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OCTOBER 6, 2023
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Preparing for Get Ready Emergency Services Day are Cairns regional councillor Rhonda Coghlan with (from left) SES Holloways Beach group leader Blair Bloustien, and firefighters Nathan Coates, Danny Stowers and Liam Soblusky. FULL STORY PAGE 3.
People power Picture: Cairns Regional Council
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It’s your shout at beer festival Pages 26
Council rejects ‘seven-star’ retreat on fragile bushland l YOR K E YS K NOB | Nick Dalton COMMUNITY pressure has resulted in the rejection of a multimillion-dollar luxury retreat on bushland at Yorkeys Knob. Cairns regional councillors on Wednesday overwhelming-
ly refused the recommendation by officers to allow the “seven-star” 38-apartment resort over two storeys with spaces for 44 vehicles at Buckley St. In the latest application, the developers – New Land – axed two restaurants and a day spa. The original proposal for land opposite Yorkeys Knob Boating Club was for 67 units,
a two-storey central facilities building with a lobby, two restaurants – one serving Chinese cuisine and one with a western menu – and a spa, gym, and a further three spa treatment rooms. The council received 184 objections to the development from residents. But the suburb’s divisional
councillor Rhonda Coghlan successfully moved an alternate resolution to refuse the development application. “The proposed development for short-term accommodation is not reasonably expected to occur within the low-density residential zone and is inconsistent with the clear land use intention expressed in the
planning scheme for development within the low-density residential zone,” she said. “The development represents a significant departure from the requirements for development contained within the strategic framework and low-density residential zone code.”
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Tennis heats up at Cairns North Pages 38, 39
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