Last chance for effective river management?

By Phil Jarratt

After more than half a dozen attempts over two decades to get the warring parties to work together, sources within the 14-member Noosa River Stakeholder Advisory Committee say that this one might work.

Following last week’s inaugural meeting of the panel representing a broad cross-section of river interests from commercial to environmental, Noosa Today was told that after a fairly “boisterous” start, members settled into the constructive work of establishing a set of priorities for problem-solving on the river, possibly because the once-warring factions had reached an agreement to co-operate weeks in advance.

Co-chair and Maritime Safety Queensland general manager Angus Mitchell said: “It’s a…