2020-02-17 General Committee Meeting Notes

RECOMMENDATIONS ONLY – NOT THE FINAL DECISION OF COUNCIL
GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING                                                           17 FEBRUARY 2020


                they are likely to increase in severity over time. There is no evidence available to
                indicate that the risks from climate change to health and wellbeing are not
                presently significant at a local scale, however they will increasingly become so
                as global warming accelerates.
                The Australian Medical Association has expressed strong concerns regarding
                the threat to public health and wellbeing from climate change (AMA, 2019). In
                particular, the elderly, as well as other vulnerable groups in the community, are
                more exposed to direct physical impacts of climate change and may require
                greater assistance from their family and social networks, and emergency
                services in preparing for and responding to extreme weather events.
                The collaboration of many stakeholders will help Noosa’s Health and Wellbeing
                sector to be resilient to future climate change impacts. Noosa Council is
                developing a Climate Change Adaptation Plan (CCAP), which will contain actions
                and key indicators for adapting Noosa community’s health and wellbeing to
                climate change risks. The CCAP is expected to be completed in mid-2020. It is
                proposed the Noosa Community Health and Wellbeing Action plan will seek to
                inform the CCAP where applicable, and incorporate the relevant actions from the
                CCAP at the next annual review of the Action Plan, including development of new
                initiatives based on updates to climate change projections if required.
    B.   Approve the proposed Noosa Community Health and Wellbeing Plan 2019-2024 Action
         Plan, subject to consideration of any resourcing requirements being determined as part
         of the 2020/21 annual budget process.

    Amendment
    Moved:            Cr Wilkie
    Seconded:         Cr Jackson
    That the following words be included under Item A:
        Page 13, Update Immunisation rates as follows:

                                                                       Noosa      Qld     Australia

          Health Status      Immunisation rates (%) (Noosa
                             2017) (target to prevent outbreaks of
                             vaccine-preventable disease is 95%)
                             1-year-old                                9088*     94*       94*
                             2-year-old                                8786*     92*       91*
                             5-year-old                                8991*     95*       95*
         *Data Source for Immunisation rates for Queensland and Australia : https://www.health.gov.au/health-
         topics/immunisation/childhood-immunisation-coverage/immunisation-coverage-rates-for-all-
         children#state-and-territory-coverage-rates

                                                                                 Carried unanimously.




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