Changes to the licence for Chefs Inc. to run a food market in the Cleveland Library car park for up to ten years will be discussed by Redland City Council at it’s next meeting on Wednesday 12 July. The discussion is scheduled to be in closed session without media or the public present. In August
Car park food market back on Council agenda Read Post »
All too often, proposed new residential developments in Redlands are upsetting local communities when project plans go well beyond the expectations or experience of existing residents. Development outcomes are being promoted which are beyond the layman’s interpretation of the planning scheme and people feel that higher density developments threaten their quality of life and our
Open for business or just more development? Read Post »
If anything is obvious locally it’s that plans to pursue Walker Corporation’s Toondah Harbor proposal will damage an already vulnerable economy in the Redlands and greatly jeopardise the environment. The lack of community consultation by developers and various levels of government is hurting business, the public discourse, and trust in the establishment. These are very
Fixing the skills shortage in Redlands Read Post »
Redland City Council’s next general meeting is on Wednesday 27 July. It’s another light agenda with just four items apart from routine noting of routine reports. Important issues such as review of the Draft City Plan continue to be dealt with by councillors and officers in non-public workshops. Delegation to CEO of authority to award
Sport land, economic development and waste contracts on Redland Council’s agenda Read Post »
Redland City Council’s next general meeting is on Wednesday 27 July. It’s another light agenda with just four items apart from routine noting of routine reports. Important issues such as review of the Draft City Plan continue to be dealt with by councillors and officers in non-public workshops. Delegation to CEO of authority to award
Sport land, economic development and waste contracts on Redland Council's agenda Read Post »
The so-called genteel pastime of birdwatching, or birding can also be…. big business. In fact in academia it has its own term: avitourism. The benefits of avitourism is relatively familiar to Northern Hemisphere recreationists, especially USA, German and UK residents. There are thousands of tourists from the northern hemisphere travelling the world annually with the
Birdwatching can be big business for Redlands Read Post »
For Indigenous Australians, election time is always a tough call. It’s a time when we find out how important my fellow Aboriginal peoples are to the average Australian. It is well known and appreciated by Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander peoples that progress has been made in a bi-partisan manner over the last half century. Progress has
The Gap still needs closing Read Post »
State Parliament’s Finance and Administration Committee recently published its report on the Stradboke Island Sand Mining bills, rejecting a Katter Party bill proposing a 2024 end date. The Government Bill which reinstates Labor policy to substantially phase out mining by 2019 was supported by the ALP members of the Committee but rejected by the LNP’s
Reactions to sand mining report Read Post »
Redland City Council’s next general meeting is on 11 May commencing at 9:30 am. Meetings are held at the Council Chambers in Bloomfield Street, Cleveland. Members of the public are able to observe meetings from the public gallery except for items which councillors discuss in ‘closed session’. At each general meeting members of the community
Parking, pageantry and pickup of bulky rubbish on agenda for Council meeting tomorrow Read Post »
A Queensland parliamentary committee inquiring into the cessation of sand mining on North Stradbroke Island has failed to agree on an appropriate end date. The Government members argue that sand mining should end in 2019 in line with Labor’s pre-election commitments. Non-Government members support a continuation of mining to 2035. The only thing that all
Committee reports on bills to end sand mining Read Post »
