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Machine transcripts of council's recorded meetings since 2019, every passage cued to the second of council's video.

What Cr Karen Finzel said

25.8 hours on the record at 225 meetings between 17 April 2020 and 6 October 2026: about 7 minutes a meeting, 5% of the recording at the meetings where they spoke.

25.8hours spoken, 2020 to 2026
225meetings where the recording names them
21of them in 2026
5%of the recording at those 2026 meetings

A name is attached to a voice only where the recording establishes it: they introduced themselves, the chair called on them by name, or the voice matches meetings where they were named. Where none of that holds, their words stay under “Speaker N” and are not counted here, so these totals are a floor, not a full count. Airtime is not substance: a chair speaks to run the meeting, and a short question can matter more than a long answer. Machine transcript; quote the recording, not this page.

Lately

Their longest unbroken passages at the most recent meeting where the recording names them, the General Committee Meeting - 6 October 2026. Each timestamp opens council's recording at that second.

7.2.3 DESTINATION STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL DRAFT TERMS OF REFERENCE

00:35:59 · under a minute

It's a minute.

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9 MEETING CLOSURE

01:17:04 · under a minute

I think it's pretty clear in the report.

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7.2.5 NOOSA EVENTS STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, POLICY, AND GOVERNANCE

02:09:57 · 5 min

Thank you, everyone, for your comments around the table. Thank you to the staff. I'd like to acknowledge the work that's gone on in this, and it's over many years. I'm happy to support this today because I think what are our options? Like, I think we need to certainly listen to our community. They're asking us to balance the benefits versus that detriment. And I think this is the first step towards engaging with our community, to hear what they have to say, to actually begin to measure the lived experience and the social impact on our community, which I think is what we all agree on, is that this is getting bigger and better, and we need to take proactive steps towards ensuring that our community moving forward is a sustainable Noosa, where events and people who live …

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Meeting by meeting

Minutes the recording attributes to Cr Karen Finzel against the length of each recording. Only meetings where they are named are listed. A meeting missing here is not an absence: they may not sit on that committee, or spoke without the recording establishing who they were. Attendance is a different record.

2026: 21 recordings, 207 m spoken
DateMeetingSpokeOfShare
06 OctGeneral Committee10 m246 m
20 AugOrdinary Meeting9 m316 m
11 AugGeneral Committee12 m434 m
16 JulOrdinary Meeting21 m395 m
07 JulGeneral Committee14 m346 m
18 JunOrdinary Meeting14 m254 m
09 JunGeneral Committee23 m396 m
21 MayOrdinary Meeting1 m86 m
12 MayGeneral Committee6 m242 m
16 AprOrdinary Meeting3 m173 m
13 AprGeneral Committee7 m140 m
07 AprPlanning & Environment Committee< 1 m11 m
07 AprServices & Organisation Committee6 m37 m
19 MarOrdinary Meeting6 m74 m
16 MarGeneral Committee23 m201 m
10 MarPlanning & Environment Committee< 1 m30 m
10 MarServices & Organisation Committee9 m70 m
19 FebOrdinary Meeting3 m82 m
16 FebGeneral Committee3 m132 m
10 FebServices & Organisation Committee16 m83 m
22 JanOrdinary Meeting12 m197 m
2025: 42 recordings, 355 m spoken
DateMeetingSpokeOfShare
18 DecOrdinary Meeting26 m299 m
15 DecGeneral Committee25 m329 m
09 DecServices & Organisation Committee11 m52 m
09 DecPlanning & Environment Committee1 m107 m
20 NovOrdinary Meeting3 m137 m
17 NovGeneral Committee6 m174 m
11 NovServices & Organisation Committee8 m31 m
16 OctOrdinary Meeting9 m175 m
13 OctGeneral Committee4 m114 m
07 OctServices & Organisation Committee11 m48 m
07 OctPlanning & Environment Committee2 m50 m
18 SepOrdinary Meeting14 m179 m
15 SepGeneral Committee2 m77 m
09 SepServices & Organisation Committee11 m72 m
09 SepPlanning & Environment Committee< 1 m88 m
21 AugOrdinary Meeting3 m87 m
18 AugGeneral Committee4 m170 m
12 AugServices & Organisation Committee10 m56 m
04 AugSpecial Meeting8 m64 m
14 JulGeneral Committee26 m386 m
30 JunSpecial Meeting1 m66 m
19 JunOrdinary Meeting21 m298 m
16 JunGeneral Committee23 m381 m
10 JunServices & Organisation Committee7 m48 m
15 MayOrdinary Meeting6 m61 m
12 MayGeneral Committee7 m262 m
08 MaySpecial Meeting15 m128 m
06 MayServices & Organisation Committee15 m120 m
06 MayPlanning & Environment Committee< 1 m74 m
17 AprOrdinary Meeting< 1 m27 m
14 AprGeneral Committee1 m67 m
08 AprServices & Organisation Committee3 m7 m
08 AprPlanning & Environment Committee< 1 m41 m
20 MarOrdinary Meeting2 m92 m
17 MarGeneral Committee19 m280 m
11 MarServices & Organisation Committee6 m40 m
11 MarPlanning & Environment Committee< 1 m70 m
20 FebOrdinary Meeting< 1 m70 m
17 FebGeneral Committee10 m105 m
11 FebPlanning & Environment Committee2 m64 m
11 FebServices & Organisation Committee9 m34 m
20 JanGeneral Committee6 m314 m
2024: 34 recordings, 216 m spoken
DateMeetingSpokeOfShare
19 DecOrdinary Meeting13 m145 m
16 DecGeneral Committee4 m211 m
10 DecPlanning & Environment Committee2 m79 m
10 DecServices & Organisation Committee8 m74 m
05 DecSpecial Meeting5 m196 m
21 NovOrdinary Meeting6 m108 m
18 NovGeneral Committee5 m90 m
12 NovServices & Organisation Committee9 m111 m
06 NovSpecial Meeting2 m57 m
17 OctOrdinary Meeting18 m186 m
14 OctGeneral Committee5 m139 m
08 OctPlanning & Environment Committee2 m61 m
08 OctServices & Organisation Committee5 m20 m
19 SepOrdinary Meeting4 m155 m
16 SepGeneral Committee12 m170 m
10 SepServices & Organisation Committee7 m42 m
15 AugOrdinary Meeting3 m106 m
12 AugGeneral Committee13 m280 m
18 JulOrdinary Meeting13 m184 m
15 JulGeneral Committee3 m120 m
09 JulServices & Organisation Committee5 m9 m
28 JunSpecial Meeting: 2024/2025 Budget Adoption3 m65 m
20 JunOrdinary Meeting2 m68 m
17 JunGeneral Committee13 m273 m
11 JunServices & Organisation Committee6 m13 m
16 MayOrdinary Meeting4 m103 m
13 MayGeneral Committee2 m84 m
07 MayServices & Organisation Committee4 m32 m
18 AprOrdinary Meeting1 m46 m
08 AprPost Election Meeting2 m41 m
15 FebOrdinary Meeting4 m63 m
12 FebGeneral Committee10 m115 m
06 FebServices & Organisation Committee< 1 m43 m
15 JanGeneral Committee3 m102 m
2023: 36 recordings, 174 m spoken
DateMeetingSpokeOfShare
14 DecOrdinary Meeting6 m105 m
11 DecGeneral Committee8 m113 m
05 DecPlanning & Environment Committee6 m67 m
16 NovOrdinary Meeting10 m117 m
26 OctOrdinary Meeting5 m122 m
23 OctGeneral Committee8 m103 m
10 OctPlanning & Environment Committee2 m41 m
03 OctOrdinary Meeting6 m71 m
21 SepOrdinary Meeting7 m126 m
18 SepGeneral Committee9 m185 m
12 SepPlanning & Environment Committee7 m69 m
17 AugOrdinary Meeting1 m63 m
14 AugGeneral Committee8 m243 m
20 JulOrdinary Meeting2 m40 m
17 JulGeneral Committee3 m239 m
11 JulPlanning & Environment Committee10 m175 m
30 JunOrdinary Meeting6 m88 m
15 JunOrdinary Meeting3 m42 m
12 JunGeneral Committee7 m251 m
06 JunPlanning & Environment Committee1 m44 m
22 MayOrdinary Meeting2 m38 m
15 MayGeneral Committee1 m83 m
09 MayServices & Organisation Committee1 m41 m
09 MayPlanning & Environment Committee1 m27 m
27 AprOrdinary Meeting2 m25 m
20 AprOrdinary Meeting< 1 m25 m
11 AprPlanning & Environment Committee4 m53 m
16 MarOrdinary Meeting5 m116 m
13 MarGeneral Committee6 m290 m
07 MarServices & Organisation Committee1 m93 m
07 MarPlanning & Environment Committee5 m78 m
16 FebOrdinary Meeting< 1 m22 m
13 FebGeneral Committee14 m273 m
07 FebPlanning & Environment Committee1 m45 m
01 FebSpecial Meeting1 m19 m
19 JanOrdinary Meeting1 m67 m
2022: 38 recordings, 214 m spoken
DateMeetingSpokeOfShare
15 DecOrdinary Meeting9 m161 m
12 DecGeneral Committee5 m174 m
06 DecPlanning & Environment Committee< 1 m17 m
06 DecServices & Organisation Committee< 1 m56 m
30 NovSpecial Meeting1 m23 m
17 NovOrdinary Meeting< 1 m39 m
14 NovGeneral Committee4 m264 m
08 NovServices & Organisation Committee1 m61 m
08 NovPlanning & Environment Committee9 m90 m
04 NovSpecial Meeting9 m50 m
24 OctGeneral Committee2 m243 m
11 OctPlanning & Environment Committee4 m17 m
15 SepOrdinary Meeting1 m46 m
12 SepGeneral Committee7 m225 m
06 SepPlanning & Environment Committee3 m98 m
18 AugOrdinary Meeting2 m111 m
15 AugGeneral Committee6 m217 m
09 AugPlanning & Environment Committee14 m106 m
09 AugServices & Organisation Committee< 1 m74 m
21 JulOrdinary Meeting2 m41 m
18 JulGeneral Committee11 m196 m
28 JunSpecial Meeting4 m83 m
23 JunSpecial Meeting14 m123 m
16 JunOrdinary Meeting1 m62 m
07 JunGeneral Committee3 m317 m
20 MaySpecial Meeting1 m40 m
19 MayOrdinary Meeting1 m56 m
16 MayGeneral Committee7 m252 m
10 MayPlanning & Environment Committee5 m57 m
10 MayServices & Organisation Committee3 m51 m
21 AprOrdinary Meeting14 m199 m
19 AprGeneral Committee21 m392 m
12 AprPlanning & Environment Committee6 m100 m
30 MarSpecial Meeting1 m87 m
17 MarOrdinary Meeting< 1 m19 m
14 MarGeneral Committee10 m205 m
14 FebGeneral Committee9 m254 m
17 JanGeneral Committee7 m130 m
2021: 32 recordings, 301 m spoken
DateMeetingSpokeOfShare
15 NovGeneral Committee61 m284 m
21 OctOrdinary Meeting5 m77 m
18 OctGeneral Committee13 m295 m
12 OctPlanning & Environment Committee6 m96 m
08 OctSpecial Meeting6 m95 m
16 SepOrdinary Meeting5 m105 m
13 SepGeneral Committee14 m283 m
19 AugOrdinary Meeting1 m110 m
16 AugGeneral Committee17 m339 m
10 AugPlanning & Environment Committee14 m148 m
15 JulOrdinary Meeting11 m166 m
12 JulGeneral Committee16 m185 m
06 JulServices & Organisation Committee< 1 m69 m
30 JunSpecial Meeting7 m63 m
17 JunOrdinary Meeting11 m208 m
16 JunSpecial Meeting5 m95 m
14 JunGeneral Committee5 m161 m
28 MaySpecial Meeting1 m26 m
20 MayOrdinary Meeting4 m95 m
17 MayGeneral Committee14 m190 m
11 MayServices & Organisation Committee1 m89 m
11 MayPlanning & Environment Committee3 m82 m
23 AprSpecial Meeting3 m70 m
15 AprOrdinary Meeting7 m89 m
12 AprGeneral Committee11 m150 m
02 MarSpecial Meeting6 m132 m
18 FebOrdinary Meeting2 m48 m
12 FebGeneral Committee3 m181 m
04 FebSpecial Meeting6 m228 m
27 JanSpecial Meeting2 m71 m
21 JanOrdinary Meeting9 m123 m
18 JanGeneral Committee 16 m249 m
2020: 23 recordings, 75 m spoken
DateMeetingSpokeOfShare
17 DecOrdinary Meeting1 m73 m
14 DecGeneral Committee1 m122 m
19 NovOrdinary Meeting1 m26 m
16 NovGeneral Committee2 m156 m
15 OctOrdinary Meeting7 m160 m
14 SepGeneral Committee8 m247 m
31 AugSpecial Meeting2 m56 m
16 JulSpecial Meeting9 m159 m
16 JulOrdinary Meeting2 m64 m
13 JulGeneral Committee8 m214 m
10 JulSpecial Meeting4 m43 m
07 JulPlanning & Environment Committee2 m61 m
07 JulServices & Organisation Committee< 1 m59 m
18 JunOrdinary Meeting2 m67 m
15 JunGeneral Committee7 m235 m
29 MaySpecial Meeting1 m41 m
21 MayOrdinary Meeting< 1 m36 m
18 MayGeneral Committee4 m150 m
13 MaySpecial Meeting< 1 m139 m
12 MayPlanning & Environment Committee1 m53 m
30 AprOrdinary Meeting1 m146 m
17 AprPost Election Meeting < 1 m11 m
17 AprPost Election Meeting 1 m15 m

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