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The Ministry of Finance, National Planning and Trade has denied there is a new levy being imposed on hybrid vehicles as from next year. In a communique issued yesterday, the ...

Motorists in the City of Logan will be reminded to watch out for wildlife on the roads when they get […]

Separation of airport business and revenue from aviation regulation, Uganda Airlines under outsourced professional management, will relieve the Chinese noose from us and our posterity

The love rural property owners have for their land was made clear during the recent round of Sunshine Coast Council’s Environment Levy Landholder

With summer fast approaching, there’s sure to be lots of residents and visitors enjoying the Sunshine Coast’s waterways and wetlands – whether it’s

Wingecarribee Shire Council has successfully secured a grant from the State Government to help monitor the recovery of rare and threatened flora

Nineteen Sunshine Coast environmental community groups can continue to focus on their core work, caring for our precious wildlife and stunning natural...

Premium Content Subscriber only Sunshine Coast Council has kept tight-lipped as speculation mounts it has swooped on a large parcel of land opposite the proposed Twin Waters West site. Sources said it was believed Sunshine Coast Council had snapped up the property and earmarked it for open space and possibly sports fields. A land acquisition in Bli Bli was listed on the council agenda in March, in a confidential session. The report stated the chief executive had recommended it be confidenti...

Accusations of unlawful processes, claims green groups were being held "to ransom" and a councillor voting against a motion she seconded dominated a heated debate as Gympie Region councillors tried to unravel the "mess" around their environmental funding grants yesterday. Only one of nine applications for funding drawn from the councils Environmental Levy was deemed valid by staff, and only 40 per cent of the $196,000 up for grabs was recommended to be awarded across four projects proposed by...

Letter to the Editor In response to the information provided by (Gympie Regional Council CEO) Shane Gray in relation to awarding of the Environment Levy grants, (15/1/2021) we note that there is no legislative requirement requiring the awarding of grants by Council to be decided by the elected Council. There were clear criteria established for assessment of grant submissions. To be successful, a submission had to respond to a priority/objective or action in Council’s adopted Environment Strat...