Media Releases in News – Noosa Shire Council

Annual Report highlights advancement across the shire

Answering 45,000 phone calls, diverting nearly 45,000 tonnes of waste from landfill and lending out more than 1 million library items are among the efforts included in the 2023/24 Annual Report.

Free community events to boost extreme weather resilience

Do you know what to do when, not if, a natural disaster strikes at your home?

Doggy Beach project a howling success at IPWEA awards

The Noosa Spit Doggy Beach sand nourishment project has been recognised with one of Queensland’s and the Northern Territory’s most prestigious awards for engineering.

Revised Noosaville Foreshore Master Plan reflects community expectations

Shadier, safer pedestrian pathways, virtually no change to on-street parking and upgrades to the tennis court and Pirate Playground are proposed in a revised, simpler draft Foreshore Master Plan.

Disaster resilience taking schools by storm

You’re never too young to be disaster-prepared, and with storm and bushfire season now upon us, Council and local emergency services personnel are taking the Get Ready message to local schools.

Join the Garage Sale Trail to grab a bargain and sell unwanted items

The Garage Sale Trail returns to Noosa in November, and getting involved is a great way to give the items you no longer need a new lease on life.

Catch the Mayor and Councillors at November 21 Peregian meeting

Peregian Beach Community House will host the next Ordinary Meeting of Council on Thursday, November 21.

New Youth Hub in Tewantin to provide safe space for young people

The Noosa Youth Connect Hub has opened at Tait-Duke Cottage in Tewantin offering young people a dynamic new space to meet and hang out.

A treat for trash talkers during National Recycling Week

If you’re keen to lift the lid on reducing waste and recycling, Council has a stack of free, fun and informative activities for you before and during National Recycling Week from November 11-17.

Community helps shape revised draft Noosaville Foreshore Master Plan

Residents’ feedback on preserving the Noosaville foreshore’s character, while guiding key maintenance and upgrade works is shaping a revised, simplified master plan for the area.

Revised high-end resort plans deliver quality outcome for Noosa Heads site

Unanimous approval for Noosa’s newest high-end resort was testament to the applicant’s respect for the Noosa Planning and willingness to work closely with council.

Pomona Place Plan enters final phase of community engagement

Noosa Council has today announced the launch of Phase 3 of the Pomona Place Plan community engagement project.

Queensland first as Noosa Council joins Sport4All program to make local sport more accessible

Noosa Council has partnered with Australian Paralympian Dylan Allcott’s Get Skilled Access to bring the Sport4All (S4A) Program to Noosa.

‘United front’: Councils get disaster ready

At the scene where bushfires raged five years ago, Sunshine Coast and Noosa Councils gathered with emergency services agencies today to highlight the reality that disaster can strike without warning.

Election commitment welcomed

Noosa Mayor Frank Wilkie has welcomed the Liberal National Party’s commitment to put the brakes on a housing development for a 195-unit housing development up to six storeys in Noosa Junction.