Annual Report 2019-20

           Noosa Shire Council                                                                                                                                                                    2019 - 20 Annual Report



  Grant Recipient                                                                                    Funding     Significant Business Activity
                                                                                                   Amount ($)    In accordance with threshold of expenditure and the methodology prescribed by sections 19 and
  Tewantin Noosa Cricket Club Inc.                                                                   22,209.17   20 of the LG Regulation, Council’s waste management activity was considered a significant business
                                                                                  SUB-TOTAL         170,269.16   activity for the period.
  Water Rebates
  54 different not-for-profit community organisations.                                               86,791.40   Commercial Business Units
                                                                                  SUB-TOTAL          86,791.40
                                                                                                                 Pursuant to section 27(2) of the LG Regulation, a commercial business unit is a business unit that
  TOTAL EXPENDITURE FOR THE PERIOD:                                                               1,308,115.67   conducts business in accordance with the prescribed key principles of commercialisation.
                                                                                                                 Council did not nominate any business activities as commercial business units during the period.
  Notes:
  1. The Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) is a partnership between the Queensland Government
      and Noosa Shire Council to support the development of local arts and culture. It supports local arts and   Competitive Neutrality
      cultural development opportunities by providing one-off, short-term, project-based financial assistance.   Council is committed to ongoing compliance with National Competition Policy principles and its
  2. Grant repayments relate to grants that were unclaimed or refunds returned to Council relating to           legislative obligations in this area. Furthermore, Council is committed to ensuring that its business
     previous grant rounds that were not acquitted.                                                              activities operate on a level playing field with private businesses in the community.
                                                                                                                 Council ensures that the pricing practises for each business activity comply with the principles of
                                                                                                                 full cost pricing such that total revenue, inclusive of identified and measured community service
  Discretionary Funds
                                                                                                                 obligations and net of any advantages and disadvantages of public ownership, should aim to cover
  Section 109 of the LG Act defines discretionary funds as funds in the local government’s operating             the following elements:
  fund that are:
                                                                                                                 • Operational and resource costs;
  • Budgeted for community purposes; and
                                                                                                                 • Administration and overhead costs;
  • Allocated by a Councillor at the Councillor’s discretion.
                                                                                                                 • Depreciation;
  During the period, Council did not establish any discretionary funds.
                                                                                                                 • Tax and debt equivalents; and
                                                                                                                 • Return on capital / return on cost.
  Beneficial Enterprises                                                                                         During the period, there were no investigation notices provided to Council relating to competitive
  Section 39(3) of the LG Act defines a beneficial enterprise as an enterprise that a local government           neutrality complaints. Accordingly, the Queensland Competition Authority did not make any
  considers is directed to benefiting, and can reasonably be expected to benefit, the whole or part of           reportable recommendations to Council in relation to a competitive neutrality complaint.
  its local government area. Additionally, section 39(4) of the LG Act provides that a local government
  is conducting a beneficial enterprise if the local government is engaging in, or helping, the beneficial
  enterprise.
  During the period, Council did not engage in any beneficial enterprises.


  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.
  Council conducted the following business activities during the period:
  • Waste management; and
  •	Holiday parks, including the Boreen Point Campground, Noosa North Shore Beachfront Caravan
     Park and Noosa River Holiday Park.




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