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The 2014 Subaru Noosa Triathlon female winner Ashleigh Gentle crosses the line to victory. Pictures: Eyes Wide Open IMAGES IRONMAN
World of sport By JOLENE OGLE Champion! The 2014 Subaru Noosa Triathlon male winner Aaron Royle approaching the finish line.
MORE than 20,000 spectators turned out for one of the biggest multi-sport festivals to date. The Noosa Triathlon Multi-Sport festival saw the streets of Noosa lined with cheering crowds as over 12,000 competitors swam, ran or cycled their way to glory. At the main event, it was a double win for Australia with locals Aaron Royle and Ashleigh Gentle taking out top spots at the Subaru Noosa Triathlon on Sunday.
Masters appeal By JONATHON HOWARD NOOSA Council will consider appealing a ruling from the Planning and Environmental Court that orders council to pay 85 per cent of legal fees from a development application to establish a Masters Home Improvement Centre in the Noosa Shire Business Centre.
The council was unsuccessful in defending its decision to reject the development application in the Planning and Environment Court and the appellant has sought court costs. Applicant Hydrox Nominees Pty Ltd, who submitted the application to build a Noosa Masters, was successful on all but one of the issues which had been in dispute during the appeal.
The issue was the level of conflict with the provisions of the planning scheme relating to development within relevant precincts of the Noosa Shire Business Centre. Noosa councillor Tony Wellington said the decision to refuse the Masters development application for Noosaville was a majority decision
made by the former Sunshine Coast Council. “The decision to defend the appeal was also the product of a majority vote of Sunshine Coast councillors,” Cr Wellington wrote in a written response to Noosa Today. “It is important to note that, as a councillor on that council, I had no
influence over the choice of expert consultants engaged, nor was I able to have any significant input into the way that appeal was run. “I can say that I was decidedly unhappy with the choice of economic consultant to help defend the appeal.” Continued page 12 1161902-EPJ44-14
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