 6pm)
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Lyndon Davis (leader of the Gubbi Gubbi Dancers talks) to Diet Simon
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Where are we going with Coast water?
January 20th, 2010 · Community, Interviews
We’ve killed the Traveston dam – at great personal cost and trauma to many people – now the Coast’s residents are having to fight desalination of sea water at Marcoola. Another unneeded mega project to cause our people unnecessary grief. When will this lobby-driven mob in George Street Brisbane, who’re totally out of touch with what people want, stop piling it on us? Big, big, big, do it big, is their mantra, whereas small and decentralised is the way to go.
Tugun Desal Plant (photo taken and donated by Mark Swain of "Above Photography")
Water was the issue on the 20 January edition of What’s Going On? with Diet and Mark. [Read more →]
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Bendigo Bank puts it’s money where it’s mouth is.
January 15th, 2010 · Celebrations, Community
$1000 from Bendigo Bank (Noosa News 15.01.2010)
On behalf of all of us here at Noosa Community Radio, 101.3fm,
I would like to thank Bendigo Bank for its valuable support.
Mal Favager. President.
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Concern over Noosa’s award-winning tourism promotion
January 13th, 2010 · Community, Interviews
The Noosa area gets 1.75 million visitors a year, who spend more than 900 million dollars per year in the wider Noosa footprint, which includes such parts as Doonan, Verrierdale and Eumundi. Noosa funds and does its own tourism promotion, separate from other parts of the Sunshine Coast. That’s now under threat with moves afoot to harmonise tourism promotion Coast-wide What’s Going On? talked about that on Wednesday 13 January with Steve Cooper, CEO of Tourism Noosa.
The show also reran an interview by Tania Nash about Reality Bites, Australia’s premier non-fiction literary festival taking place in and around Cooroy from the 24th of July to the first of August; it had a talk with a 15-year-old Maroochydore lad who’s scored a part in a fantasy movie for kids; heard a 12-year-old girl’s take on life; and poetry about aspects of love. [Read more →]
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“It’s been fantastic for my development, for my soul”
January 6th, 2010 · Community, Interviews
What can it be like to manage an Aboriginal radio station in the West Kimberley as a white woman? Miki Venn-Brown, who was with us for more than ten years, has been doing that for two years up in Derby. She told us about it on What’s Going On?
Diet and Mark also heard about a new local programme to help disadvantaged job seekers in the Noosa and Caloundra areas, the dedication of a Eumundi couple to helping injured wild animals and commentary on how council amalgamation has cost us and will keep costing us. [Read more →]
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Jay Bishoff: “Peregian Originals has always had full public liability insurance”
January 5th, 2010 · Community
The organiser of the Peregian Originals, Jay Bishoff, has contradicted Mayor Bob Abbott’s assertion that the free fortnightly music concerts don’t have adequate public liability insurance cover.
“Peregian Originals has always had full public liability insurance and we have always provided the required security for Peregian Originals concerts,” Mr Bishoff responded to our coverage of the 20 December event. [Read more →]
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One-off Family Show
January 4th, 2010 · Celebrations, Community
To celebrate the end of 2009, Chris Lofven involved the community closest to him to contribute to an interactive family show. Zoe (24) and Jake (12) chose their own favourite pop songs to make up the playlist, and read news items and events, helping their Dad take his show, Sideshow Alley, to a totally different level. [Read more →]
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Powerlines, Orphans, Theatre, Aborigines And Poetry In The 30 Dec Mix
December 30th, 2009 · Community, Interviews, Podcasts
People fighting enormous power lines planned for the Noosa hinterland have had a 3,000-page environmental impact statement dumped on them with not enough time to respond. A religiously motivated Nambour group helps orphaned children in half a dozen poor countries. Noosa Arts Theatre has had an artistically and financially successful year. And a German with a passion for Aborigines runs a very popular website about them. Those were the stories in What’s Going On? on the 30th of December. [Read more →]
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Six-month Reprieve For The Peregian Originals
December 23rd, 2009 · Community, Interviews
The Peregian Originals can continue until at least June after talks between organisers and Council on the 22nd of December. More than two thousand fans of the free live music event, the biggest crowd ever in its 10-year history, turned up on Sunday 19 December to protest Council plans to end it after complaints by some Peregian residents. The deal struck with Council is for a traffic management plan, sufficient garbage bins, toilets, security and first aid. And to provide proper liability insurance cover, an incorporated non-profit association has to be founded. One wonders why these things couldn’t have been put in place long ago before such an ugly, acrimonious stoush had to flare. The dispute over the Originals was the main story in Diet and Mark’s “What’s Going On?” on Wednesday 23 December. [Read more →]
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