Cape York Weekly FREE – #141 | Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Editor Matt Nicholls: 0477 450 558 | editor@capeyorkweekly.com.au
INSIDE TODAY
SIBLINGS READY TO ROCK LAURA
The Snider sisters – Ilyaree, Nyurin, Violet, Wudarabin and Marika – are looking forward to opening the Laura Quinkan Dance Festival this Friday. Report – Page 5
CHAIR BACKS HEALTH SERVICE Page 2
NEW CAMP SITE EXPANDING Page 3
Council introduces incentive scheme
Housing bonus By SARAH MARTIN
DESPERATE to reduce pressure on the housing market, Cook Shire Council has adopted a creative policy that it hopes will provide incentives for land owners and developers to target the region. Last week, councillors passed the Residential Housing Develop-
ment Incentive Policy, which aims to ease current housing constraints, offer more suitable options, raise the quality of housing stock, and increase the rate base of the shire. The policy proposes cuts to infrastructure fees for eligible developers and rates relief for home builders, with $250,000 in the pot for eligible builds.
Cook Shire mayor Peter Scott said the incentives were aimed at increasing development. “The housing incentive policy is a real win for Cook Shire,” he said. Under the policy, eligible multiple dwelling or dual occupancy developments could receive up to $35,000 in incentives, while single dwellings built for an owner-occu-
pier on vacant land could receive up to $10,000 in rates relief. The incentives come with strict criteria, and are available on a firstin, first-served basis, with a maximum of $250,000 available during the two-year policy period. It was deemed a low-risk move by the council, Cr Scott said. Continued – Page 2
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