Noosa Deputy Mayor Frank Wilkie will be placing Noosa’s residents and environment first in council decisions if elected as Mayor at the March election.
Mayoral candidate Wilkie said the needs of Noosa residents and environment had always been his focus and had guided a platform shared with 70 volunteers at a campaign launch in Cooroy last weekend.
“We don’t need more consultation to know we need to better protect Noosa’s quality of life from traffic congestion, overscale or out of zone development, environmental degradation and overcrowding,” Cr Wilkie said.
“Noosa is a community first. If we do all we can to make it a great place to live and raise a family, it’s also a great place to visit and to set up a business.”
His platform has action-based aims bridging the hinterland and the coast.
• Effective services and responsible budgeting: Delivering quality services, assets and facilities while keeping rates as low as possible below CPI.
• Smart development: Vigilance against over-scale and out of zone development, reducing Short Term Accommodation impacts on neighborhoods, ensuring Noosa shire retains its community connections and identity.
• Traffic solutions: Delivering on strategies for traffic and parking relief with residents the priority.
• Responsible environmental management: Evidence based efforts to protect our natural assets, forests, beaches, waterways and wildlife.
• Housing solutions: delivering dwellings for residents on modest incomes in partnership with the State, community housing providers and private industry.
• Balanced tourism: Managing peak period crowding in a way that respects Noosa’s community, environment and identity
• Seizing opportunities: Leveraging the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics to secure what we need -upgrades to community sporting/cultural facilities and improving All-Abilities access to council-owned facilities.
• Fostering economic diversity and resilience: Recognising that small businesses support many Noosa residents and their families, preparing young people for the future through innovative projects, like the Peregian digital hub.
Cr Wilkie has served with four mayors, is a former journalist and teacher, a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is involved in Noosa community sporting, arts and cultural groups.
For more details see frankfornoosa.com
