Noosa 360

As mentioned in our March 2025 Noosa 360 update, in response to Sandy’s Question Without Notice on 12 March 2025, the Deputy Premier provided assurances that the development of new regional plans would be actioned as soon as possible in…

Sandy raised in Parliament on 12 March 2025 the issue of the upcoming development of new regional plans during Question Time, which could provide an avenue to address the excessive population targets thrust onto Noosa in the ShapingSEQ 2023 Plan…

Following consultation and submissions from many in the Noosa community and Sandy, the Queensland Government have released the final Shaping South- East Queensland (SEQ) Regional Plan 2023 available at https://planning.statedevelopment.qld.gov.au/planning-framework/plan-making/regional-planning/south-east-queensland-regional-plan Pleasingly, many of our concerns surrounding the draft have been…

Per our August Noosa 360 update, consultation closed on 20 September. Thank you to all who attended the local information sessions and sent submissions regarding the draft Southeast Queensland (SEQ) Regional Plan. After Sandy’s conversations with the Queensland Minister for…

Statutory Regional Plans are long-term strategic documents that guide land use planning for state and local governments. They also indicate and set direction through contemporary policy frameworks and spatial representation how our regions will grow and respond to change over…

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 update with further information. The TCWG has been in operation…

The explanation below is in response to questions we continue to receive regarding secondary dwellings. The Queensland Planning Regulation sets out land use definitions that all Councils need to adopt in their planning schemes. The land use definition of a…

The Department has provided to the Noosa Electorate Office the following information and points of relevance with regard to planned burns in National Parks. Updates, notifications and advice will be provided as it becomes available at https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/park-alerts/: Queensland Parks and…

Further to our enquiry with the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) in 2022 asking when a Northern Sunshine Coast Public Transport Strategy would be finalised, this has now been completed, and we thank every resident and stakeholder who provided vital feedback throughout the…

Transparency, accountability and good governance are fundamental to a healthy democracy. Queenslanders deserve confidence that public funds are spent wisely, government decisions properly scrutinised, and elected representatives genuine opportunities to hold ministers to account. That is why the Budget Estimates…

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’.…

Welcome to our new look newsletter everyone, with thanks to staffer Jack and feedback appreciated! Now to the month where amongst the many wonderful moments, the Citizenship Ceremony was especially heartwarming with fifty-four of our newest Noosa family members from…

Tropical Cyclone Alfred and even more wet weather! Our communities and broader Southeast Queensland (SEQ) demonstrated incredible resilience and tenacity during Cyclone Alfred, as well after with our minor floods. Noosa was fortunate to experience just a sample of what…

The following article was authored by Sandy Bolton MP and published in the Noosa Today on the 21st of March 2025: As I spoke about in Parliament this week, our communities and broader Southeast QLD demonstrated incredible resilience and tenacity during…

Sandy opposed the Housing Availability and Affordability (Planning and Other Legislation Amendment) Bill 2024 (HAAPOLA), which passed on 16 April 2024, as there were elements that are deeply concerning through lack of clarity. In addition, it created the capacity for…

Thank you to all Noosans who had their say regarding priorities for ongoing advocacy going forward this year. A total of 333 responses were recorded for the 2023/24 Noosa MP survey, with 30 responses invalid for the purpose of this…

Hearing what our representatives have to report on behalf of their businesses whether via Chambers of Commerce or Business Associations is so important. As part of Sandy’s latest update to the roundtable, she relayed the following: SEQ REGIONAL PLAN www.sandybolton.com/draft-southeast-queensland-regional-plan-update-october-2023…

The following article was authored by Sandy Bolton MP and published in the Noosa Today on the 29th of September 2023: With the culmination of a number of long advocacy journeys and the start of others, there is much to update…

It has been a really big month, so forgive that we were not able to fit everything in as it would have been 10 pages! Firstly, thank you to all who attended the information sessions and sent submissions regarding the…

The following article was authored by Sandy Bolton MP and published in the Noosa Today on the 1st of September 2023: ‘Flood or Flooding the Zone’ is terminology becoming more widely used than beyond a sporting strategy! This in relation to…

A VERY big month of Parliament estimates hearings, community events, media requests, meetings, bill research and many messages/texts/calls regarding my intentions in the next state election, which is not until October 2024. To ‘put to bed’ the concerns, rumours, and…

SEQ REGIONAL PLAN A reminder, to assist in efforts, we ask everyone to make a valid submission to State Government before, or after, attending the information session, 4pm 29 August at ‘Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church (Noosa District) Parish…

The following article was authored by Sandy Bolton MP and published in the Noosa Today on the 4th of August 2023: Every month in this column I endeavour to raise an important issue for you to think about in response to…

State Members of Parliament have a set amount of funds allocated to operate their Electorate Offices annually for the purchase of equipment, mail outs, community event hosting as well as other ‘day to day’ expenses. We can also use these…

Noosa Council’s Housing Needs Assessment is now complete and adopted by Council and was updated to this meeting. The full assessment can be accessed at https://www.noosa.qld.gov.au/downloads/file/1476/noosa-housing-needs-assessment This assessment will be used in developing Council’s upcoming draft Housing Strategy, on which…