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Friday, 21 July, 2023
33 ROSS CRES, SUNSHINE BEACH See Property Liftout
We’re all the Voice
Concours on course
State of Origin poster
24-page liftout Property Guide
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Noosa Alive! is kicking off Noosa Alive! Festival starts today bringing more than 25 events, strategically spread throughout the shire, celebrating 10 days of unique performing arts excitement. Singing icon Kate Ceberano, Queensland Ballet, Tenori - Opera on the beach, Australian Chamber Orchestra, jazz singer Meg Washington with Paul Grabowski, Cirque Bon Bon, literary events, food events, Seaside Vibes and conversations with celebrities are among the events to appear in Noosa’s facilities from The J Theatre and local schools to restaurants and our famous Main Beach. For information and bookings visit noosaalive.com.au
Kate Ceberano will headline at the Alive in the Woods event.
Hotel plan halted By Margie Maccoll
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Noosa councillors said no to a development application for a $50m, 106-room hotel at Noosa Springs in a motion unanimously supported on Monday. They will await legal advice before making a final decision on the application at their ordinary meeting on Thursday night. Inconsistencies with the Noosa Plan 2020 that included the clearing of vegetation in a known koala and glossy black cockatoo habitat, inconsistent zoning, noise concerns and
odour concerns, being only 200m from a sewerage treatment plant (STP), were among the reasons given for the refusal. The application, an initiative of GH Australia, the Australian arm of Hong Kong property and development firm, Golden Horse Group and owner of Noosa Springs Golf and Spa Resort, proposes the construction of a fivestar hotel spanning five two and three storied buildings and featuring a two-level lagoon style swimming pool. Last week deputations were put to council by architect and Noosa Springs resident John
Cochrane opposing the development, Unitywater’s Rhett Duncan who warned of the odour impact from the nearby sewerage treatment plant and urged council not to approve the development application, and the developer’s representative Ellen Guan. Councillors questioned council officers on concerns over the application for more than 90 minutes at Monday’s general meeting before Cr Brian Stockwell put forward the motion to refuse the application for a range of reasons he explains himself on P3, and the other councillors agreed. Cr Amelia Lorentson raised concerns made
by Unitywater about the potential of odour complaints to result in investigations by the regulator and the consequential requirement to install expensive odour controlling modifications that would cost tens of millions of dollars and be borne by rate payers. Using a measure of odour that puts level one at being where an odour can just be detected, the hotel was proposed for construction just outside a 2.5 odour line, being 2.5 times the level at which an odour can be just detected, officers explained. Continued page 3