KIN KIN ROAD WIDENING – CAPITAL WORKS & KIN KIN QUARRY, COURT CASE UPDATE DECEMBER 2024
Planning and Environment Court outcome Sandy joined Noosa Council and the community at the...
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Category: Environment & Animal Protection
TRAVESTON DAM OCTOBER 2024
With the release of the LNP’s water security plan on 12 October 2024, Sandy called on the LNP to...
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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...
Read MoreSHARK 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 Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries as mentioned in our April 2024 Noosa...
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NOOSA RIVER MANAGEMENT UPDATE OCTOBER 2024
Following Sandy taking resident concerns to Maritime Safety Queensland (MSQ) since July and many...
Read MoreNOOSA MP FUNDED STUDY TO PROTECT OUR WILDLIFE UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2024
Per our January 2024 Noosa 360 Update, Sandy commissioned local wildlife ecologist Dr Elizabeth Brunton to complete a study on wildlife strikes. The project’s main aim was to map key road-kill hotspots and provide baseline...
Read MoreUPDATED DOG OWNERSHIP LAWS AND PENALTIES SYSTEM AUGUST 2024
As reported on Sandy’s Facebook page in April 2023, a raft of measures were proposed regarding dog ownership laws including increased penalties for irresponsible dog owners, jail time for the worst offenders and a statewide ban...
Read MoreTEWANTIN NATIONAL PARK EXPANSION AUGUST 2024
Five years ago in 2019, Sandy, spoke in Parliament of the long-held vision of advocates and the process involving many locals to see two thousand four hundred hectares join the Tewantin National Park. Of specific mention is the...
Read MoreTEEWAH COOLOOLA WORKING GROUP, COOLOOLA RECREATION AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN (TEEWAH) UPDATE JULY 2024
Noosa Council’s recent media release regarding the Teewah Cooloola Working Group’s (TCWG) submission to the Cooloola Recreation Area Management Plan consultation resulted in some community questions and confusion, hence this...
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NOOSA RIVER MANAGEMENT UPDATE #2 JULY 2024
As mentioned in our May 2024 Noosa 360 update, with a ‘no anchoring zone’ 60m from the southern...
Read MoreNOOSA RIVER MANAGEMENT (LEGISLATION/REGULATIONS) UPDATE JULY 2024
In response to questions relating to legislation permitting the recent management changes by Maritime Safety Queensland (MSQ), we have obtained the following information: Stage 4 – no anchoring zone The current no anchoring...
Read MoreCOOLOOLA RECREATION AREA AND GREAT SANDY NATIONAL PARK JULY 2024
With some confusion regarding whether the Cooloola Recreation Area is a National Park and even what a Recreation Area is, below is some clarity regarding. The general Cooloola coastal area stretches south of Wide Bay, from...
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