News
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Innovative to transformative: $30M to fund SEQ waterway projects
PROFILING aquatic biodiversity hotspots and stabilising creek banks around Silverdale are the two major project wins for the Scenic Rim in the newly announced $30…
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Website, maintenance equipment and a mower going to Canungra
CANUNGRA fared well in the latest round of the Gambling Community Benefit Fund grants. One of the largest grants was awarded to the Canungra Area…
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Growing and going for over 100 years
ONE hundred years ago a group of farmers living on Tamborine Mountain decided to form an association where its members share the load of taking…
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Growing and going for over 100 years
ONE hundred years ago a group of farmers living on Tamborine Mountain decided to form an association where its members share the load of taking…
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Mayor accuses administration of gaslighting
SCENIC Rim Mayor Tom Sharp has accused council management of gaslighting by making a complaint against him to the Office of the Independent Assessor (OIA)…
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Three year, $5.5M spend on ICT
IN A move described as enhancing council efficiency and service delivery to ratepayers, Scenic Rim Regional Council will spend $5.5 million over the next three…
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Scenic Rim electoral boundaries to remain in place
POPULATION growth in the State Government electorate of Scenic Rim has not been significant enough to figure in the forthcoming electoral boundary redistribution. However, several…
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$29M capital works in the pipeline
KEY infrastructure projects funded in the 2025 – 2026 Council budget include upgrades to ongoing work on Kerry, Beechmont and Veresdale Scrub roads. Mayor Tom…
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Capital works budget allocated more than $29 million
SCENIC Rim councillors voted in a $119.6 million 2025-2026 Budget with a $29.1 million capital works program, last week. “We have attempted to take into…
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New green tax, other charges up
A $50 environmental levy will be a new charge on rates bills. Councillors voted in the additional charge on all properties to raise $1.05 million…
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Red tape, failed council processes, homeowners left with no options
HOMEOWNERS at the centre of the dispute have spoken with the Fassifern Guardian about their protracted experience with council, facing often contradictory claims. “If we…
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Scenic Rim rates up by 4.5% to 4.9%
SCENIC Rim councillors voted in a 4.5 percent average rate rise on principal places of residence, both rural and urban, at the annual Budget meeting,…












