ELECTRIC BIKES AND SCOOTERS UPDATE DECEMBER 2024
Sandy’s advocacy regarding reckless electric bike and scooter usage has continued, including for...
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Category: Police, Corrective Services, Fire and Emergency Services
CRIME/ YOUTH RECIDIVISM UPDATE OCTOBER 2024
With recent bad behaviours on Hastings Street during a visitor spike on school holidays in Noosa,...
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MARINE RESCUE QUEENSLAND (NOOSA COAST GUARD QF5) UPDATE AUGUST 2024
The State funded Vessel Replacement Program is set to provide a new vessel to our Noosa...
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NEW COOROY POLICE STATION OPENS & DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE UPDATE AUGUST 2024
New Cooroy Police Station Sandy joined our frontliners and the community in August 2024 to...
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POLICE RECRUITMENT, NUMBERS AND GENERAL UPDATE JULY 2024
In response to community calls for more police officers in Noosa, Sandy during 2023 Estimates...
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BUDGET 2024 – 25 SUMMARY
Queenslanders have endured ongoing financial and emotional hardship since the COVID-19 pandemic....
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ELECTRIC BIKES AND SCOOTERS UPDATE MAY 2024
As mentioned in our March 2024 Noosa 360 update, following resident feedback regarding introducing...
Read MoreRURAL FIRE BRIGADE STRUCTURE CHANGES (DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2024) UPDATE MAY 2024
As mentioned in our March 2024 Noosa 360 update, Sandy met with our local Rural Fire Brigade (now known as the Rural Fire Service) representatives on their concerns regarding the Disaster Management and Other Legislation...
Read MoreCRIME/ YOUTH RECIDIVISM (QUEENSLAND COMMUNITY SAFETY BILL/ CHAIR’S FOREWORD) UPDATE MAY 2024
Sandy’s advocacy has continued following the tabling of the Interim Report into youth justice reform with 60 recommendations to create greater safety in our communities. As included in our April 2024 Noosa 360 update, this...
Read MoreEXPANSION OF ‘JACK’S LAW’ (HANDHELD KNIFE SCANNERS) TO ASSIST POLICE MAY 2024
In April 2023, the Queensland Parliament passed the Police Powers and Responsibilities (Jack’s Law) Amendment Bill to expand the trial of handheld scanners to detect unlawfully possessed knives beyond the Surfers Paradise...
Read MoreTEEWAH COOLOOLA BEACH DRIVER BEHAVIOUR STUDY – UPDATE #2 APRIL 2024
The University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) has commenced a study on beach driving, funded by the Queensland Government’s Motor Accident Insurance Commission, and are seeking participants who have driven on Noosa Northshore,...
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CRIME/ YOUTH RECIDIVISM (CHAIR’S DRAFT REPORT RELEASE) UPDATE APRIL 2024
The Youth Justice Reform Parliamentary Select Committee, chaired by Sandy with three Members of...
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