Our office has been provided the following enforcement statistics collected during one of the targeted operations for Noosa North shore, Teewah Beach and Double Island between 27/12/2023 and 30/12/2023:

Enforcement type Statistics
Random breath testing 229 with 1 reading a blood alcohol concentration of 0.051

 
Random roadside drug testing

 

 23 with 5 reading positive
Notice to Appear

 

 for 3 Unlicenced drivers
Traffic Infringement Notices

 

 59 for speeding

17 for not wearing a seatbelt

3 for careless driving

11 for defective vehicles

7 for Modified exhausts

1 for using a mobile phone while driving

1 for an unregistered vehicle.

3 for failing to display a ‘P’ Plate

11 for other reasons.

3 for failing to wear a helmet (bicycle riders)

 

 

Reports from residents between Christmas and New Years of these compliance efforts have reiterated the importance of education, prevention and detection as again we had a combination of visitors and locals doing the wrong thing, including traveling during high tide. Whilst we wait for the actions from the Department of Environment and Science and the Queensland Police Service in response to long standing advocacies, Sandy asks everyone to continue to report incidents to the appropriate authorities with a CC to noosa@parliament.qld.gov.au as this is important as part of evidence gathering.

Further information

Residents can search crime/offence statistics anytime at www.police.qld.gov.au/maps-and-statistics. We also have information on how policing works in the Noosa Electorate at www.sandybolton.com/policing-in-noosa-july-2023.

For those wishing to also advocate with the relevant Queensland Ministers directly regarding this, please consider emailing the following:

Please copy in our office via noosa@parliament.qld.gov.au and forward us any response you receive.

For all our previous updates regarding Teewah, please visit www.sandybolton.com/?s=Teewah