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Saturday, December 09

Paradise in peril: Noosa warned coastal erosion risk has become 'intolerable'

Noosa Shire Council is wrestling with a plan to tackle the threat posed by coastal erosion to some of Australia’s most valuable real estate.

Noosa residents not happy over controls to fight coastal erosion

Plans by Noosa Shire Council to impose possible development controls on some of the nation’s priciest real estate to ease the impact of expected costal erosion due to climate change have caused local uproar and prompted some high-profile residents to publicly attack the proposals.

Waterfront homes at Scarborough in the Moreton Bay region are lashed by wild weather and big swells.Photo: ABC/John Hammond

A major event: Wild winds, floods and powerful surf wreak havoc in two states

Communities around southeast Queensland have continued to endure a battering from the elements throughout today as high winds, dangerous waves and torrential rain wreaked havoc from Bundaberg to northern NSW.