ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES 22 JANUARY 2026 · Attachment 1 - 2026-01-22 Ordinary Meeting Minutes

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                      22 JANUARY 2026


     surveillance, and
     B. Formulate a range of advocacy strategies, not limited to letter writing, to achieve the
     objective of a trial for shark net removal during whale migration season. These strategies are
     to include advocacy for a three-month trial during the southern migration period when whales,
     including vulnerable calves, are travelling south when the majority of entanglements are
     known to occur.

     Cr Lorentson called the amendment out of order according to Section 29.1 of the
     Standing Orders.

     The Chairperson ruled that the amendment was in order and not contrary to section
     29.1 of the Standing Orders.

     Procedural Motion
     Moved:           Cr Amelia Lorentson
     Seconded:        Cr Nicola Wilson
     That the Chairperson's ruling be dissented from.
     For:             Cr Karen Finzel, Cr Amelia Lorentson, Cr Jessica Phillips, Cr Nicola
                      Wilson,
     Against:         Cr Frank Wilkie, Cr Brian Stockwell, Cr Tom Wegener

     Amendment No. 1 was not considered by the meeting, as the dissent motion was
     carried, and the amendment was therefore considered out of order.


     Amendment No 2.
     Moved:            Cr Frank Wilkie
     Seconded:         Cr Tom Wegener
     That the Motion be amended to read:
     That Council:
     A. Note the attached correspondence (provided as Attachments 3 - 6 to the Minutes dated
        22 January 2026) to and from the State Government on Noosa Council’s request to trial
        the removal of shark nets during whale migration season in conjunction with deployment
        of non-lethal mitigation methods, including smart drumlines and aerial drone surveillance,
        and
     B. Councillors discuss a range of advocacy methods, not limited to letter writing, to achieve
        the objective of a trial for shark net removal during whale migration season. These are to
        include advocacy for a three-month trial during the southern migration period when
        whales, including vulnerable calves, are travelling south when the majority of
        entanglements are known to occur.

     Lost.
     For:              Cr Frank Wilkie, Cr Brian Stockwell, Cr Tom Wegener
     Against:          Cr Karen Finzel, Cr Jessica Phillips, Cr Amelia Lorentson, Cr Nicola
                       Wilson


     Council Resolution
     Moved:            Cr Amelia Lorentson
     Seconded:         Cr Jessica Phillips
     That Council write to the State requesting that, during the 2026 whale migration period, the
     Queensland Government consider a three-month trial replacing traditional shark nets with
     smart drumlines or other contemporary, non-lethal mitigation technologies that allow for the
     safe passage of migrating whales, with Noosa Main Beach proposed as the trial location.