Response To Notice Of Motion - Trial Of Remote Rescue Tubes/life Rings At Unpatrolled Beaches
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1Committee RecommendationCarried
Moved: Amelia Lorentson · Seconded: Jessica Phillips
That Council
A. Note the report by the Acting Local Laws and Environmental Health Manager to the General Committee dated 19 January 2026
B. Support Surf Lifesaving Queensland as the State’s peak coastal safety authority and Surf Lifesaving Clubs with their funded and managed roll out programs; and
C. Defer the implementation of a Council managed trial of remote rescue tubes and life rings at unpatrolled beach locations until:
1. The risks associated with current trials and any emerging issues at Noosa National Park, as well as programs elsewhere in Australia and overseas, have been critically evaluated by Council; and
2. An appropriate evidence-based management strategy has been developed to manage those risks and issues (detailed as Option 2 in the report).
Carried.
For 6 named
Brian Stockwell
Jessica Phillips
Frank Wilkie
Karen Finzel
Tom Wegener
Amelia LorentsonAgainst 0 named
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| Committee Recommendation |
| Moved: | Cr Amelia Lorentson |
| Seconded: | Cr Jessica Phillips |
That Council
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Carried. |
| For: | Cr Brian Stockwell, Cr Karen Finzel, Cr Amelia Lorentson, Cr Jessica Phillips, Cr Tom Wegener, Cr Frank Wilkie |
| Against: | None |
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Brian Stockwell24:31Thank you. We'll put the motion. Those in favour? That's unanimous. Thank you. We now move on to 8.2 minutes of response to the notice of motion filed of remote rescue tubes, life rings and unpatrolled beaches and we have acting manager for Local Laws.
Was a notice of motion table at the September 2024 Ordinary Meeting life rings at unpatrolled beach locations to determine whether a trial should commence in New South Wales various councils down there are several of them that have implemented similar programs the rescue tube programs and also Surf Lifesaving Queensland has also commenced to roll out there are local community groups who advocated for the tubes as well one of the key issues to think about is the installation these tubes would give rise to some matters that Council needs to think about which are related to duty of care liability exposure precedent cost implications of program expansion risk appetite and tolerance and reputational risk it's for those reasons and the fact that surf lifesaving Queensland is in the game and has commenced the rollout that the recommendation is for them to proceed with that for support them and for us to defer getting into rolling out rescue tubes until Council has seen the results of the trials and has some evidence to proceed and that this approach will mitigate immediately. Legal financial and operational risks and aligns with council's zero tolerance position on health and safety and minimum tolerance for legal compliance risks and supports the principles of evidence-based decision-making and good governance.
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