Education

In preparation for the 2026–27 State Budget, we wrote to a number of Ministers seeking consideration of projects, services and infrastructure identified by our electorate that remain unfunded or only partially funded. This included correspondence to the Minister for Education,…

Further to our August 2025 update regarding the former Tewantin TAFE site, the NRA Collaborative, the successful applicant from the 2021 Expression of Interest (EOI) process, completed a reassessment of the existing buildings in January 2026.  Following the reassessment, we…

As mentioned in our October 2024 Noosa 360 update, the NRA Collaborative were the successful proponents in the 2021 Expressions of Interest (EOI) period. In response to Sandy’s question during the 2025 Estimates Hearings, the Minister for Training updated that…

The Estimates process is a crucial one, providing opportunity to find out how public funds are being spent or not spent, whether what communities had sought was being delivered or not, and ultimately, ensure what is passes the ‘pub test’.…

As mentioned in our Noosa 360 update earlier this month, we requested information from the Minister for Disabilities on when progress reporting will begin on the state-based recommendations from the Disability Royal Commission. We have now been provided the following…

With reports of inappropriate social media usage in schools, Sandy asked a Question on Notice in Parliament on 10 June 2025 requesting the Minister for Education advise what is being implemented to protect students and prevent any further similar occurrences…

Sandy has continued her advocacy on behalf of home schooling parents and students, with our last update in May 2024 outlining that a Home School Advisory Group, now known as the Home Education Expert Group, was established to advise government…

We have continued to follow up on the implementation of the state government relevant recommendations from the Disability Royal Commission including on the lead up to the 2025/26 State Budget. The following response in italics was received in April 2025…

Even though inflation is down from post COVID-19 highs and there is some interest rate relief, as Sandy said in Parliament, at grass roots, the reality is we have overburdened not-for-profits and volunteers delivering everything from food to accommodation through…

During our 2025 Noosa MP Community Survey, some residents raised the need for signage along McKinnon Drive to highlight the road as a school bus route. Following Sandy’s advocacy and enquiries, Transport and Main Roads provided the below response in…