2018-07-16 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                          16 JULY 2018


poker machines in Queensland at 1156 sites. In July alone, Queenslanders lost $216 million
playing electronic gaming machines in clubs and hotels. This equates to approximately $5,051
per gaming machine for the month of July 2017, on average.
These figures were published by the Brisbane Times newspaper on 18 September 2017.
3.     Is gambling a separate use to the current Tewantin RSL?
The RSL has been approved as an undefined use under The Noosa Plan. This is because the
existing uses collectively do not fit neatly with any of the uses under the Noosa Plan, these being
a combination of community and entertainment and dining uses.
Under The Noosa Plan, the operation of electronic gaming machines is best characterised as an
entertainment and/or amusement activity, consistent with The Noosa Plan definition of an
Entertainment and dining business – Type 2 Recreation, amusement & fitness. The various
entertainment and dining business uses under the planning scheme are listed below for Council’s
reference:




The existing approval includes entertainment and dining uses and on this basis it is considered
the proposed additional gaming machines are in keeping with the approved use for the site and
does not constitute a new use or a material increase in the intensity or scale of the approved use
of the premises.
4.     Should the proposed change be publicly notified for comment, as the proposal may
       give rise to social impacts?
Pursuant to the Planning Act 2016, minor change means a change that:
“for a development approval—
(i)    would not result in substantially different development; and
(ii)    if a development application for the development, including the change, were made when
       the change application is made would not cause—
       (A)   the inclusion of prohibited development in the application; or
       (B)   referral to a referral agency, other than to the chief executive, if there were no referral
             agencies for the development application; or
       (C)   referral to extra referral agencies, other than to the chief executive; or
       (D)   a referral agency to assess the application against, or have regard to, matters
             prescribed by regulation under section 55(2), other than matters the referral agency
             must have assessed the application against, or have had regard to, when the
             application was made; or
       (E)   public notification if public notification was not required for the development
             application.”

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