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1. Thu 22 Oct

   Development OPW26/0150, 328 Upper Pinbarren Creek Road PINBARREN, Clearing Vegetation under planning scheme. DBW26/0122, 7 Mcanally Dr SUNSHINE BEACH, Demolition Class 1 and 10.

2. Tue 20 Oct

   Development 1 short-stay letting application.

3. Mon 19 Oct

   Development OPW26/0149, 87 Hayward Road Lake Macdonald, Drainage Works, Earthworks, Landscaping, Roadworks, Stormwater. MCU26/0102, 87 Hayward Road Lake Macdonald, Short-term accommodation. MCU23/0090.03, 118 Poinciana Avenue & 26 Diyan Street Tewantin, Change to Development Approval. 3 more. 4 short-stay letting applications.

4. Fri 16 Oct

   Development MCU26/0101, 5 Sunshine Beach Road Noosa Heads, Food and drink outlet. DBW26/0121, 6 Meadow Lane lake Macdonald, Dwelling House.

5. Thu 15 Oct

   Meeting Ordinary Meeting: 51 substantive items, 46 cued to video

   What was said Ordinary Meeting transcript: 2 h 04 m transcribed, 12 voices, 6 named. Spoke longest: Mayor Wilkie 44 min, Cr Wilson 16 min, Cr Finzel 7 min

   Closed doors 1 item in closed session at the Ordinary Meeting: Noosa Regional Gallery Detailed Business Case and Considerations

   Development MCU26/0097, 921 Pomona Kin Kin Road Kin Kin, Caretaker’s accommodation. DBW26/0117, 921 Pomona Kin Kin Road Kin Kin, Additions to Dwelling House (Biodiversity). 1 short-stay letting application.

6. Wed 14 Oct

   Development MCU26/0100, 29/18 Hastings Street Noosa Heads, Indoor sport and recreation. MCU26/0099, 267 Louis Bazzo Drive Pomona, Dwelling house. DBW26/0118, 4 Russell Street Noosaville, Change to Community Activity. 2 short-stay letting applications.

7. Tue 13 Oct

   Development 1 short-stay letting application.

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Issues

The history behind what they are debating this week.

• The 'Divided Council' That Was Unanimous on Over $341 Million in Budgets and Contracts — Two annual budgets, six capital contracts and a conditional $9 million compost contribution, $341 million in all, passed Noosa Council without a single vote against. The two contested approvals with a dollar figure in their resolutions came to $5.8 million.
• The Lanyana Way land exchange — Council voted 6–0 to pursue a swap of public car-park land with the owner of the former Noosa Heads Bowls Club site, thirteen days before a 208-apartment plan for that site was unveiled. What the public would receive in return has not been published. When a smaller housing project was proposed next door in 2024, the mayor fought it and it became an election issue. This one has barely been reported.
• The disclosure log Queensland stopped requiring — Until 1 July 2025 a Queensland department had to publish the documents it released under Right to Information, and had to keep a public list of every application it received. Both duties were repealed. Councils were never covered by either — and across the five financial years in which Noosa received sixty-eight RTI applications, thirteen entries were added to its disclosure log.
• The Doonan compost facility — Council approved up to $9 million towards a composting facility, conditional on a grant it has since applied for. It then announced the project in a media release carrying no dollar figure — and neither did any of the coverage that followed.
• Lions Park overflow parking — Council has run seasonal overflow parking on a Noosa Heads reserve for more than twenty years. On 11 August councillors were told to proceed on the basis that a land management plan was required, and voted down five attempts to test that. Nine days later they were told it was not required.
• The Wildfire waste agreement — Council has approved entering into a trial waste-supply agreement with Wildfire Energy without seeking tenders. The value, term, tonnage and start date are withheld, and the public record does not say whether the waste goes to Wildfire's existing Bulwer Island pilot plant or the commercial one scheduled for 2028.

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