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The Mayor and Councillors work closely with the Executive Leadership Team and staff delivering a range of plans and strategies guiding the delivery of major projects across the region, and council’s capital works program. Council remains committed to its vision to be Australia’s most sustainable region - Connected. Liveable. Thriving.
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Council's governance framework is a set of systems to help council meet its goal of great governance.
Local laws
Council administers a range of local laws including parking, keeping animals, bathing reserves and dog off-leash areas.
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Latest news
Skywhales set to soar as sun rises
They're finally coming! On Sunday, August 17 at dawn, a spectacle unlike any you’ve seen before will take place in the skies, above UniSC Sunshine Coast.
Check your bushfire risk – and prepare!
It may have been a wet winter this year, but all it takes is a week of warm weather for bushfires to become a serious threat. Know your home’s bushfire risk and have a bushfire survival plan in place.
‘Incredible collaboration’ puts us in science spotlight
The Sunshine Coast Marine BioBlitz project has been announced as a finalist in the prestigious 2025 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.
Astonishing discovery in quiet pocket of Coast hinterland
Survey has discovered that Reesville is one of the most densely populated koala habitats in the northern part of South East Queensland.
Meet the makers behind our regional flavour
A celebration of flavour, innovation and community brought together the region’s most passionate producers and changemakers on Friday, July 25.
Skywhales set to soar as sun rises
They're finally coming! On Sunday, August 17 at dawn, a spectacle unlike any you’ve seen before will take place in the skies, above UniSC Sunshine Coast.
Check your bushfire risk – and prepare!
It may have been a wet winter this year, but all it takes is a week of warm weather for bushfires to become a serious threat. Know your home’s bushfire risk and have a bushfire survival plan in place.
‘Incredible collaboration’ puts us in science spotlight
The Sunshine Coast Marine BioBlitz project has been announced as a finalist in the prestigious 2025 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.
Astonishing discovery in quiet pocket of Coast hinterland
Survey has discovered that Reesville is one of the most densely populated koala habitats in the northern part of South East Queensland.
Meet the makers behind our regional flavour
A celebration of flavour, innovation and community brought together the region’s most passionate producers and changemakers on Friday, July 25.