Your Voice. Your Noosa.

As an Independent Member of the Queensland Parliament, I am honoured to represent the wonderful diversity that is Noosa, not a political party or personal ideology. This is liberating and empowering for the residents of our electorate and provides opportunity to create a future that you have envisioned. One that is bold in researching ideas and trialling new ways to address our challenges, through the development of partnerships and a focus on what unites. One that encourages open discussion and respectful debate which concentrates on common ground and what can be achieved. One that considers all viewpoints and perspectives, with objective research and a passion for people, that puts Noosa first.

I am your voice. It is your Noosa.

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7 hours ago

Sandy Bolton MP
๐๐Ž๐Ž๐’๐€ ๐Œ๐ ๐๐‹๐ƒ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐€๐–๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐’ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฅ‡so much love and appreciation generated at this monumental event where over 120 residents๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆgathered at The J Noosa to honour 51 deserving and incredible Noosans who give, free of charge, their skills, time and expertise to us๐Ÿ’– This from a broad range of community sectors including emergency services, sports, environment, animal welfare, heritage, culture and so much more! Volunteers dedicate hundreds of thousands of hours to supporting our community, and we often do not even realise the impact they have on our everyday lives. Thank you to Noosa Today and Cooroy RSL for making the night possible, to St Teresa's Catholic College's band ๐ŸŽท๐ŸŽบ for the awesome performance, Richard Hansen MC, to all attendees, and to my staff Lisa, Dylan and Danielle. Most importantly, gratitude for every single resident across our electorate who donate their time to better the lives of all of us. You are deeply, and always appreciated for what you do ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘Congratulations ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€:๐Ÿ‘‰Marc Bright โ€“ All Abilities Golf - Wellness & Connection๐Ÿ‘‰Julien Cahn โ€“ Business Mentoring (Noosa)๐Ÿ‘‰Rod Ritchie โ€“ Cooroy Area Residents Association๐Ÿ‘‰Barbara Luff โ€“ Cooroy Future Group Inc๐Ÿ‘‰Des Bowes โ€“ Cooroy Horse & Pony Club๐Ÿ‘‰Coral Salmon โ€“ Cooroy Pomona Lions Club๐Ÿ‘‰Robin Salmon โ€“ Cooroy Pomona Lions Club๐Ÿ‘‰Barrie Adams โ€“ Cooroy RSL๐Ÿ‘‰Ross "Rosco" Aiken โ€“ Cooroy RSL๐Ÿ‘‰Peter Watts โ€“ Cooroy Pomona RSL Sub Branch๐Ÿ‘‰Ada Medak โ€“ Friends of Kinaba๐Ÿ‘‰Kathleen Bolt โ€“ Katie Rose Volunteer Gardeners๐Ÿ‘‰Bob Lennox โ€“ Katie Rose Cottage Hospice๐Ÿ‘‰Mark Sweeney โ€“ Katie Rose Cottage Hospice๐Ÿ‘‰Rilka Stone โ€“ Kin Kin Community Group๐Ÿ‘‰Mic Gray โ€“ Kin Kin Rural Fire Brigade๐Ÿ‘‰Warren Gavin โ€“ Lions Youth Insearch๐Ÿ‘‰Kate Hart โ€“ Noosa Alive๐Ÿ‘‰Samantha Hooper โ€“ Noosa Little Athletics๐Ÿ‘‰Greg Bain โ€“ Noosa Rugby Union Club๐Ÿ‘‰Rohan Ramsden โ€“ Noosa Rugby Union Club๐Ÿ‘‰Rob Baillie โ€“ Noosa FM 101.3 Community Organisation๐Ÿ‘‰Vicki Riley โ€“ Noosa FM 101.3 Community Organisation๐Ÿ‘‰Mike Hancock โ€“ Noosa North Shore Associaton/Rural Fire Brigade๐Ÿ‘‰Des Mabbott โ€“ Noosa Outrigger Canoe Club๐Ÿ‘‰Chris Mitchell โ€“ Noosa Outrigger Canoe Club๐Ÿ‘‰Deborah Strong โ€“ Noosa Sea Scout Group๐Ÿ‘‰Ian Kaye โ€“ Noosa Sea Scout Group๐Ÿ‘‰Anne Coombes โ€“ Noosa Shire Museum๐Ÿ‘‰Andy & Isobel Perry โ€“ Noosa Shire Museum๐Ÿ‘‰Paul Coolican โ€“ Noosa Water Polo๐Ÿ‘‰Diane Cuddihy โ€“ Noosa World Surfing Reserve๐Ÿ‘‰Marie Lewis โ€“ OzHarvest Sunshine Coast and Gympie๐Ÿ‘‰Heather Manders โ€“ Pomona King of the Mountain๐Ÿ‘‰Catherine Magick โ€“ Pomona Pony Club๐Ÿ‘‰Susan Hafey โ€“ Pomona State School๐Ÿ‘‰Jean Wallace-Coates โ€“ Pomona State School๐Ÿ‘‰Susan Reese โ€“ PTSD Dogs Australia๐Ÿ‘‰Angie Weeks โ€“ PTSD Dogs Australia๐Ÿ‘‰Amanda Fortington โ€“ Noosa Coolum Salvos๐Ÿ‘‰Matthew Gluyas โ€“ Noosa Coolum Salvos๐Ÿ‘‰Spencer Hitchen โ€“ Save Sunrise Glossies๐Ÿ‘‰Johnny Gooderham โ€“ Sunshine Beach SLSC๐Ÿ‘‰Karen Gillespie โ€“ Sunshine Butterflies๐Ÿ‘‰Steve Gillespie โ€“ Sunshine Butterflies๐Ÿ‘‰Danielle Tomlinson โ€“ Tall Trees Art Exhibition๐Ÿ‘‰Janelle McDonald โ€“ Tewantin Noosa Lions Club๐Ÿ‘‰Stephanie Haslam โ€“ Urban Wildlife Gardens๐Ÿ‘‰Mark Bone โ€“ Waves of Kindness๐Ÿ‘‰Roslyn Leslie โ€“ WilvosTo find out more about our award recipients as well to see the awardees' individual photos, please head to www.sandybolton.com/queensland-day-awards-2023-recipients ... See MoreSee Less
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13 hours ago

Sandy Bolton MP
๐๐Ž๐Ž๐’๐€ ๐‡๐Ž๐’๐๐ˆ๐“๐€๐‹ ๐Œ๐„๐„๐“๐’ ๐ƒ๐„๐Œ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐•๐ˆ๐€ โ€˜๐“๐‘๐€๐๐’๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐๐‹๐„๐’โ€™ ๐Ÿ‘จโ€โš•๏ธโœ… Another step in the journey to a much-needed expansion! Thank you to Ramsay Health Care who have worked with the Queensland Health and Noosa Council to facilitate these demountables to triage patients as part of ensuring the Emergency Department operates as efficiently as possible, reducing delays and the need for ambulances to โ€˜bypass โ˜นโ€™ or as officially now known โ€˜load shareโ€™ to Nambour or SCUH, which contributes to their โ€˜rampingโ€™. Gratitude๐Ÿ˜Što everyone involved including Ramsay CEO Anna & Karl with extra special thanks to the emergency doctors and staff who do an incredible job for our community. Like all that is worthy, it is never as simple as we would like, however we are getting there๐Ÿ™ The data from this โ€˜triagingโ€™ is vital as part of the case for a permanent expansion of this private hospital which is contracted by state government to provide $22,600,000 of public services and of this, $7,080,000 is for the Emergency Department. This may sound sufficient, however given the limited capacity, and frustration of residents who are relayed unnecessarily to hospitals further away, we need to know exactly what is required now and into the future. As well to have the longer lease needed from State Government to accommodate this. ๐Ÿ‘‰We will continue to advocate with the new Minister for Health Shannon Fentiman for the required lease extensions which is crucial for our hospital to deliver to our community and reduce impacts to others. By working together, we can ensure this private facility meets the needs of both private and public patients for generations to come๐Ÿง’๐Ÿ‘P.S. A 'Happy Birthday' to Mayor Clare, what a gorgeous cake?!๐ŸŽ‚Noosa Community Notice Board Noosa Community Board Noosa Community Hub ... See MoreSee Less
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3 days ago

Sandy Bolton MP
๐‹๐€๐Š๐„ ๐Œ๐œ๐ƒ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹๐ƒ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„๐Ÿ’ง It was good to catch up with Daniela and Olivia from SEQ Water for an update ๐Ÿ’ฆ on the Lake Mcdonald replacement project which had been delayed as previously posted due to a review. This has now been completed, and we shall have further information including on any community engagement in the coming weeks ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘‰Keep an eye on our Friday FB 'weekly wraps', Noosa 360 (www.sandybolton.com/noosa360) or our newsletter to stay updated! ... See MoreSee Less
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3 days ago

Sandy Bolton MP
๐Š๐ˆ๐ ๐Š๐ˆ๐ ๐ƒ๐„๐…๐„๐€๐“๐’ ๐๐Ž๐Ž๐’๐€ ๐‚๐Ž๐”๐๐‚๐ˆ๐‹ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ“ ๐“๐Ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ— What a nailbiter! This annual is always great fun, raising funds for breast cancer care which affects both men and women. My umpiring skills ๐Ÿคผ even after 6 years still leave a lot to be desired, with our commentators Chris and Scott had trouble translating my โ€˜over the headโ€™ signals! ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ Thank you to all players, fellow umpires, the amazing volunteers and commentators, cheer squads and organisers including Anita and raffle queen Wanda ๐Ÿ’– A big shoutout to all who donated, whether raffle prizes or funds, as it is deeply appreciated. A lot of high fives ๐ŸŒŸ treasured hugs and memories reignited and made, as well gratitude that the rain stopped in time for the game to start!๐Ÿ‘‰For those to wishing to still donate, please visit www.pinkisthecolour.com.au/fundraisers/kinkin/pink-stumps Clare Stewart Noosa Mayor Karen Finzel Councillor for Noosa Shire Frank Wilkie, Noosa Shire Councillor Cr Joe Jurisevic - Noosa Council Cr Amelia Lorentson- Noosa Council McGrath Foundation Kin Kin, Queensland Kin Kin Community Board 2023 Kin Kin Notice Board Noosa Council Matt Golinski - Official Jimmy & Tam Tourism Noosa ... See MoreSee Less
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4 days ago

Sandy Bolton MP
๐Œ๐ ๐๐„๐…๐Ž๐‘๐„ ๐‡๐Ž๐”๐‘๐’ โ€“ ๐‡๐Ž๐– ๐•๐„๐๐Ž๐Œ ๐‚๐€๐ ๐‚๐”๐‘๐„ ๐Ÿ•ท with QLD a leader in this space, sharing breakfast with researchers from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience had some โ€˜creepyโ€™ moments with the Fraser Island Kโ€™gari Funnel Web spider showcasing how their venom assists with heart attack and stroke victims! Much was learnt including around endometriosis, bio pesticides and new antibiotics from soil microbes, as well that 100 years ago many in the room would not be here. This as pointed out was due to the average age expectancy back then was 50 years, and how the advent of vaccines and antibiotics via bioscience has contributed to us having a longer shelf life! ๐Ÿ˜ Thank you to all presenters for greater insights into what you do, and how you do it! The University of Queensland Innovate Ag Sanofi Australia & New Zealand ... See MoreSee Less
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SANDY BOLTON MP
Independent Member for Noosa

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28 Eenie Creek Rd,
Noosaville QLD 4566

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