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Representing and Growing Local Businesses Since 1981

At Noosa Chamber of Commerce, we’re here to ensure your business reaches its full potential.  We host business networking in Noosa through regular events, and connect with you via our social media.

For more than 30 years, since 1981, we’ve made it our business to represent and grow business in Local Chamber in every way possible.

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Independent advocacy – to promote business in the Noosa region.

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Strategic partnering with business associations and Noosa start-up businesses and New business-skills-building program.

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Timeline Photos✈️❤️✈️ It's official! Our terminal will reopen Monday, July 6 to welcome Jetstar and Virgin flights! Please note Queensland border restrictions still apply for arriving passengers. For more information contact your airline directly or visit bit.ly/2BnpQuK 👍 #sunshinecoastairport #sunshinecoast #wereback ... See MoreSee Less

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2:31 am

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Flights resume to Sydney and return from July 10.

Sunshine Coast Airport spokesperson Ayliie White said Jetstar will offer a daily return service from the 10th, while Virgin have indicated it will offer five services per week from July 13th.

"We expect those frequencies to increase as travel patterns and demand settle," Ms White said.

With four flights per day to Sydney from the Coast offered prior to Covid-19, Ms White said she expects it will "take some months to return to those pre Covid levels".✈️🛫 KEEN TO FLY INTERSTATE? ✈️🛬

With the Queensland border set to reopen on July 10th, flights from the Sunshine Coast to Sydney are set to resume.

Sunshine Coast Airport spokesperson Ayliie White said Jetstar will offer a daily return service from the 10th, while Virgin have indicated it will offer five services per week from July 13th.

"We expect those frequencies to increase as travel patterns and demand settle," Ms White said.

With four flights per day to Sydney from the Coast offered prior to Covid-19, Ms White said she expects it will "take some months to return to those pre Covid levels".

While passengers will be offered face masks to wear on-board, it won't be compulsory to wear them and Ms White said there won't necessarily be spare seats allocated between passengers.

Alliance commences a new service out of the Sunshine Coast Airport from to Cairns from July 17th, offering three services per week.

Ms White said there had been 1500 passengers book flights for that service in the first week of operation. ... See MoreSee Less

Flights resume to Sydney and return from July 10. Sunshine Coast Airport spokesperson Ayliie White said Jetstar will offer a daily return service from the 10th, while Virgin have indicated it will offer five services per week from July 13th. We expect those frequencies to increase as travel patterns and demand settle, Ms White said. With four flights per day to Sydney from the Coast offered prior to Covid-19, Ms White said she expects it will take some months to return to those pre Covid levels.
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Good news

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Great news for the working families in Noosa. ... See MoreSee Less

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It is good news for health and safety of Qlders. Anna Palaszczuk is doing a good job. The cost to business and community will be crushing if we end up like Victoria.

Noosa Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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Queensland is Good to Go and so is Noosa.

We had a visit from A Current Affair late last week to feature Noosa in a special national TV special on holidaying in Queensland.
Mayor Clare had no hesitation in selling the wonderful attributes of our shire. #goodtogo #iconicnoosa ... See MoreSee Less

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Why does Noosa Council and the chamber of commerce post identical Facebook posts - there appears to be a conflict of interest here

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Sunshine Coasts Mcdermott Aviation now firefighting across the other side of the world, what a great success story ... See MoreSee Less

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Our Vice President Rob Neely met with Election Candidate James Blevin - LNP for Noosa and Michael Hart MP the Shadow Minister for Housing, Energy and Innovation this morning to hear about how the LNP intends to grow jobs on the northern end of the Sunshine Coast.

We look forward to their Policy Announcements as we move closer to the State Election later this year as they have some terrific ideas for Noosa.In Noosa this morning catching up with James Blevin - LNP for Noosa and Chamber of Commerce vice president Rob.

Small business overheads like electricity prices formed a big part of the conversation- only an LNP led Government will deliver cheaper costs. ... See MoreSee Less

Our Vice President Rob Neely met with Election Candidate James Blevin - LNP for Noosa and Michael Hart MP the Shadow Minister for Housing, Energy and Innovation this morning to hear about how the LNP intends to grow jobs on the northern end of the Sunshine Coast. We look forward to their Policy Announcements as we move closer to the State Election later this year as they have some terrific ideas for Noosa.
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where's all your posts about opening the border up gone????

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Welcome back to businesses reopening this week, and those that have made changes to suit these challenging times - here are some that are ready to welcome you in! •Noosa Longboards reopens in Hastings Street this Thursday 25 June. •The Noosa Heads Surf Life Saving Club restaurant and bar reopen this Friday. •The Ginger Factory opens this Saturday at 9am - the first 200 children through the door on Saturday and Sunday, 27 and 28 June, will receive a free ice-cream voucher. •Noosa Camel Rides start up again on 2 July – online bookings are open now. •Fraser Island Explorer’s 1 and 2-day tours are operating again. •Habitat Noosa Everglades Eco Camp reopened last Friday – the CootharaBAR bistro opens 7 days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner during Queensland school holidays (27 June to 12 July). •The Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre will reopen this Friday with three new exhibitions. •Many of the river tours, including sunset and ferry cruises are now operating again. •Noosa Marina Markets reopened last Sunday. •Equathon Horse Riding is back on Noosa North Shore. •Epic Ocean Adventures are operating their 4WD trips from Noosa for guided dolphin-view kayak tours, stand up paddle tours and learn to surf at Double Island Point.
Breaking: Queensland’s border will reopen on 10 July!!!!! This is great news because it will give Noosa hospitality and tourism businesses the certainty they need to reopen and reemploy their staff. NCCI has led the way on Queensland’s roadmap to recovery. The NCCI has consistently called on the Premier to announce a date and stick to it. Without that pressure, Annastacia Palaszczuk would still be threatening a border closure beyond September. And well done Prime Minister Scott Morrison (ScoMo) for taking a stand on this issue.
Lawyers for the Qld Govt deny any Queensland businesses are facing hardship due to border closures ... sorry but what planet are these people on?
Today the NCCI has written directly to the Premier Of Queensland requesting she review her stated intention of keeping the Borders closed until Sept. (please see below) Premier of Queensland The Hon Annastacia Palaszczuk C/O Department of the Premier and Cabinet PO Box 15185 City East QLD 4002 Via email: dpc@premiers.qld.gov.au 5/6/2020 Re: Interstate Travel and the continued closure of the Qld Borders Dear Premier and Cabinet, The Noosa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) represents hundreds of Noosa businesses across all sectors. We write to you today to implore you to conduct an immediate review of your stated position of keeping the Borders closed until September 2020. The wider Noosa Shire relies primarily on four business pillars, Aged Care, Construction, Retail and Tourism, and but one of these have been pushed into recessive numbers since the outbreak of Covid – 19. Since March this year, our local Tourism Economy has lost up to ~$100 million per month in revenue out of a total yearly revenue of ~$1 Billion. So, to this point in time our business community and employees have had ~$300 million wiped from it and with your stated plans to keep the borders closed until Sept 2020 our community will lose another $300 million dollars. A massive 60% of our yearly tourism revenue will be gone! The NCCI has been representing and lobbying for businesses in the Local Govt Area since 1981, and it was in its formative years some 30 years ago (1989) when Australia was gripped by industrial unrest that caused major disruption to domestic air travel as Airline pilots squared off against their employers. That dispute brought Noosa to its knees and our community suffered for the following 5 years, losing hundreds of jobs to capital cities which tore at the fabric of our community. We have members that still remember that time and they are saying that the continued closure of the Qld Borders is far worse now than the effect of the 1989 Pilots Dispute. Up to 40% of our tourism is from Interstate travelers and with another 14% from International tourists our businesses and their employees cannot cope with another 3 months of this fiscal hemorrhaging due to Interstate borders being closed. As there is no longer any medical advice to validate your stance of continued closure through to September we suggest, in fact we implore you to act now and revert back to your original stated position of a July 10 reopening of the Borders and we need to know as soon as possible. Yours Sincerely NCCI Clare Stewart Noosa Mayor Noosa Council Cr Amelia Lorentson- Noosa Council Frank Wilkie, Noosa Shire Councillor Noosa Today Channel 10
***IMPORTANT UPDATE ON FLIGHT RESUMPTION*** The Sunshine Coast Airport has officially announced the opening of the new runway. Our Vice President Rob Neely is also a Committee Member of the Sunshine Coast Airport Community Aviation Forum (SCACAF) and has some updates below on flight resumptions. SCA Spokesperson: Ayllie White "Hi Rob You’ve likely seen commentary from the QLD Premier last week regarding the State Border restrictions potentially in place until September. If that remains the case, we don’t expect interstate RPT services to resume until September. In industry movements, the Qantas Group are looking at reinstating services on the broader network in July, in line with advice from other states around the lifting of travel restrictions so if the QLD Government was to soften their position, flights could start before September. Ours is a popular destination (a recent sentiment survey put Sunshine Coast as the second most popular destination in QLD for Victorian and NSW visitors once travel restrictions were lifted) so we expect Qantas will be keen to put flights back into the region as soon as Government travel restrictions allow. It is a bit of a day-by-day proposition. Our charter services supporting FIFO operations have continued during the restrictions. " Sunshine Coast Airport Noosa Today Clare Stewart Noosa Mayor Frank Wilkie, Noosa Shire Councillor ABC Sunshine Coast
And the Noosa community and business owners are losing $100million every month #opentheborderanna
This headline is running across Australia this morning in all NewsCorp papers and digital. Does this Headline help Noosa? Is it sending the wrong message? Or is it putting pressure on the Qld Govt to open the borders? Noosa Council Clare Stewart Noosa Mayor
Dear Members and our Facebook Members, Please take the time to fill out this survey. NCCI has been working with Noosa Council Economic Development Dept over the past few weeks in developing a Covid-19 Business Survey which is available from this link. https://survey.zohopublic.com/zs/hVCN7n?fbclid=IwAR0pfr_lRbUZEoYpPbDR4VHOArqkKTRaZ65dgg5GNu2QgoXTXFi6BNGklJY The Survey is anonymous however if you need help with your business during this time please contact us and we will provide assistance where possible.
Noosa Chamber of Commerce response to Noosa Mayors Letter to the Premier of Queensland. For Immediate Release. STARTS: "The Noosa Chamber of Commerce (NCCI) commends Noosa Mayor Clare Stewart's letter to the Premier. " The NCCI says the Mayor of Noosa is right to question the Premier of Qld on when the Border/s will be open again, we have been told for weeks and weeks (and many businesses and families of those employed have planned on the previous advice from the State Govt) that they would reopen the QLD Border in July 2020. Then mysteriously after NSW asked Queensland to open the borders sooner, our Govt decided to push it back from July to September with no clear reasoning? On behalf of the businesses and employees of Noosa we ask for the Health justification of this apparent 2 month extension as it is yet to be articulated by our State Premier. The NCCI only wants for the safety of our community, but we do not want our economy to be used as a political football between two State Premiers. This is not State of Origin, this is the livelihood of thousands of Noosa’s workers. So we ask the Premier to explain why she has moved the goalposts from July to September when this is still May 2020. The NCCI Executive has been in constant (daily) contact with the Mayor, the CEO and the Economic Development Dept of Noosa Council and can only say that the Mayor and all Noosa Council Staff hold the health of our community first and foremost. However, we will not standby and watch the Premier in what is arguably a political act of brinkmanship that effects our Community for what appears to be political point scoring. So Premier please explain yourself? " ENDS. Media Inquiries: NCCI President Murray Brown 0419 491 395 or NCCI Vice President Rob Neely 0427 526 744 ABC Sunshine Coast Noosa News Noosa Today Noosa Council Cr Amelia Lorentson- Noosa Council Karen Finzel Councillor for Noosa Shire Tom Wegener Noosa Councillor Clare Stewart Noosa Mayor Frank Wilkie Courier Mail Sunshine Coast Daily
UPDATE FROM QANTAS 8pm TUESDAY 5 MAY - NO RETURN TO FLIGHTS UNTIL AT LEAST JULY 2020 While passenger demand remains low and government restrictions remain in place, we have extended our existing Australian domestic and trans-Tasman flight cancellations to the end of June 2020. If your flight is impacted we will contact you as soon as possible.
The race for Mayor is on a razor edge, overnight Clare Stewart pegged back a 4% deficit to a slight lead of 51/49% over Tony Wellington with about 30% of votes to be counted still by way of pre poll and postal
NOOSA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE URGES BANKS TO PROVIDE MORTGAGE HOLIDAY TO PROPERTY OWNERS. WEDNESDAY March 18th 2020: Today the Noosa Chamber of Commerce and Industry called for banks to support our Tourism Operators and families directly affected by the flurry of cancellations due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Tourism operators including Accommodation Holiday lets, Airbnb’s, Restaurants, Bars, Cafes are all reporting a rapid downturn in business which is then subsequently affecting all of the businesses and families providing goods and services to them. The Tourism sector is one of the two business pillars of our town, making the downturn the equivalent of a Commercial Armageddon for small business and the families that rely on it. On the 10th of March British Banks announced they were providing a 3 month Mortgage Holiday to customers affected by the pandemic. As such the Noosa Chamber of Commerce calls on the Big 4 banks and Bendigo Bank to get on the front foot to help the Noosa businesses affected. Media Enquiries Or Info@noosachamberofcommerce.com.au Noosa News ABC Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast Daily
CHAMBER AND NOOSA TOURISM OPERATORS JOIN FORCES TO FIGHT FOR NOOSA BUSINESS. The Noosa Chamber of Commerce and Industry believes Noosa business must prepare for what could be the hardest times to hit our town in the past 30 years since the Airline Pilots dispute in 1989. Our shire, our town, in fact our entire community relies on Tourism as one of its two major economic pillars. So how do we turn what looks to be a global paralysis of Airline travel into an opportunity for Noosa business. Noosa Chamber of Commerce Executives met with the NOOSA Tourism OPERATORS early last week and the discussion centered on creating solutions to be prepared for booking cancellations. Noosa Chamber's view is to harness the growing number of Australians that are cancelling their overseas travel plans. The Noosa Chamber and NOOSA Tourism operators have agreed to work closely together immediately on this issue and into the future. We invite all businesses whether you are a Noosa Chamber Member or not to come to our Sunset Drinks and Networking Event on a date to be advised.
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