Annual Report 2023-24

                                                                                          Discretionary




                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Governance and Disclosures
      Sustainability Grants



                                                                                          Funds
      Grant Recipient                                                Funding Amount ($)

      Tourism Noosa Ltd                                              66,948.00

      SevGen Indigenous Corporation                                  13,596.00
                                                                                          Section 109 of the LG Act defines discretionary funds as funds in the local government’s operating fund that are:
                                                                                          — budgeted for community purposes
      Cooroy-Noosa Genealogical and Historical Research Group Inc.   3,326.00
                                                                                          — allocated by a Councillor at the Councillor’s discretion.
      Permaculture Noosa Inc.                                        2,625.00
                                                                                          For the period, Council did not establish any discretionary funds.
      Kin Kin Community Group Inc.                                   13,665.00




                                                                                          Beneficial
      Zero Emissions Noosa Inc.                                      66,455.00

      Total                                                          166,615.00

                                                                                          Enterprises
      Water and Sewage Grants

                                                                                          Section 39(3) of the LG Act defines a beneficial enterprise as an enterprise that a local government considers is
      Grant Recipient                                                Funding Amount ($)
                                                                                          directed to benefiting, and can reasonably be expected to benefit, the whole or part of its local government area.
174
      Various not-for-profit community organisations                 7,511.37             Additionally, section 39(4) of the LG Act provides that a local government is conducting a beneficial enterprise if the   175

                                                                                          local government is engaging in, or helping, the beneficial enterprise.
      Total                                                          7,511.37
                                                                                          During the period, Council did not engage in any beneficial enterprises.


      TOTAL EXPENDITURE FOR THE PERIOD                                $1,510,991.63


                                                                                          Business
                                                                                          Activities
                                                                                          A business activity is defined in Schedule 4 of the LG Act as the trading in goods and services by the local
                                                                                          government.




                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Noosa Council Annual Report 23/24
                                                                                          Council conducted the following business activities during the period:
                                                                                          — Waste management
                                                                                          — Holiday parks, including the Boreen Point Campground, Noosa North Shore Beachfront Caravan Park and Noosa
                                                                                             River Holiday Park.