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THE Sunshine Coast has done enough planning for light rail, now it just needs to find someone to build it.   That was the message from Curtin University Professor Peter Newman who delivered a key-note speech to a room of movers and shakers yesterday. 

Over 150 of the most influential academics, business people and government officials came together on 11 August to participate in the ‘Realising the Ripple Effect’ conference hosted by the Sunshine Coast Business Council in Maroochydore.

The Sunshine Coast Business Council will tackle some of the big issues this week when it facilitates a forum to foster collaboration between all levels of government and Sunshine Coast businesses community representatives.

Labelling this week’s Sunshine Plaza expansion announcement as a another positive step forward in transforming the Sunshine Coast into a thriving economic hub, the Sunshine Coast Business Council has expressed its hope that the move will spur further large-scale investment in the region.

Academics, businesspeople and government officials will come together on Thursday, 11 August to participate in a half-day conference which will consider whether the Sunshine Coast is positioned to successfully deliver an economic ‘ripple effect’ similar to those being experienced by comparable health precincts nationally and internationally.

Mark your diaries now for the forthcoming conference… “Realising The Ripple Effect – Kawana Health Precinct” Thursday 11th August 2016

Following the handing down of yesterday’s 2016/17 state budget, the Sunshine Coast Business Council has welcomed funding for the North Coast Rail Line and Bruce Highway upgrades, but also stressed its disappointment at the lack of budget allocated to other infrastructure projects desperately required in the region.

It’s that time in the lead-up to an election when our politicians are suddenly more visible and promises are made in a bid to secure votes.  The reality is the Sunshine Coast has been ignored for far too long and throwing us a few bones at this stage of the campaign is not enough.

More than 20 community and business leaders from across the Sunshine Coast came together on Monday, 21 March to participate in the second of a series of four ‘think tanks’ being hosted by the Sunshine Coast Business Council on improving the effectiveness of community engagement.

Renowned academics Associate Professor Leo Bowman of Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and Dr Sam Wilson of the Swinburne Leadership Institute in Melbourne will lead the charge in considering the importance of leadership and community engagement on the Sunshine Coast when they present at an upcoming ‘think tank’ event being hosted in Marcoola on Monday,…