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7 days ago
1 min

SAVING OUR PANDANUS

The Pandanus is more than just an icon of our coastline, it's a vital link in our coastal ecosystem, and it's under threat. This Sunday m...

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PBCAI

Aug 1
1 min

A new Plan for Noosa.

Community groups like ours are celebrating the green light for the new Noosa Plan Town (which came into effect on August 1 ) and the adde...

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PBCAI

Jul 13
6 min

PBCA - another year protecting our community.

This report by PBCA President Barry Cotterell gives an overview of the volunteer work this association has been involved in over this dif...

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PBCAI

Jul 4
2 min

DAMNING FLIGHT PATH REPORT VINDICATES OUR CAMPAIGN

A damning report from the Aircraft Noise Ombudsman has vindicated the massive outcry by northern Sunshine Coast residents in 2019 in resp...

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PBCAI

May 4
1 min

Is TOURISM NOOSA working in OUR best interests ?

The pandemic has changed everything we took for granted just a few months ago. Some of those changes may be for the good, if we manage t...

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PBCAI

Mar 25
1 min

ANOTHER WIN FOR PBCA AND COUNCIL

Noosa Council and the Peregian Beach Community Association have had another victory in the marathon battle to retain the Town Plan protec...

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PBCAI

Mar 21
1 min

PBCA URGES A VOTE FOR EXPERIENCE.

Dear members, Many of you have received emailed voting advice from the developer-connected, Peregian Springs based group PFAFA, using an ...

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PBCAI

Mar 12
3 min

THE CANDIDATES’ FORUM THAT BECAME A “PRO-DEVELOPER FARCE”.

Only one mayoral candidate, Clare Stewart, attended, and only one sitting Councillor, Jess Glasgow, attended. The Peregian Beach Communit...

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PBCAI

Mar 7
3 min

SO THERE'S A CLIMATE EMERGENCY. WHAT IS NOOSA DOING ABOUT IT?

FACT CHECK: NOOSA COUNCIL CLIMATE ACTION Responding to the Climate Emergency isn't just a national and state issue, it is the responsibil...

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PBCAI

Feb 20
2 min

Councillors elected on 28 March need to be committed to ratifying the new Noosa Plan

Mayor Wellington has announced the New Noosa Plan is a step closer with Minister’s sign-off The New Noosa Plan is a step closer to implem...

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PBCAI

Feb 10
2 min

The developer’s long game.

Some developers, it seems, are prepared to wait for as long as it takes to maximise their profits by trying to slide around the Noosa Tow...

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PBCAI

Feb 4
3 min

WE MUST DEFEND OUR LINE IN THE SAND

The Noosa Shire we love stands in defiance of the urban sprawl and high rise that many Queenslanders call ‘the coast’. Over the decades, ...

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PBCAI

Feb 1
1 min

NOOSA COUNCIL CANDIDATES FORUM

Peregian Beach and Marcus Beach residents, please put this one in your diary for March 21st. PBCA is organising a forum of mayoral and co...

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PBCAI

Dec 17, 2019
1 min

DEFUSING THE SHORT STAY EXPLOSION

While it makes some investors and real estate agents money, the explosion of Short Stay rentals is 'hollowing out' residential neighbourh...

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PBCAI

Nov 13, 2019
9 min

PBCAI opposes attempt to build dwellings instead of Motel due to lack of finance

"Thomco is now not prepared to risk financing the project, but wants the community to take the risk that Thomco will develop the Motel in...

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PBCAI

Nov 10, 2019
1 min

SUBMISSION ON THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW FOR SHORT-TERM ACCOMMODATION (STA)

PBCA supports the proposed local law for STA and the arrangements proposed: · to ensure that complaints from nearby residents can be prom...

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PBCAI

Nov 10, 2019
4 min

PBCAI SUBMISSION RE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE DRAFT NOOSA PLAN

To Noosa Council nnpsubmissions@noosa.qld.gov.au I am writing on behalf of the Peregian Beach Community Association Inc in response to ...

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PBCAI

Nov 1, 2019
4 min

Exclusive: State puts brakes on controversial PFAS release

BILL HOFFMAN, Sunshine Coast Daily 1st Nov 2019 10:22 AM THE controversial pipeline intended to pump treated PFAS-affected water from the...

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PBCAI

Oct 31, 2019
2 min

Right to Know denied on Sunshine Coast Airport Expansion Project

Why has the Sunshine Coast Council (SCC) denied the public the right to know what it is doing in up-grading and privatising the airport? ...

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PBCAI

Oct 18, 2019
2 min

MEETING POSTPONED

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the public meeting this Sunday is being postponed. FPF will be sure to get back to you with a f...

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