Dysfunctional Council & Bloated Bureaucracy Decimates City (Gold Coast Bulletin “Council’s Killing the Coast” Nick Nichols) The latest figures for building approvals and starts released by the GCCC for August 2011 are disturbing to say the very least. Last month a meagre 11 building approvals were completed, started or in progress in comparison to 804 […]
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Vow to Return Coast Waters
Vow to Return Coast Waters ADC commends Campbell Newman and the Liberal National Party for promising to legislate for a Gold Coast Waterways Authority if elected. Sun, Surf, Sand and Water is the Gold Coast’s brand. It is this brand and the lifestyle behind it which this decision will help protect. ADC urges the Australian […]
Brick Tease, Council Grant Axed
Brick Tease, Council Grant Axed Stimulus Needed For Gold Coast Says ADC Arnold Development Consultants (ADC) were disappointed by Gold Coast City Council’s recent decision not to proceed with the $5000-$8000 grant for new home buyers and builders. This grant would have been a great injection into the Gold Coast Construction and Development sector as […]
Gold Coast Falls Behind On New Projects
Gympie has copped labels like “backward” and “backwater” from southeast Queensland residents for years, But the city overtook the Gold Coast in one crucial area in April. Just 15 residential and commercial projects kicked off on the Gold Coast in April, while Gympie – which has a population of 49,334 – had two more developments […]
Melbourne or Bust
Melbourne or Bust The building and construction industry says more Gold Coasters are heading to Melbourne than vice versa, for the first time since 1982. UDIA national executive Brian Stewart said figures in the Population Growth Highlights and Trends Queensland 2012 report had confirmed the flow of interstate migration had been reversed because of issues […]
