Jackson to stand for council

Noosa Parks Association (NPA) secretary and CCIQ Noosa board member Ingrid Jackson has announced she will run in the 2016 council elections.
Ms Jackson said her priority is to ensure the council strikes the right balance between community, commerce and the environment.
“The Noosa Parks Association and the Chamber of Commerce understand a sustainable community must be both environmentally and economically viable,” Ms Jackson said.
“They also know there is great public benefit for the shire’s leading civic organisations to work in a collaborative way.
“I am absolutely supportive of this and determined the council should play an appropriate role.”
Ms Jackson said she would step down from the management board of the NPA if she were to be elected to the council next year.
The former management consultant also said health care and aged care facilities are on her agenda with a focus on Noosa Hospital.
“People say these are issues for the State Government, and so they are, but councils can play an important advocacy role and use their influence to press for change,” she said.
Ms Jackson also said she is determined to make Noosa a more supportive place for families.
“I want to co-operate with council staff to conduct an audit of local family and other support groups to determine their requirements and identify the extent to which the council may more effectively assist them,” she said.
“And I will take a special interest in working to alleviate domestic violence, a blight on the Noosa community as it is across Australia, by working to establish a crisis shelter in Noosa.”