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Every Noosa Council meeting since April 2023 is fully transcribed here, with every speaker identified and timed, alongside thousands of council documents. Every vote, planning application and budget figure is here too. Everything you can explore is on this page. Tap a card to start.
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The heart of NoosaWatch: every meeting, every word and every speaker.
- Reports & AnalyticsThe big picture: who speaks most, how the votes fall and what Council decides.
- Every council meetingEvery meeting since April 2023, fully transcribed with each speaker identified. Read, listen or watch.
- Search what was saidFind any word spoken in any meeting, see who said it and jump to that moment (free account).
- Councillors & statsThe Mayor and councillors side by side: speaking time, attendance, motions and votes.
- People who speakEveryone heard in meetings, from councillors to residents, and how long each has spoken.
- Every council documentThousands of council documents: agendas, reports, minutes and plans, every page readable as text.
Votes and decisions
How Council decides, and who votes which way.
- All VotesEvery recorded vote: what was decided and how each councillor voted.
- Council decisionsVoting patterns: who votes together, who seconds whose motions and what passes.
- People in the chamberSpeaking time, chairing and attendance, councillor by councillor.
- Notified motionsMotions councillors put forward themselves, and what became of each one.
- AmendmentsEvery change a councillor proposed to a motion, and whether it passed.
- Conflicts of interestEvery conflict of interest a councillor declared, meeting by meeting.
Planning and property
What is proposed near you.
Money
Where the money comes from, and where Council's money goes.
- DonationsElection donations every candidate received, who gave them and what each campaign cost.
- GiftsGifts and sponsored travel each councillor declares in their register of interests.
- Money & budgetsCouncil's financial reports and budget figures, each checked against its source.
- GrantsGrant funding through Council's meetings: requested, recommended and approved.
- ContractsContracts and tenders in Council's reports and decisions.
Following council business
What residents raise, and what Council promised to do.
- Public participationResidents' questions and deputations at meetings, and Council's responses.
- Residents & issuesWhat residents raised through questions, petitions and deputations, and what happened next.
- Report-back requestsReports and actions Council asked for in its minutes, and the follow-up.
- Delivery progressCouncil's own progress reports on its plans and projects.
- Closed sessionsItems Council dealt with behind closed doors, published after the meeting.
- Court casesCourt cases mentioned in Council's meetings and reports, with the sources.
- Build your own chartFilter the whole council record and chart it your own way.
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