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Gold Coast committee notes feral deer management update
A City of Gold Coast committee has recommended noting an update on the Feral Deer Management Plan, alongside a separate report on the successful delivery of the 2025 hazard reduction burn program.
City of Gold Coast's Lifestyle, Environment, Heritage and Resilience Committee has recommended that council note an update on the Feral Deer Management Plan.
The recommendation was carried at the committee's 23 April meeting, recorded in the public unconfirmed minutes. In the same session, the committee also recommended that council note the successful delivery of the City's 2025 Hazard Reduction Burn Program.
The minutes do not set out new measures, locations or timelines for the deer management update. They show the matter was presented as a report to the committee and that councillors backed a recommendation for council to note it.
For residents, the public record indicates the City is continuing work on feral deer management, an issue that can affect environmental protection, road safety, and rural and peri-urban areas. The minutes do not identify particular suburbs, roads or sites affected.
The meeting also dealt with two confidential items. In closed session, the committee recommended keeping a natural areas acquisition report confidential, noting an update on the Natural Areas Acquisition Program and koala habitat acquisition, approving changes to the Priority Acquisition List including two additional sites, and authorising the Chief Executive Officer or delegate to negotiate and settle some purchases and accept gifted properties.
A separate confidential recommendation backed renewal of an existing not-for-profit association lease at one of the City's Major Venues under terms set out in a confidential report.
The committee's recommendations now go to full council for consideration. The minutes indicate city officers will continue engaging with owners of properties on the amended acquisition list, while deer management and hazard reduction burn activities are expected to continue as ongoing work.
Reference minutes
Based on the public unconfirmed minutes of the City of Gold Coast Lifestyle, Environment, Heritage & Resilience Committee meeting held on 23 April 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- On 23 April 2026, the Lifestyle, Environment, Heritage and Resilience Committee recommended that council note the update on the Feral Deer Management Plan.
- The same meeting recommended that council note the successful delivery of the City's 2025 Hazard Reduction Burn Program.
- The feral deer item was carried as committee recommendation LC26.0423.004.
- The public minutes do not identify specific suburbs, roads or sites affected by the feral deer management update.
- In closed session, the committee recommended amendments to the Priority Acquisition List, including the addition of 2 sites.
- The committee also recommended renewal of a not-for-profit association lease at one of the City's Major Venues, with details kept confidential.
Why it matters
- The public minutes show the City is continuing work on feral deer management and bushfire risk reduction, while also advancing confidential land acquisition and venue lease matters with potential long-term effects for conservation and council-managed facilities.