Sunshine Coast Business Leaders Round Table
Fast-tracking of the Sunshine Coast Airport’s expansion took out the number-one position in the wish-list at recent Sunshine Coast Business Leaders Round Table.
The suggestion was among a number of similar proposals to help stimulate the Coast’s economy and underlined a passion among business leaders to find positive solutions.
The conference, involving more than 60 business, industry and government representatives and hosted by Sunshine Coast Council, opened to hear a "state of the economy" report by demographics compiler AEC Group.
The report noted that according to the 2011 Census, the Coast’s population was closer to the 307,000 mark – which suggests the rate of population growth is slowing.
Reassuringly however, was the report suggested that the Coast’s economy - when compared to other non-mining regions - was in competitive shape on many counts.