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Your Voice. Your Noosa.

As an Independent Member of the Queensland Parliament, I am honoured to represent the wonderful diversity that is Noosa, not a political party or personal ideology. This is liberating and empowering for the residents of our electorate and provides opportunity to create a future that you have envisioned. One that is bold in researching ideas and trialling new ways to address our challenges, through the development of partnerships and a focus on what unites. One that encourages open discussion and respectful debate which concentrates on common ground and what can be achieved. One that considers all viewpoints and perspectives, with objective research and a passion for people, that puts Noosa first.

I am your voice. It is your Noosa.

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Sandy Bolton MP

6 days ago

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 @ 𝐍𝐎𝐎𝐒𝐀 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘 📰 Yes, we are getting to our own moment of ‘truth’ on housing our own residents. No doubt you will have more examples of the contributors to our crisis, however we now need to move forward without blame or anger, just action 👍 👉https://issuu.com/starnewsgroup/docs/2025-10-03_nty_663/9Noosa Today ... See MoreSee Less

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Sandy Bolton MP is in Queensland, Australia.

1 week ago

📢 𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄, 𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌! 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Are you passionate about our community and making a difference for residents? Do you thrive in ‘chaos’ 😃 and a dynamic, solution orientated environment with endless variety, as well challenges to be conquered? 🤔😃Then this is for you! 👍Applications are open for an Assistant Electorate Officer 👩‍💼🧑‍💼as our legend Dylan is heading to Canberra! The role encompasses advocacy on behalf of residents and organisations, social and traditional media, policy, diary management and much more! So yes, awesome communication, writing and organisational skills are essential, as well a love of Noosa and all within ❤️ 👉Info including position description and how to apply is available at www.seek.com.au/job/87543685 or smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-PAR-25-82 ... See MoreSee Less

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Sandy Bolton MP is in Queensland, Australia.

1 week ago

𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐍 🔥 𝐍𝐎𝐎𝐒𝐀 𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐄 & 𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄 – the QLD Fire Department (QFD) has advised that this is in effect for South East Region residents including the Noosa Shire from 2 October until 11.59pm on 7 October 2025 at this stage. Under a local fire ban all open fires are prohibited and all Permits to Light Fire which have been issued in the designated area have been suspended for the duration.Power tools may be used during a local fire ban however QFD encourages people to use these with extreme care and ensure adequate equipment is available to extinguish any fire which may start. This may include having a person available to watch out for any ignitions that occur.𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:👉Information on fire bans and the exemptions that can apply can be found at www.fire.qld.gov.au/safety-education/using-fire-outdoors/fire-bans-and-restrictions 👉For all fire warnings, updates and to subscribe to receive further straight to your inbox, visit www.qfes.qld.gov.au/Current-Incidents 👉For road closures, visit qldtraffic.qld.gov.au or call 13 19 40.👉Visit apps.des.qld.gov.au/air-quality for live air quality data. 👉Find out how to get ready for a bushfire at bushfire-survival-plan.qfes.qld.gov.au under Prepare - Bushfire. In addition, have Noosa Council’s Disaster Dashboard handy on your computer desktop and phone, which has emergency warnings and updates at disaster.noosa.qld.gov.au ... See MoreSee Less

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Sandy Bolton MP is at Noosa River.

1 week ago

𝐍𝐎𝐎𝐒𝐀 𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 💧𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐓 – At a meeting with Maritime Safety QLD (MSQ) 🛥️ General Manager Kell advised that following community feedback, they are consolidating the stage 6 and 7 reforms into a single, final stage. These changes will now take effect 1 January 2026 and implement a twenty-eight-day anchoring limit per financial year across the entire Noosa River system, including Lake Cooroibah and Cootharaba. We will continue to work with MSQ and our community during the remaining implementation 🙏👉To provide feedback on any of these changes, please email sunshinecoast.maritime@msq.qld.gov.au and CC our office in via noosa@parliament.qld.gov.au.👉More information is available at www.sandybolton.com/noosa-river-management-update-september-2025 ... See MoreSee Less

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1 week ago

𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 👮As we gathered with family members to honour police officers who have fallen in the line of duty 🕊️QPS staff who support them and police dogs who served as loyal protectors, I thought of those poignant words “Hasten the Dawn”💙. Alongside many, we laid a wreath on behalf of our community recognising their ultimate sacrifice to keep our communities safe, whilst the bagpipes reflected our loss💔Gratitude to all of our QPS for what you do every day, it is deeply appreciated 🙏”With honour they served”👉 For information on National Police Remembrance Day, visit www.police.qld.gov.au/national-police-remembrance-day ... See MoreSee Less

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1 week ago

𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓! 𝐕𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐒 🚢 Transport and Main Roads (TMR) are developing reforms to vessel registration and identification requirements as part of addressing boat abandonment and dereliction. These changes aim to improve accountability and reduce future wrecks in our waterways, so please provide feedback on the current system and what you feel is needed to inform our advocacy and help shape these important reforms 👍👉 Please email your feedback to: noosa@parliament.qld.gov.au👉 For information on the current system visit: www.msq.qld.gov.au/registration ... See MoreSee Less

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Sandy Bolton MP is at Queensland Parliament.

2 weeks ago

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐔𝐏𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒? 💪 They are those who make a pledge with Life Ed Qld to see an end to bullying in our schools and communities! We learnt more on the impacts from advocates and students sharing their stories at Parliament House, as well the Stand Up for Respect Program🏫, which provides our kids, parents and teachers with practical skills to recognise, prevent and respond to bullying 🫂. My pledge to them was simple – I will continue spreading awareness. This included to our Chamber, where last sitting I spoke again on the unacceptable behaviours within, and asked all to lead the way in building more respectful, happier and safer communities across Queensland. 👍Learn more at: 👉Stand Up for Respect Program, via lifeeducationqld.org.au/stand-up-for-respect/ 👉Life Ed QLD at lifeeducationqld.org.au/ 👉To read my speech in parliament, visit bit.ly/4pEbUQc ... See MoreSee Less

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Sandy Bolton MP

2 weeks ago

𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐘'𝐒 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊𝐋𝐘 ‘𝐖𝐑𝐀𝐏' – 𝟐𝟔 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 Happy Friday Noosa and apologies for being late however there has been lots on! 😍 We will update next week including outcomes from today's Shark Net Working Group meeting and I send gratitude to all who attended🤝 🏊‍♀️ 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗫𝗔 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗 – The Noosa superstar has blitzed the rest of the competition, almost breaking her own world record at the Para Swimming world championships in Singapore. 🏆Congratulations Alexa! 👏👏 👉 www.bit.ly/4mvEtfW 🐯𝗧𝗜𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗧𝗦 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠 𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 - The Noosa Tigers have claimed the number one Colts position in Queensland following their victory over Aspley last Saturday, an outstanding accomplishment and how excited everyone is! 🎉 👉 bit.ly/4gLRS2k 🎾 MORE 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗦 ! 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗦 – Javier Oros has made history by winning the Over 30s men's singles at the Sunshine Coast Master Tour (MT400) Tournament marking the first time a Tewantin local has claimed victory in this event. Congratulations to Javier on this outstanding achievement! 👏👉 bit.ly/47VY857 🏈⛵𝗠𝗔𝗝𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗨𝗣𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗦 – Over $550,000 in major upgrades have been completed in Noosa over the last months, including the new main field lighting for the Noosa Tigers AFC and upgraded facilities for the Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club to support sailing and rowing. 👉 bit.ly/4msCl8z 👮‍♂️ 𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬 – This Monday the 29th of September join us as we pay our respects to our police officers and remember those who have fallen in the line of duty. 👉www.police.qld.gov.au/police-memorial 🦈𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥’𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗡𝗘𝗧 𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗩𝗘𝗬 – The Minister for Primary Industries has responded to a parliamentary ePetition requesting a stop to any new shark nets or drum lines. 👉 View the minister’s response via www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-the-Assembly/Tabled-Papers/docs/5825T1304/5825t1304.pdf 📑𝗜𝗡𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗥𝗬 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 – The Local Government, Small Business and Customer Service Committee has recently tabled the inquiry’s report. 👉 To read the report, visit bit.ly/427mMMr 📞𝗗𝗩 𝗦𝗔𝗙𝗘 𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗦 – More than 15,000 safe phones have now been provided to victims and survivors of domestic violence since 2020. In October, Sexual Violence Awareness month, DV Safe Phone aims to collect 5,000 phones. As our office is a proud collection site, we are asking for anyone with old or unused phones to please consider donating to help a DFV victim. 👉 For more information, visit bit.ly/42bkAmZ 💰𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗕𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗙𝗜𝗧 𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗗 – Applications for Round 125 have opened, offering up to $35,000 to support not-for-profit groups across Queensland. 👉 www.justice.qld.gov.au/initiatives/community-grants 👉 Submit online via www.ecq.qld.gov.au/QRCconsultation 🏠𝗦𝗢𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡 𝗚𝗨𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗦 – Queenslanders are invited to share their ideas on key elements and features to improve social and affordable housing design. 👉https://yoursay.housing.qld.gov.au/social-housing-design-guidelines ✂️𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥!! 𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗩𝗘𝗬 – a reminder, the QLD Small Business commissioner wants to hear from small businesses, owners and operators on their experience with red tape. It is vital that our community has their say on this to inform decision making going forward. 👉 qsbc.qld.gov.au/advocacy/red-tape-examples/. Please forward a copy of your submission to us via noosa@parliament.qld.gov.au. 📜𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥 – Public submissions for the following inquiries are still open. Don’t forget you can subscribe to parliament committees to be notified when submissions open for new bill inquiries and receive other updates via www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Visit-and-learn/Have-Your-Say/Subscribe. 👉 Parliamentary Crime and Corruption Committee – Review of the Crime and Corruption Commission’s Activities. Please note that the committee will not be considering individual complaints about the CCC as part of the Review, with its focus being on systemic concerns. Closing 3 October 2025. www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-Committees/Committees/Committee-Details?cid=171&id=4534 👉 Health, Environment and Innovation Committee – Inquiry into the Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Dismantling Illegal Trade) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025. Closing 10 October 2025. www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-Committees/Committees/Committee-Details?cid=274&id=4551 👉 Primary Industries and Resources Committee – Inquiry into Sugarcane Bioenergy Opportunities in Queensland. Closing 8 October 2025. www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-Committees/Committees/Committee-Details?cid=270&id=4530 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐘 𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐏 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑: (www.sandybolton.com/newsletters) 📌Subscribe to ensure you are kept ‘in the loop’ when Noosa MP surveys are held. 📌Paper copies available from our office or posted via ‘snail mail’ by calling our office on 53193100. 📌Latest newsletter: www.sandybolton.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/My-Newsletter-August-2025.pdf 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐎𝐎𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒: 📌QLD Government: www.grants.services.qld.gov.au 📌Federal Government: www.grants.gov.au 📌Noosa Council: www.noosa.qld.gov.au/community/grants/council-grants 📌Regional Development Australia: www.rdasunshinecoast.org.au/grants-and-funding To finish. Even though I could not be there in person to give Ronny Sutton below a big hug for his 50 years of dedication to the Cooroy-Pomona RSL Subbranch, I did manage to send him a tipple! 😍 Having known Ron and his wonderful wife Betty for over 3 decades through their tireless work including as local historians, the memories are treasured including some feisty moments? 🫣🤣 Cheers to Ron and our many fabulous characters who always keep us on our toes! ❤️🍻 S𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙮 🙏 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙉𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙖 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘕𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘢. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 ... See MoreSee Less

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