Media Releases & News

Commentary on the 2017 Budget

10 May 2017

Sandy Zubrinich, Chair, Sunshine Coast Business Council “It’s not surprising that this budget has already being slated as a political one, given it counters many of Labor’s criticisms of the 2014 budget – a budget which this government is hoping to put well behind it with the axing of the ‘impossible to sell’ zombie measures.

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Response to announcement of Yaroomba Beach lodgement

04 May 2017

Statement from Sunshine Coast Business Council Chair Sandy Zubrinich: “This is a $900 million investment into much-needed jobs and tourism infrastructure, particularly at a time when there is still weakness in the global and national economies.

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Coast unites to sleep rough for homeless

20 April 2017

Call to support fundraising for over 1,500 homeless on the Sunshine Coast With homelessness affecting more than 1,500 men, women and children on the Sunshine Coast, a group of local dignitaries, business people and community members are gearing up to sleep rough in the name of charity, participating in the St Vincent de Paul Corporate…

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Speeches by LNP Federal Members

22 March 2017

The video below is Andrew Wallace LNP Federal Member for Fisher– speech in Federal Chamber 20 March 2017.

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Sunshine Coast under review at Strategic Direction Discussion

21 March 2017

What can we expect for the economic performance of the Sunshine Coast in 2017? That’s the question the Sunshine Coast Business Council (SCBC) will consider when more than 30 members, politicians and local government representatives come together at the annual Strategic Direction Discussion hosted by the not-for-profit organisation on Thursday, 9 March.

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Coast's been 'dudded' over hospital med school

31 January 2017

“ONE could take the view that the Sunshine Coast has certainly been dudded.” From a diplomatic man these words are as close as you’ll get to open criticism, but University of the Sunshine Coast Vice-Chancellor Professor Greg Hill is struggling to hide his disappointment as a political spat over the new medical school crisis continues.

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Med school spat a bad look for Coast: Business head

30 January 2017

THE Sunshine Coast’s peak business body says the trolling war that’s erupted over the Sunshine Coast University Hospital’s medical school is a bad look for the region. Sunshine Coast Business Council chairwoman Sandy Zubrinich said despite repeated calls for all three levels of government on the Coast to work together on the region’s “big issues”,…

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Mayor defends spending on #OperationMedSchool

25 January 2017

UPDATE 12.15pm: Sunshine Coast Mayor Mark Jamieson has said the cost of an advertising campaign pushing for more medical student places at the new hospital is “peanuts”. Responding to criticism leveled at him on Twitter by state MP for Kawana, Jarrod Bleijie, Cr Jamieson today said the financial cost of the #OperationMedSchool campaign was insignificant…

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SCBC expresses support for integrated resort development bid

04 November 2016

The Sunshine Coast Business Council (SCBC) has welcomed the state government’s recent announcement that it is undertaking preliminary research to gauge interest in another regional integrated resort development in Queensland, labelling the move as a rare opportunity for economic growth on the Sunshine Coast.

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Corporate Luncheon – The New Zealand Story: was it worth the journey?

07 September 2016

Mark your diaries now for the upcoming corporate luncheon… The New Zealand Story: was it worth the journey? Thursday 29th September 2016 | 12.15 – 2.30pm Navigator Room, 26degrees Bar+Venue, 10 Leeding Terrace, Caloundra More details and booking information available by clicking the image below or on The-NZ-Story_Corporate-Luncheon flyer.

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