Sunshine Coast Council has been recognised for its dedication to sustainability, winning the inaugural Local Government category at last night’s Banksia Sustainability Awards in Melbourne. From a national field of four finalists, council won the Local Government category, which recognises leadership ... more
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Sunshine Coast is Google’s Queensland choice
The Sunshine Coast has been selected as Queensland’s most web-savvy region to vie for the national Google eTown Award for 2013. The Coast will compete against one town or region from each state and territory for the national award, to be announced in late August. Sunshine Coast Mayor Mark Jamieson ... more
FREE ‘How to enter’ Business Awards workshops
Two free ‘how to enter’ workshops are being offered to businesses and individuals interested in entering the 19th Sunshine Coast Business Awards (SCBA). The workshops, to be staged in Maroochydore on Tuesday 16 July and Caloundra on Tuesday 23 July from 8.30am – 10.30am are being run by Rod Richards ... more
Sunshine Coast cleans up at environment awards
Mayor Mark Jamieson has congratulated local people for their commitment to improving the region’s waterways following four big wins at the Healthy Waterways Awards. Sunshine Coast community groups and a local volunteer won awards at the annual presentation. “The Sunshine Coast was extremely well ... more
Council wins top Queensland award for PLACE+ Beerwah
Sunshine Coast Council has again been recognised for its unique consultation and planning process for the PLACE+ Beerwah project, receiving the prestigious Award of Excellence for Planning in Landscape Architecture at the Australian Institute of Landscape Architect (AILA) awards. The award follows ... more
Cooroy company wins 3 Master Builder Awards
Cooroy based company, Ri-con Contractors, has scooped three prestigious Master Builder Awards, taking the ‘Best Multi Residential Development’, ‘Best Commercial/Industrial Building’ and the trade award for ‘Excellence in Carpentry’ at the Western Australian Master Builders Housing and Construction ... more
Awards thank Glass House volunteers
The fourth annual Glass House Volunteer Awards were held today recognising the contribution by many volunteers across the Glass House electorate. Member for Glass House, Andrew Powell MP held his annual ceremony and afternoon tea to coincide with National Volunteers Week as a way of saying ‘thank ... more
Sunshine Coast wins award at Meetings Expo
Business Events Sunshine Coast (BESC) wowed the business events industry at the Asia-Pacific Incentives and Meetings Expo (AIME) held in Melbourne earlier this week. BESC’s new naturally refreshing design has won the “Best Innovative Stand” award for originality and impact created. Sunshine Coast ... more
Top honours for Narrows Escape at Australian Tourism Awards
Sunshine Coast tourism operators, Mark and Joanne Skinner, owners of Narrows Escape Rainforest Retreat in Montville, have just been awarded the highly coveted award for "hosted accommodation" at the Qantas Australian Tourism Awards at Australia's tourism premier event held at Hobart on Friday ... more
Narrows Escape heads to Australian Tourism Awards
Sunshine Coast owners of Narrows Escape Rainforest Retreat, Montville, Joanne and Mark Skinner are preparing to head to Tasmania to represent the Queensland tourism industry as winners of the Hosted Accommodation award for 2012. The Qantas Australian Tourism Awards are the Australian Tourism ... more