Category: Politics

DOUGLAS SHIRE COUNCIL RELEASE Are you a local business that currently does business with Douglas Shire Council, or is interested in opportunities to do so? …

DOUGLAS SHIRE COUNCIL RELEASE SPORTS vouchers are up for grabs as Douglas Shire Council seeks feedback about parks, trails, and public sporting facilities in Douglas…

DOUGLASNEWS.NETWORK After making a decision that seemed to confuse most, Council has issued a media release seeking to clarify its intentions about the future of…

An Ordinary Douglas Shire Council meeting was held this morning Wednesday 27 January 2020, at 10am. All Councillors were in attendance at this morning’s meeting…

An Ordinary Douglas Shire Council meeting will be held tomorrow Wednesday 27 January 2020, at 10am.

In unison, all four Councillors criticised aspects of the Daintree ferry debacle that Mayor Kerr has brought about. At Douglas Shire Council’s Ordinary Meeting held on December 15, 2020, the two-ferry or bridge question should have been finalised.   It appears, however, that the Mayor is still trying to avoid having the contract signed, by instigating a questionable last minute change to the meeting recommendation, and further, not advising all fellow Councillors of his intention to do so.

Douglas Shire Council will consider a proposal to approve a high rise hotel on Warner St at Tuesday’s ordinary meeting. Warner Street Hotel’s proposal does not comply with our local planning scheme.
DouglasNews.Network considers it vital that residents, ratepayers and local businesses understand why compliance with the local planning scheme is critical to the integrity and future of our Shire.

Douglas Shire Council will hold the last Ordinary Council meeting for the year on Tuesday, 15 December 2020, at 10am, and there are quite a few items of community interest on the agenda….

Earlier this week, Treasurer Cameron Dick handed down an historic budget designed to drive Queensland’s COVID-19 recovery, and quite simply, to create more jobs for Queenslanders. Let’s take a snapshot of the new Budget and its implications for the Far North and the Douglas Shire.

At Tuesday’s Ordinary Council meeting, Item 5.8 on the Agenda was a request for funding by Cape York Weekly to establish a news platform in the Douglas Shire.The recommendation was that Council approves $10,000 towards supporting the Cape York Weekly to commence a community newspaper. Council staff would develop KPI’s for the allocated funding that would focus on strong support for advertising for not-for-profit and community groups in the Shire. The proposal for Council to fund a newspaper comes only after an advancement from Cr Kerr, and no other alternatives were sought.