PAT SPICER · Public Question Time

ORDINARY MEETING                                                                  22 JANUARY 2026


8.4         PAT SPICER


QUESTION 1
While there were restrictions on releasing information to the public regarding the loss or $2.4 million
through fraud in December 2024, were all staff in the financial department fully briefed on the
contents of the Queensland Audit Office report immediately after the report was received as it
explicitly warned about the fraud risk in "super master file" data changes and provided a case study
of a recent council loss through such data changes being made to supplier bank account details?

QUESTION 2
Why is Noosa Council taking on the state responsibility of providing housing by spending millions
above grants to remediate and install all infrastructure for housing at 64 Lake Macdonald Drive
Cooroy as well as entering into a contract with Coast2Bay to build 26 units when it is a fact that this
site does not meet the housing strategy actions of ready access to services, transport and proximity
to work?