AN OVERVIEW OF GROWTH AND SERVICE DEMAND ON SMBI By Shane Rendalls, 20 January 2026. Introduction This paper estimates the rate of housing and population growth on SMBI. It is based on the number of development applications to Redland Council and is the outcome of analysis that I have undertaken. It represents my views and […]
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The increased delivery fee is unfair to residents and is particularly galling given the consistent refusal of the Federal government to restore the regional status of the islands. I have called Woolworths, but their complaint system is geared around price matching, delivery delays, wrong deliveries etc. There is no mechanism for raising broader systemic issues
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On 22 December 1995 council entered into an agreement to pay Energex (The South East Queensland Electricity Corporation) $7,816,000 to deliver reticulated power to properties on Russell Island with a current building approval and that were not in drainage problem areas (this covers nearly, if not all, existing residential lots). This was to be at
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