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Every Noosa Council meeting since April 2023 is fully transcribed here, with each speaker named and timed, alongside every council document, vote, planning application and budget figure. Everything you can explore is on this page. Tap a card to start.
- 163 meetings transcribed
- 297 hours of meetings
- 171,150 searchable document pages
- 3,388 planning applications
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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 fully transcribed, with each speaker named and timed. 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 documentAgendas, reports, minutes and plans, with every page readable and searchable 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 Council's money goes.
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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