STATE FACILITATED DEVELOPMENT PROCESS UPDATE NOVEMBER 2024
On 28 November 2024, the Queensland Government passed legislation to amend the Planning Act 2016 to allow the Minister to revise or revoke a State...
OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES LEGACY UPDATE NOVEMBER 2024
On 28 November 2024, the Queensland Government introduced and passed the Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games Arrangements and Other Legislation...
PATH TO TREATY UPDATE NOVEMBER 2024
On 28 November 2024, the Queensland Government introduced and passed legislation to repeal the Path to Treaty Act 2023, effectively discontinuing...
LAKE MACDONALD DAM UPGRADE UPDATE #2 NOVEMBER 2024
As mentioned in our previous Noosa 360 update, we sent a letter to update the new Queensland Minister for Water that whilst it is vitally important...
LAKE MACDONALD DAM UPGRADE UPDATE NOVEMBER 2024
Seqwater have provided the following update which in summary is to prepare for major construction works in 2025, early works have commenced. They...
Connect 2024
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Newsletter October – 2024 – Edition #74
ELECTION 2024 – NOOSA DID IT! Noosans worked and fought hard to keep Noosa independent – AND YOU DID IT! How proud I am of our beautiful community...
QUEENSLAND DRINKING WATER AND PFAS CHEMICALS NOVEMBER 2024
Following residents raising concerns regarding reports of potential toxic levels of chemicals within tap water, Sandy asked a Question on Notice...
CRIME/ YOUTH RECIDIVISM UPDATE OCTOBER 2024
With recent bad behaviours on Hastings Street during a visitor spike on school holidays in Noosa, operation November Kilo was launched where police...
LIVE MUSIC NOOSA JUNCTION OCTOBER 2024
Live music can be the lifeblood of a small business, the musicians themselves, and communities. Connection through creativity, dance and song...
TRAVESTON DAM OCTOBER 2024
With the release of the LNP’s water security plan on 12 October 2024, Sandy called on the LNP to categorically rule out building a ‘Traveston Dam...
INDEPENDENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (IEPA) & INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF POWERS AND PENALTIES UNDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT UPDATE OCTOBER 2024
Sandy has received notification that following her long-time efforts, the recent Government has committed to legislate to establish an Independent...
SHARK NETS AND CONTROL MEASURES UPDATE OCTOBER 2024
Sandy’s advocacy has continued and since her dedicated Noosa MP survey in March 2024, the results were taken to the Queensland Minister for...
POMONA PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS UPDATE OCTOBER 2024
As mentioned in our June 2023 Noosa 360 update, Sandy was able to get Factory St, Pomona pedestrian crossing project back on track after a lack of...
2024 STATE ELECTION PRE-POLL AND HOW TO VOTE INFORMATION
Election Date, pre-poll and voting information Queensland's State General Election is on Saturday, 26 October 2024 with pre-poll running for two...
STATE FACILITATED DEVELOPMENT PROCESS (HOUSING AVAILABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY (PLANNING AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT) ACT 2024) UPDATE #2 OCTOBER 2024
Recently announced regarding the two State Facilitated Development (SFD) applications in Noosa was that an LNP Government will ensure that any...
DECOMMISSIONED TAFE SITE, FEDERAL COURT NATIVE TITLE CLAIM UPDATE OCTOBER 2024
Sandy has been advocating for the decommissioned Noosa TAFE site to be utilised to benefit our community, since it was closed by the State...
Newsletter September – 2024 – Edition #73
Noosa Hospital now able to expand The Court determination overturning the previous Noosa Council’s decision in 2023, to deny the Noosa Private...