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Councillors were sent a series of questions about the steps they'd taken to-date and were still to take to understand their division's views on mass transit to ensure they could accurately represent them in future debates and decision making, as well as their position on light rail, preferred method of mass transit and how they saw mass transit fitting into a broader transport system on the Coast. Here's what your Sunshine Coast councillors had to say: Cr Maria Suarez. Maria Suarez, Division 9: Ms Suarez said the mass transit corridor was well out of the Division 9 area, so for her it wa...

Council maintains all workers at its mass transit information booths are employees and impartial despite a man with links to the state transport department having been spotted at several locations. A Mooloolaba woman told organisers of The Beach Matters group, which is fighting the prospect of a light rail system along the beachfront at Alexandra Headland and Maroochydore, and at least one councillor that she had spotted a former transport department staffer at consultation sessions in Kawana and Mooloolaba earlier this month. The man she identified was Dan Koch, a former Department of Tra...

Premium Content Subscriber only Squaring off a decade ago over the Gillard government's ill-fated carbon tax, former Rio Tinto managing director David Peever and ex-Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan now find themselves on the same side. The pair have thrown their weight behind the growing cause rallying against a proposed light rail system along the beach front at Alexandra Headland. Mr Peever, now a Cotton Tree resident and Mr Swan, a former Nambour High school student who is a regular at Cotton Tree and passionate Coast surfer, spoke out against what they said was a consistent lack of consult...

Regulation of on-street parking, control of mosquitoes and quality of unsealed roads also rated poorly. Council's best services and facilities were lifeguards, maintenance of beaches and foreshores and provision of libraries, sporting facilities and recreational parks. It showed council ranked worse last year for traffic management and planning and control of residential development when compared with results in 2015. Members of the Beach Matters group protesting the Mooloolaba to Maroochydore cycleway. The group has raised concerns about council’s community engagement. Picture: Patrick...

But a Sunshine Coast Council spokeswoman said the survey would assist with implementing and monitoring the council’s environment and liveability strategy and the community strategy. “The Living in Place survey is an independent and robust community survey/social research project used to provide a measure of liveability,” the spokeswoman said. It was developed by population and demographic specialists Informed Decisions. The spokeswoman said the survey complemented a communication satisfaction survey completed last year. “It will build on the information captured in relation to the sat...