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Tourism and Hospitality Services AustralAsia managing director Rodger Powell said the construction would show prospective developers they too could plan and receive approval for an international hotel on the Coast. “This is the first major hotel built on the Sunshine Coast in 30 years,” he said. “ Everything else has been either a strata-titled apartment complex or a motel. “It will open up the Sunshine Coast to new markets seeking the assurance of international hotels brand...

The changes came after Walker Corporation signed a deal with the council late last year to take over as developer of the majority of the remaining 43ha site still to be built, in a deal which was touted to trigger $2.5 billion worth of investment in the new CBD. DRONE: New development of Maroochydore CBD. Councillors were told on Thursday the new group would assume the majority of oversight functions, but wouldnt diminish the councils strategic role. Division 9 councillor Maria Suarez move...

Its operating expenses were $1.92 million last year with $1.17 million attributed to staff costs. SunCentral CEO John Knaggs at the Maroochydore city centre for the announcement of the development agreement between Sunshine Coast Council and Walker Corporation. Staff salaries totalled $609,302 last year, excluding the chief executive officer John Knaggs. Its annual report stated employee benefits and remuneration for Mr Knaggs and the non-executive directors was $832,847, after he and the ...

Last years council election campaign was run on a platform of increased transparency by many candidates and several community organisations also pushed for greater openness and accountability from the organisation. Council officers noted in their report there was a "wider community interest" in examining practices related to the classification, management and accessibility of information considered by the council. The officers stated the examination would be undertaken with a view to "enhanc...

Premium Content Subscriber only THERE was no shortage of Lockyer Valley residents getting busted for cannabis possession, production and/or supplying in 2020. The Gatton Star has compiled a list of some of those who were convicted in the Gatton Magistrates Court for weed this year. Melissa Lynette Dixon pleaded guilty on November 16 to four offences including charges of unlawfully possessing cannabis, unlawfully possessing a water pipe used for smoking cannabis and committing a public nuisan...