Police, Corrective Services, Fire and Emergency Services

Following our previous NOOSA 360 updates regarding driver behaviour on Teewah Beach and within the Cooloola Recreation Area, concerns continue to be raised by residents and visitors regarding unsafe driving practices, particularly during peak holiday periods. As part of enforcement…

Following the Queensland Government’s announcement of the Queensland Police Service (QPS) blackspot eradication trial in the Western Downs, we wrote to the Minister for Police requesting a similar trial be considered for the Noosa North Shore, Teewah Beach and broader…

Our advocacy has continued regarding reckless electric bike, scooter and illegal motorbike usage with the latest updates below, including recent responses from the Minister for Transport and Main Roads (TMR). We will continue to post when new information becomes available…

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’.…

Our advocacies continued to ensure an additional fire rating sign is allocated to our electorate’s rural communities, with our May 2025 Noosa 360 update outlining that the installation application was approved on 12 May 2025 and the Rural Fire Service…

After the 2024 State Election and an election commitment by the new government to establish a Save Night Precinct (SNP) in Noosa, Sandy requested local stakeholders be consulted as from our understanding this had not been applied for, nor supported.…

The announcement of the Parliamentary Inquiry into e-mobility safety, mentioned in our May 2025 Noosa 360 update was welcomed, however, with the committee report still nine months away as of writing, communities across Queensland  understandably continue to calling for increased…

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…

Sandy’s efforts have continued to ensure a new fire rating sign is allocated to our hinterland, with confirmation received in February 2025 that installation of a sign in Pomona would occur within the 2025 calendar year. We recently requested an…

Sandy welcomes the announcement made 1 May 2025 of a Parliamentary Inquiry following our advocacy and her call for action last Parliament sitting to see an end to reckless electric bike, motorbike and scooter usage. The inquiry is being undertaken…