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Issue 213 | Thursday, 2 June 2016
Real Estate Lifestyle Noosa’s Wee
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Life’s in the Laneway NOOSA Junction has been crowned the cultural king of the region after a small group of determined residents transformed the sleepy suburb into a jumping hotspot. On the first Friday of each month funky families and groovers of all ages flock to a discrete laneway off Lanyana Way as live music and art installations bring the Junction Laneway to life. First Fridays is an initiative of the Noosa Creative Precinct Inc. which has have been working tirelessly to bring life into the once quiet commercial precinct. It is a move that councillor Jess Glasgow was happy to support. “This project seems to be very successful, we haven’t received any complaints and it appears to have a really positive impact on the local area,” Cr Glasgow said. “First Fridays are run in a family friendly space so everyone from children to adults can enjoy the events and I’ve really noticed the life and culture the initiative brings to the area.” Head along to the Junction Laneway on Friday 3 June from 6pm to catch popular band A French Butler Called Smith. Entry is $10.
Residents go in to bat By MEGAN OGLE MORE than 60 frustrated residents gathered at Wallace Park on Thursday 26 May to demand that Noosa Council cull the growing flying fox colony. Event organiser and long-time advocate for the removal of the Wallace Park flying fox colony Kay Fielden said residents were angry about Noosa Council’s lack of action.
“Noosa Council has permitted the bats to populate, propagate and copulate without caution or hindrance to the extent they are now in Wallace Park in plague proportions and rapidly spreading throughout Noosa, such as in Hasting Street, Pinaroo Park and Gympie Terrace, right in the middle of popular tourist attractions,” she said. Ms Fielden labelled the meeting an “outstanding success” with a ma-
jority of residents voting in favour of her suggestions that include urging Noosa Council to negotiate a cull of the protected species. “This has been done before on 7 September 2012 when the Queensland Government reintroduced shooting as a means of bat control after requests from farmers,” she said. Ms Fielden also called on residents to lay a complaint against the council with the Local Councils
Commission, a three-person board that former Noosa Mayor Noel Playford was recently appointed to. Ms Fielden said she would call for Mr Playford to stand down as he is part of the complaint that would be based on an alleged “failure to do anything” despite residents’ requests. The complaint would also include accusations of a lack of duty of care, negligence by permitting bat numbers to grow, sleep deprivation and
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public health risks such as leptospirosis. “Some of these diseases have already been found on bats in the area but our complaint also includes Noosa Council permitting dead bats to just rot on the ground and not caring about ratepayers’ concerns or needs, merely coming up with solutions such as residents installing double glazed windows and doors, and tellContinued page 3