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"The Sunshine Coast system is a lot larger capacity wise but in terms of the technology and physics there's zero difference." A council spokesman said the equipment could only be commissioned by Envac technicians, under an agreement with the company. They said costs associated with the commissioning were included in the agreement. Council's group executive customer engagement and planning services James Ruprai said it was "moving closer" to having the system switched on, with ENVAC technical experts in the country and out of quarantine. The council statement said it would be Australia's ...

Council planning staff and former CEO Michael Whittaker appeared at-odds over conditions for a rooftop bar in the Sekisui House Yaroomba Beach proposal just weeks before its approval. Internal emails released as part of a recent Sunshine Coast Council Right to Information disclosure of more than 3000 pages revealed differing opinions over the conditioning of usage for the rooftop aspect of the proposed hotel. On May 24, 2018, Mr Whittaker requested planning staff make "some improvements to the presentation" to be given at a workshop with councillors about a month before they voted to appro...

"It is to council's advantage to have initiated this work so that it is well placed to provide contemporary policy input to the next regional plan," council officers stated. Cr Natoli quizzed them on why the new planning scheme process would start before community consultation on the land use options for a mass transit plan had been carried out. Officers said there would be ample time to consider the Mass Transit Options Analysis and community engagement outcomes, and any council decision, within the new planning scheme process, given the time frames involved. Mass Transit Action Group me...