Energy & Water

Questions as to why wholesale electricity price drops often fail to lower retail bills immediately have been raised with our office. In summary as we have been advised, wholesale costs make up only 30-40% of your total bill. The remaining…

As mentioned our July 2025 Noosa 360 update, Maritime Safety QLD (MSQ) agreed to review the scope of stage six of the Noosa River Management Plan. At a meeting since then, MSQ advised that following community feedback, they are consolidating…

In response to resident enquiries following the 24 September 2025 determination by Gympie Council to stop fluoridating their water, decisions regarding fluoridation of drinking water have been made by local government (councils) since 2012. In February 2025, Sandy conducted a…

Sandy met with Unitywater to discuss a number of items including that if the Burgess Creek Integrated Catchment Management Plan (ICMP) identities needed infrastructure, would they consider contributing funding. Following this meeting, they provided the following in italics, which outlines…

With potential increases in population and visitations leading up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, its important Noosa’s water supply is sustainable. We understand from a visit to Lake Macdonald Dam in 2024 that the Noosa Shire has…

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 April 2025 Noosa 360 update, following advocacy, the Queensland Minister for Public Works advised that the Queensland Procurement Policy was currently under review. Our suggestions that the policy should have requirements surrounding public consultation and have a…

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…

With construction now underway, residents have raised concerns regarding the increased number of heavy haulage vehicles travelling along Lake Macdonald Drive, particularly regarding alleged speeding. We have collated the following information from our advocacy, which includes truck volumes and actions…

The Queensland Procurement Policy 2023 (QPP) is the state government’s overarching policy for the procurement of goods and services, with the intent of the local benefits test being to evaluate the benefits that any supplier would bring to the local…