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Rodeo thrills and spills By Margie Maccoll Young junior cowboy Jessie Amber was aiming to stay the point-scoring eight seconds in the novice horse ride event but when he was bucked off a few seconds in, his hand got stuck hard in the rope, and it became a terrifying battle between freeing his trapped hand and hanging on for dear life. CONTINUED PAGE 20
Novice horse rider Jessie Amber keeps his head during a wild ride at Honky Tonk Rodeo at Noosa Show. (Rob Maccoll)
Opposition rising Three Noosa community groups have teamed up to campaign against the high-rise housing development being proposed by the state government for Noosa Junction. Noosa Shire Residents and Ratepayers Association, Peregian Beach Community Association and Noosa Parks Association all say the proposal, under the State Facilitated Development (SFD) scheme, is inappropriate for Noosa Shire.
“Noosa has a long and proud history of preventing high-rise buildings. That effort dates back to resident protests held in 1969,” said Noosa Parks Association spokesperson and former Noosa mayor Tony Wellington. “Building height limits have been embedded in the Noosa town plan since the 1990s. A local town planner has determined that the SFD development proposed for Noosa Junction would need to be at least seven
storeys high and possibly taller. The state and the developer have no regard for the essential differences that make Noosa so attractive to visitors and residents. Trash the brand and you trash Noosa’s economic advantages,” he said. The State Facilitated Development process aims to deliver a percentage of affordable homes as part of the housing mix. “But there are other ways to achieve those affordable homes with-
out breaching the planning scheme,” said Noosa Shire Residents and Ratepayers president Adrian Williams. “Council has already demonstrated to the state that there are alternative sites, even in Noosa Junction, that can provide a mix of affordable and meet-the-market homes yet still adhere to the building height limits contained in Noosa Plan and its amendments.” CONTINUED PAGE 3
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