Category: Environment & Animal Protection

NOOSA RIVER MANAGEMENT (SHORT TERM ACCOMMODATION BOATS) UPDATE JANUARY 2025

by SB Office | Jan 9, 2025 | Energy & Water, Environment & Animal Protection, Fishing and Boating, Transport and Main Roads | 0

Following reports on a Facebook post dated 29 December regarding several houseboats being used for short term accommodation on the Noosa River, Sandy contacted Maritime Safety Queensland (MSQ) and the Australian Maritime Safety...

TEEWAH BEACH DRIVER BEHAVIOUR/ COOLOOLA RECREATION AREA MANAGEMENT UPDATE JANUARY 2025

by SB Office | Jan 9, 2025 | Environment & Animal Protection, Police, Corrective Services, Fire and Emergency Services | 0

The Queensland Police Service has provided the following enforcement statistics collected during Operation Sandstorm, a four-day operation conducted across the Noosa North Shore, Teewah Beach, and Cooloola Coast areas during the...

KIN KIN ROAD WIDENING – CAPITAL WORKS & KIN KIN QUARRY, COURT CASE UPDATE DECEMBER 2024

by SB Office | Dec 20, 2024 | Environment & Animal Protection, Transport and Main Roads | 0

Planning and Environment Court outcome Sandy joined Noosa Council and the community at the...

TRAVESTON DAM OCTOBER 2024

by SB Office | Oct 15, 2024 | Energy & Water, Environment & Animal Protection, Fishing and Boating, Infrastructure & Planning | 0

With the release of the LNP’s water security plan on 12 October 2024, Sandy called on the LNP to...

INDEPENDENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (IEPA) & INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF POWERS AND PENALTIES UNDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT UPDATE OCTOBER 2024

by SB Office | Oct 14, 2024 | Environment & Animal Protection | 0

Sandy has received notification that following her long-time efforts, the recent Government has...

SHARK NETS AND CONTROL MEASURES UPDATE OCTOBER 2024

by SB Office | Oct 13, 2024 | Energy & Water, Environment & Animal Protection, Fishing and Boating | 0

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...

NOOSA RIVER MANAGEMENT UPDATE OCTOBER 2024

by SB Office | Oct 1, 2024 | Energy & Water, Environment & Animal Protection, Fishing and Boating, Transport and Main Roads | 0

Following Sandy taking resident concerns to Maritime Safety Queensland (MSQ) since July and many...

NOOSA MP FUNDED STUDY TO PROTECT OUR WILDLIFE UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2024

by SB Office | Sep 23, 2024 | Environment & Animal Protection, Transport and Main Roads | 0

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...

UPDATED DOG OWNERSHIP LAWS AND PENALTIES SYSTEM AUGUST 2024

by SB Office | Aug 30, 2024 | Environment & Animal Protection | 0

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...

TEWANTIN NATIONAL PARK EXPANSION AUGUST 2024

by SB Office | Aug 30, 2024 | Environment & Animal Protection | 0

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...

TEEWAH COOLOOLA WORKING GROUP, COOLOOLA RECREATION AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN (TEEWAH) UPDATE JULY 2024

by SB Office | Aug 8, 2024 | Environment & Animal Protection | 0

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...