NICK HLUSZKO QUESTIONS

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QUESTION 1

How does Council justify to ratepayers the need and cost of the Coastsnap monitoring station on Noosa Hill when all of the data collected exists free of charge and is available to all on government websites free of charge? How much did Council pay for the station and how much does it pay annually for the program including associated costs including all partners (inc. drone mapping Al, Dr. Leon. et al each year and on what basis? Where can the collected Coastsnap data be seen by the community or is this data confidential?

QUESTION 2

Council continues to model major Coastal erosion risk to Q2100 along the Eastern Beaches and the Noosa North Shore (loss of land away from an area of the shore in an extreme risk sense). Given the cost of living crisis and increasing inability for many ratepayers to get affordable insurance, how does Council justify and explain to the ratepayer the costs of such modelling when the most current IPCC report and all historical evidence over the past 36 years in all areas (except that between the river mouth north to first cutting because of river mouth changes and dredging and more than likely Burgess Creek where coastal erosion is not the direct cause) does not provide any empirical evidence of historical nor current erosion and in fact, totally contradicts Council's models? Why isn't Council being held accountable for its flawed projections which seriously and negatively impact all property owners?