Noosa Council Analytics
Showing 2026 (2026-01-01 to 2026-12-31).
Overview
23 Noosa Council meetings and 66 meeting hours in 2026, with 310 motions decided and 14 conflicts of interest declared.
Conflicts of Interest →
COI Declarations per Councillor
Amelia Lorentson4 matters declared4 records in the minutes
Brian Stockwell4 matters declared4 records in the minutes
Frank Wilkie3 matters declared5 records in the minutes
Jessica Phillips2 matters declared5 records in the minutes
Nicola Wilson1 matter declared1 records in the minutes
Karen Finzel0 matters declared
Tom Wegener0 matters declaredFull register: every declaration, verbatim →
Extracted automatically from the official council minutes, the statutory record under the Local Government Act 2009 (Qld) s150FA. Extraction can miss or mis-parse entries. Each entry links to the official minutes; verify against the source. Declaring a conflict is the process working, not an accusation.
Motions
Which councillors move and second the formal motions recorded in the official minutes in 2026, and how they fare.
Moved and Seconded
| Councillor | Moved | Seconded | Carried | Lost | Success as mover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amelia Lorentson | 92 | 39 | 69 | 15 | 82% |
| Frank Wilkie | 76 | 37 | 66 | 3 | 96% |
| Brian Stockwell | 44 | 17 | 33 | 6 | 85% |
| Karen Finzel | 41 | 61 | 38 | 1 | 97% |
| Jessica Phillips | 34 | 79 | 31 | 0 | 100% |
| Nicola Wilson | 30 | 50 | 28 | 0 | 100% |
| Tom Wegener | 23 | 51 | 19 | 1 | 95% |
340 motions recorded: 284 carried, 26 lost, 3 withdrawn, 2 lapsed, 25 superseded by amendment. 250 were unanimous.
The chair moves many procedural motions (adoption of minutes, moving between sessions), which inflates the mayoral count. The same honesty rule as speaking time applies.
Casting-Vote Decisions
Rare tie-breaks decided by the chair's casting vote.
- 11 August 2026: "That Item A be added to read: A. That Council prepare a scoped, proportionate Land Management Plan for the Christmas ove…" was lost on the casting vote of the chair (meeting · minutes)
- 9 June 2026: "That Council A. Note the report by the Chief Executive Officer to the General Committee dated 13 April 2026 and this Fur…" was carried on the casting vote of the chair (meeting · minutes)
Notified Motions
How many notified motions each councillor put on the agenda in 2026 (items councillors raise themselves, not officer reports).
Notified Motions per Councillor
Every Notified Motion
| Councillor | Notice | Outcome | Meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amelia Lorentson | Strengthening Small Business Consultation on Major Council Works | Carried | 20 August 2026 meeting · minutes |
| Amelia Lorentson | Main Beach Reserve Car Park – Review of Main Beach Drop-Off Zone Resolution | Lost | 20 August 2026 meeting · minutes |
| Karen Finzel | Divisional Boundary Review | Carried | 18 June 2026 meeting · minutes |
| Amelia Lorentson | Advocating for Urgent Action on Burgess Creek Erosion | Carried | 16 April 2026 meeting · minutes |
| Amelia Lorentson | Protecting First Point, Noosa Heads | Carried | 19 February 2026 meeting · minutes |
| Amelia Lorentson | Three-Month Trial of Alternate Shark Mitigation Measures During Southern Whale Migration | Carried | 22 January 2026 meeting · minutes |
| Jessica Phillips | Independent Review of Community Surveys | Carried | 22 January 2026 meeting · minutes |
Open the full notified motions register →
A notified motion is an item a councillor puts on the agenda themselves, rather than responding to an officer report. These are the 7 recorded under the "Notified Motions" section of the minutes in 2026, credited to the councillor who moved each one. Amendments and restatements of the same item are not counted again, and a conflict-of-interest determination on the item is not treated as authorship. A notice withdrawn before it was moved is not counted.
Voting Records
Named For and Against votes from the official minutes in 2026: how councillors vote, together and apart.
Named For/Against divisions became routine practice around 2025. Earlier years show recorded divisions only.
How often each pair of councillors voted the same way in recorded divisions. Shading is scaled to the range shown, deepest green for the most aligned pair through to red for the least. Click any cell for that pair's full division history.
Voting Alignment
Share of each councillor's recorded votes that were on the losing side of the division. A higher share means voting against the eventual decision more often; it is not a measure of merit.
Votes on the Losing Side
Contested Votes
Divisions where at least one councillor voted Against. The full table, every division linked to the meeting and the official minutes, has its own page.
Seconder Pairings
Who seconds whose motions in the official minutes in 2026.
Who Seconds Whom
Most Frequent Pairings
- Jessica Phillips seconded motions moved by Amelia Lorentson ×49
- Karen Finzel seconded motions moved by Frank Wilkie ×18
- Tom Wegener seconded motions moved by Frank Wilkie ×17
- Tom Wegener seconded motions moved by Brian Stockwell ×13
- Nicola Wilson seconded motions moved by Amelia Lorentson ×12
- Amelia Lorentson seconded motions moved by Jessica Phillips ×12
Read a row across: how often each other councillor seconded that councillor’s motions. Blank cells: never. Every motion block in the official minutes counts, including amendments and procedural motions, so chairing duty inflates some numbers. A motion needs a seconder before it can be debated, so frequent pairings show who reliably gets whose ideas onto the floor.
Speaking Time
Share of Speaking Time
- Amelia Lorentson30.5%
- Frank Wilkie20.7%
- Brian Stockwell17.1%
- Jessica Phillips13.1%
- Karen Finzel9.8%
- Nicola Wilson5.2%
- Tom Wegener3.6%
Total Speaking Time
Pet Phrases & Platitudes
The phrases we keep an ear on in the chamber, counted across councillor speech in the meeting transcripts in 2026. Staff and public speakers are not counted.
“Point of order”
51 mentions across all councillors in 2026
| Amelia Lorentson | ×20 |
| Brian Stockwell | ×17 |
| Frank Wilkie | ×5 |
| Jessica Phillips | ×4 |
| Karen Finzel | ×3 |
| Nicola Wilson | ×1 |
| Tom Wegener | ×1 |
“Community”
1,140 mentions across all councillors in 2026
| Amelia Lorentson | ×369 |
| Jessica Phillips | ×188 |
| Karen Finzel | ×186 |
| Frank Wilkie | ×184 |
| Brian Stockwell | ×137 |
| Nicola Wilson | ×59 |
| Tom Wegener | ×17 |
“I will”
139 mentions across all councillors in 2026
| Amelia Lorentson | ×36 |
| Jessica Phillips | ×31 |
| Brian Stockwell | ×27 |
| Frank Wilkie | ×19 |
| Nicola Wilson | ×16 |
| Karen Finzel | ×8 |
| Tom Wegener | ×2 |
“STA”
6 mentions across all councillors in 2026
| Amelia Lorentson | ×2 |
| Frank Wilkie | ×2 |
| Nicola Wilson | ×1 |
| Tom Wegener | ×1 |
| Brian Stockwell | ×0 |
| Jessica Phillips | ×0 |
| Karen Finzel | ×0 |
Attendance
Meetings each councillor attended in 2026, from the official attendance record in each meeting's minutes.
Attendance Record
| Councillor | Attendance | Apologies | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amelia Lorentson | Present 9 of 9 | 0 apologies | 100% |
| Jessica Phillips | Present 9 of 9 | 0 apologies | 100% |
| Karen Finzel | Present 9 of 9 | 0 apologies | 100% |
| Frank Wilkie | Present 9 of 10 | 1 apology | 90% |
| Nicola Wilson | Present 9 of 10 | 1 apology | 90% |
| Tom Wegener | Present 9 of 10 | 1 apology | 90% |
| Brian Stockwell | Present 8 of 10 | 2 apologies | 80% |
Chairing
Who chaired the meetings in 2026. The chair runs proceedings and speaks between every item.
Meetings Chaired
Contributions
How many times each councillor spoke in 2026, and the longest single contributions.
Contributions per Councillor
Longest Single Contributions
| # | Councillor | Meeting | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amelia Lorentson | Special Meeting, 23 June 2026 | 10 min |
| 2 | Amelia Lorentson | General Committee Meeting, 7 July 2026 | 9 min |
| 3 | Amelia Lorentson | Ordinary Meeting, 22 January 2026 | 9 min |
| 4 | Jessica Phillips | Special Meeting, 23 June 2026 | 8 min |
| 5 | Amelia Lorentson | Ordinary Meeting, 19 February 2026 | 8 min |
| 6 | Frank Wilkie chaired this meeting | Ordinary Meeting, 16 July 2026 | 8 min |
| 7 | Amelia Lorentson | General Committee Meeting, 11 August 2026 | 8 min |
| 8 | Amelia Lorentson | General Committee Meeting, 16 February 2026 | 7 min |
| 9 | Frank Wilkie chaired this meeting | Special Meeting, 23 June 2026 | 7 min |
| 10 | Amelia Lorentson | Ordinary Meeting, 20 August 2026 | 7 min |
Each link opens the exact spot in the meeting transcript.
Chamber Airtime Composition
Who does the talking in 2026: all attributed speech in the AI transcripts, split between councillors (chairing included), named council staff (the executive listed in each meeting header), named public speakers, and voices the transcription could not identify. Attribution is automated and can be wrong.
Public Question Time
18 public questions were put to Council across 5 meetings in 2026, from the minutes’ Public Question Time sections.
Most Frequent Questioners
- Brian O'Connor ×4
- Pat Spicer ×4
- Susan Dewar ×2
- Rhea Den Braasem ×2
- John Spencer ×2
- Andy Taylor ×2
- Eduoard Riottot ×1
- Mathew Hoffman ×1
Names as recorded in the official public minutes. Residents asking questions of their council is the transparency process working.
Transparency
Closed sessions, petitions and deputations recorded in the official minutes in 2026.
Meetings
The meetings behind these numbers, by type and length.
By Meeting Type
| Meeting type | Held | Avg length | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Committee | 8 | 4h 5m | General Committee Meeting, 11 August 2026 (7h 13m) |
| Ordinary | 8 | 3h 16m | Ordinary Meeting, 16 July 2026 (6h 34m) |
| Planning & Environment | 3 | 50m | Planning & Environment Committee Meeting, 10 February 2026 (1h 52m) |
| Services & Organisation | 3 | 1h 3m | Services & Organisation Committee Meeting, 10 February 2026 (1h 22m) |
| Special | 1 | 1h 20m | Special Meeting, 23 June 2026 (1h 20m) |
About This Data
Every number on this page is computed from three sources, each used for what it is authoritative about, and every number is at most one click from the public record it came from.
- Meeting transcripts feed speaking time, contributions, phrase counts and topics. Transcription and speaker attribution are machine-assisted and can be wrong. Speaking time includes chairing, which inflates the chair's share.
- Meeting headers (the published attendance record) feed attendance, apologies and chairing. These are structured facts, not transcript inference.
- Official minutes (the statutory record) feed motions, named division votes, conflict-of-interest declarations and transparency counters. Extraction is automated against the statutory wording and can miss or mis-parse entries; each extracted record links to the official minutes so it can be verified at the source.
A phrase count is not a formal declaration or ruling. A conflict-of-interest declaration is the transparency process working, not an accusation. Motion and voting figures count what the minutes record; named For/Against divisions became routine practice around 2025, so earlier years understate division detail.
A notified motion is an item a councillor puts on the agenda themselves. These are counted from the minutes' "Notified Motions" section, one per agenda item, credited to the councillor who moved it. Amendments and restatements of the same item are not counted again, and a conflict-of-interest determination on the item is not treated as authorship. A notice withdrawn before it was moved is recorded in the minutes but is not attributed here, because the withdrawal line is narrative rather than a structured record.
Figures for this view cover 2026-01-01 to 2026-12-31.
