Noosa 360

With Stage 1 of this project completed in July 2023 as previously updated, designs continue to progress on Stages 2 and 3 of the Kin Kin Road Widening Project. Collectively, these works are to provide greater safety to our residents…

As reported in July 2025, a delegate of the Federal Minister for Environment and Water has determined that the Kin Kin Quarry’s EPBC application is a controlled action due to the significant impact on listed threatened species and ecological communities.…

As mentioned in our previous Noosa 360 updates, an application has been made under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the Act), for a determination by the Federal Minister for Environment as to whether further vegetation clearing at…

Planning and Environment Court outcome Sandy joined Noosa Council and the community at the Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Monday 25 November 2024 to hear His Honour Judge Long SC’s decision on the Noosa Council legal case against the operators of…

In response to Sandy’s submission to the Federal Minister for the Environment on the application made by the Kin Kin Quarry to clear nearly 10h of koala habitat under the Federal Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC), they…

On Monday 11 September, our office was made aware of an application made by the Kin Kin Quarry to clear nearly 10h of koala habitat under the Federal Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC), that only had a…

The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) have advised Stage 1 (between Turnbull Road to just north of Williams Road) has now been completed. TMR have also advised the following for works between Williams Road and Western Branch Road…

The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) installed six temporary Vehicle Activated Signs (VAS) at key locations on Kin Kin Road to actively encourage motorists to slow down and drive to the speed limit and traffic conditions as well…

The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) have advised the following below (in italics) in response to requests for a 20-tonne limit to be placed on Kin Kin Road to restrict heavy haulage vehicles to/from the quarry in Kin…

Following considerable advocacy regarding the need to address the road condition and safety of the ‘bookends’ on either side of Kin Kin Range, with works well underway at the northern end, the Minister for Transport and Main Roads has just…