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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 confidential due to a number of a reasons including the risk that disclosure at the time could adversely impac...

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 council's 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 the Koala Action Group, Cooloola Coastcare, Mary River Catchment Co-ordinating Committee, and Gymp...

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 Strategy, which was adopted by the elected council (the vote was unanimous). Therefore the issuing of gra...