Is the Planners Report designed to bamboozle the community? Further contradictions in amendments

The Agenda for  the general meeting on Thursday contains amendments  to the Planners report recommending approval for the  Heliport. Agenda item 7.2. Report starts on page 245. The Planner appears to be hell bent on trying to justify the development despite the many inconsistencies, contradictions and omissions in both the DA and the Planners report. Clearly they are aware of public concern but their response is to amend the recommendation with   broad brush, irrelevant or just plain ludicrous justifications in favour of the proposal.

Mission Beach Cassowaries and C4 commissioned a report on the impact on cassowaries at their expense, something the Planning Department should have required the proponent to provide. The report concludes the proposal will  have  a significant impact on the   cassowaries  accessing the corridors  surrounding and adjacent to the proposed development.
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​The report now quotes from the Cassowary Recovery Plan but they don't   appear to have  found the Significant Impact Guidelines for cassowaries or the Wongaling Creek Habitat Linkages report that was used to inform cassowary corridors in the CCRC Planning Scheme.

Agenda item 7.2 Page 245

Is this all part of the ‘Activate Cassowary Coast - Development Incentive Plan that is attracting developers and speculators who have no understanding of the values special to Mission Beach?
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Reports such as this indicate  a skew in favour of developer over public interests.

The proposal does not comply with the strategic intent and desired regional outcomes for Mission Beach  in regard to   agricultural land, the environment, the cassowary and the village amenity. It must be refused.
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The proposal is also likely to have a significant impact on the endangered cassowary

Here's hoping the council will act in the public interest at their  general meeting on Thursday and at the very least defer their decision until independent impact reports are produced and the Federal Government has assessed the proposal under the EPBC Act.

Developers have an obligation to refer any development that is likely to have an impact on matters of National Environmental Significance i e World Heritage Areas and threatened species/ ecosystems, all of which are subject to impacts with this proposal.