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Fax: (02) 6672 4933 G [email protected] [email protected] www.tweedecho.com.au LOCAL & INDEPENDENT PAGE 14 Milne dumped in shock move Ken Sapwell mayor to read out a statement tradi- tional at the start of council meetings Tweed Shire Council has terminated acknowledging their presence and Greens councillor Katie Milne’s ap- their connection with the land and pointment to its Aboriginal Advisory waterways. Committee (AAC) in a shock move The councillors who voted to believed linked to her outspoken dump Cr Milne – Crs Holdom, Pol- Lupus sufferer comments on planning issues. glase, Lieshout and Phil Youngblutt Councillors voted 4-3 to axe her – also offered no explanation for their as a delegate to the AAC following radical decision apart from referring on a wing a mayoral minute which was tabled to a need to follow certain planning after the start of this week’s meeting processes. urging them to take the unprecedent- But the three who voted against and a prayer ed action. the move appeared perplexed by the Mayor Warren Polglase failed to popular councillor’s sudden removal give any explanation for the shake- despite claims it had been discussed at Erin-Louise Povey, known as the ‘Lupus Butterfly,’ at Barneys Point Bridge earlier this week on her way south to raise up, saying only that councillors had last week’s secret meeting. awareness of lupus disease. Photo Jeff Dawson discussed ‘the operation, perfor- It has also bewildered members of mance and proper functioning of the the AAC who said they believed they Luis Feliu ‘Erin-Louise has learnt, as have all threatening, damage being caused ACC’ at a closed-door meeting last had a good working relationship with of us living with lupus, that a big part to major organs such as the kidneys, Thursday. Cr Milne . The ‘Lupus Butterfly’ travelled of the difficulty of living with lupus is lungs, heart and brain.’ Cr Kevin Skinner said the reasons through the Tweed earlier this week not actually the pain but is more the Kelly said she was diagnosed with Mayor’s view put forward for her termination were to raise awareness about lupus and the social isolation that comes from lack lupus nephritis (affecting her kidneys) ‘It is my view which I believe is ‘very vague’ and called for the status one in 700 Australians living with the of awareness and little to no under- in late 2003, about two months before shared by the majority of council- quo to remain until he could ascertain little-known disease. standing of the disease,’ Kelly said. she was to be married. lors, that the ACC is not perform- exactly what the problem may be. Erin-Louise Povey, 26, of Syd- ‘She hopes to change that with her ‘It took nine slow, painful months ing in a way that can deliver council’s Cr Barry Longland said he also ney, who was diagnosed with lupus journey from Brisbane to Sydney, to reach a diagnosis, during which objectives in supporting the Tweed’s believed that no changes should be about two years ago, is driving the walking around half of the 1,000km time my symptoms got increasingly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander made until he was able to canvas oth- campaign with her bridge-to-bridge journey dressed as a Monarch but- worse, until I landed in hospital re- community,’ he said in a brief mayoral ers in a bid to understand exactly what challenge, aiming to walk from Bris- terfly, stopping along the way to speak quiring massive doses of IV steroids minute . problems had occurred to precipitate bane Story Bridge to Sydney Har- with other lupus patients, and to speak and a blood transfusion. He then successfully urged the a change of delegates. bour Bridge. She left Brisbane on with members of the general commu- ‘I was forced during this time to council to rescind the appointments But Cr Milne was more blunt, say- May 9 and walked through Tweed nity in an effort to raise awareness quit my full-time employment with of Cr Milne and Dot Holdom as dele- ing she had no doubt it was related to Heads on Monday. about living with lupus. a Murwillumbah law firm and from gates to the ACC and elect new ones. several planning issues she had raised One of her supporters, Cabarita then on I became home-bound, al- Cr Holdom, who along with Cr with the AAC which she believed rel- local Kelly Davidson, told The Echo Least recognised disease most bed-bound, except for frequent Milne was appointed as a delegate fol- evant to indigenous cultural and heri- that Erin’s walk provided a great op- ‘The butterfly has long been the trips to doctors, specialists and the lowing the election of the new council tage matters. portunity for people to learn more symbol of lupus in reference to the hospital where it seemed nobody in September 2008, was immediately They included suggestion that the about lupus, how it affected suffer- butterfly shaped facial rash that af- knew what was happening to my re-installed while former mayor Joan AAC should make submissions to the ers, their friends and family, the path fects many sufferers. body.’ van Lieshout was made an alternative new LEP and request the council to to diagnosis and where they could ‘It is a sad fact that this disease is Kelly, her husband and her graphic delegate. carry out a cultural heritage assess- go for information, counselling and Australia’s least recognised major dis- design business have pledged $700 Cr van Lieshout’s appointment is ment before it goes ahead with plans support. ease. It can take years of pain and towards Erin’s campaign, supported certain to re-ignite tensions among to turn Arkinstall Park into a regional Kelly, 30, also a lupus sufferer, suffering before a diganosis of lupus by the Lupus Association of NSW. For Aborigines which surfaced after she sports centre. joined Erin on part of her walk from is made. In this time, the patient is further info or to donate visit www. refused during her 12-month term as continued on page 2 Tweed to Byron on Tuesday. at risk of serious, and sometimes life bridgetobridge.net.
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Mr Sydenham pointed out A Tweed Shire Council Vintage Lakes and surround- are planned to be removed !: ' 1;<% !!"#$%& '() &&= !' there was so much grass and spokesperson said council ing drain areas ‘within its cur- over the coming months,’ the ' '6;#( the weeds were so thick that a was currently removing the rent budget’. spokesperson said. child might now try to walk on noxious weed salvina from But at this stage there is no ‘The council has been made 2 6$;>('9 it and fall in the water. Vintage Lakes with a floating specific planned weed removal aware of several trolleys that 6"; ' +? '' He said the waterway, which @'AB++&&= C' / 4.9 harvester. from the Riversdale Avenue have been dumped in the feeds down into Vintage Lakes, Council was also working waterway itself. waterway and is planning to had always been ‘pristine’ un- closely with Far North Coast ‘However, grasses and weeds remove them when a council ! ' til two years ago and was now Weeds to see how best to con- that have grown along the rock crew is next scheduled to be in *' ! 9 steadily getting worse. trol the other weeds in the revetting above the water level the Banora Point area.’ Fee on surf club could be waived Six years on, still no train in sight Tweed Council appears set to ! "##$ back down over its demands "%"& '( )* +' that the Cabarita Surf Life Sav- ' ,-. / ing Club pays nearly $106,000 0#1, #,'#" ( ( (' in road and parking contri- 234 ' 5 ' '( ' '' butions as a condition of ap- 4 6&&' ''"7 ' ( proving a new deck on its club house. Councillors debated either dropping the fees or asking the club to contribute half the amount under a deferred pay- ment system. But the options bogged down Where do you get in discussions about the terms of the club’s liquor licence and your copy? plans to double the contribu- tions from next month under The Echo If you don’t receive at home or the weather revised section 94 plans which Last Sunday marked six years since a train has run on the Murwillumbah-Casino line and Trains is too bad for house to house delivery, pick up a could dramatically increase the On Our Tracks (TOOT) members took their protest to local disused lines. On Tuesday, June 29, Echo copy of your from the following places: club’s liabilities. they plan a rail forum involving government representatives and community leaders is to ad- Banora Point: Banora Point Mooball: Moo Moo Stitches The council decided to defer dress the issue a rail service. See more at www.toot.org.au. Photo Jeff ‘Puffed and Tanked’ Dawson Shopping Village, Chris’ Paradise Mount Burrell: Store a decision on the controversial Fruit Shop, Tweed Heights Mullumbimby: Echo offi ce Shopping Centre IGA, Zaraff a’s charges until the next council (from page 1) Coff ee in Banora Central Murwillumbah: Echo offi ce, Bulk meeting while the various is- Cr Milne dumped in shock move Whole Foods, Caldera Environment Bilambil Heights: Stores Centre, Magic Mountain Health sues are discussed at a closed She believed the final straw in a terse statement, putting the ‘We’ve had no problems with Burringbar: Real estate agent and Foods door workshop. followed a recent AAC meet- kybosh on the submission. her as council’s delegate and service station Pottsville: IGA Supermarket, Meanwhile, a local resident ing which voted unanimously The AAC’s concerns echo feel she’s made a valuable con- Byron Bay: Echo offi ce, bottleshop, newsagent, fruit claims charging the volunteer- to condemn a council decision those of hundreds of residents tribution by supporting our Community Centre, newsagent, market Visitors Centre run club the fee was a ‘scam’ to concrete a natural waterway in nearby caravan parks who aspirations and providing us South Tweed Industrial Estate: Cabarita Beach: Beach Bar, SLSC 5-Star Machinery Drive, Casa Del because a local tavern was at Chinderah to clear the way were not informed of council’s with advice. I can see no reason and cafe, newsagent, bottleshop Cafe, East Coast Bulk Food, Eat Me given a concession on its de- for a new industrial estate after controversial plans to replace to be concerned about her role,’ Casuarina/Salt: IGA, Salt Bar, Cafe velopment. she alerted them to the plan. the waterway with under- Ms McDonald said. bottleshop South Tweed: Dry Dock Road Chillingham: Store convenience store, South Tweed An unnamed resident quoted The AAC asked the council ground pipes to make way for Cr Milne said the Aboriginal Chinderah: Art Gallery, pub, Bowls Club and Sports Club, in the local press this week said to write to the relevant Minister an access road pending sub- community deserved to know newsagent Tweed/Coolangatta Golf Club, the profit-driven Tumbulgum urging him to protect the creek missions from other agencies, what was happening to one of Tweed City – Echo stand, Tweed Coolangattta: 7-11 Supermarket, Tavern Tavern was allowed to build its and its fish breeding grounds including Fisheries. their traditional fishing spots Atlantis Rising Astral Trading, patio extension without having which the Aboriginal commu- They became even more dis- which provided fish and mud Border Sub News, Coolangatta Stokers Siding: Store Hotel, Coolangatta Senior Citizens Terranora: Supermarket, store to pay for extra parking yet the nity saw as a valuable asset and turbed following Cr Longland‘s crabs for their cooking pots. Club, Surf Club, Twin Towns, Tumbulgum: Post Offi ce store surf club’s deck allowed for a life- a natural food source. admission he was not au fait ‘They are being alienated Zenergy Health Foods, Tweed Heads – Wharf Street: saving function and any profit it But in another twist, the with the site before he voted from their land and rivers Condong: Store Bakery, Community Centre/Library, made was ploughed back into AAC’s request was vetoed at and a warning to residents which are very important to Crabbes Creek: General Store Hospital main foyer, Ivory Tavern, life-saving equipment. this week’s meeting on the ad- from Cr Holdom not to take them,’ she said. Fingal Head: Sheoak Shack newsagent, Tweed Heads Bowls Club, Twin Towns Council dismissed the claim, vice of the council’s executive their concerns to the media. Her removal follows a series Hastings Point: General store, service station Tyalgum: Store with a spokesperson saying management team comprising A founding member of the of complaints against her for Kingscliff : Bowls Club, Library/ Uki: Store, pub council’s contribution plan re- general manager Mike Rayner AAC since its inception in releasing information to the Community Centre, two West Tweed: Seagulls, quiring payments from devel- and his four directors. 1996, Jackie McDonald, said media and her role in taking newsagents, Rings Realty, Echo Cellarbrations, Broadwater Village opers for off-site car parking ‘While noting the AAC’s yesterday that Cr Milne’s sack- court action in a failed bid to stand at Health Food Store in Retirement Park, Spar Supermarket, shopping mall Panorama Newsagent was apparently only applied concerns, it would be inap- ing came as a shock. stop last year’s car rally and If you miss your printed copy of The Echo get it online at to ‘business centres such as propriate to take any action She said she was not aware subsequent fundraising events Murwillumbah, Tweed Heads, outside of the planning pro- of any moves to unseat her and to cover legal costs. www.tweedecho.com.au Cabarita, etc’. cess,’ the executive team said was mystified by the events. ■ See Editorial, page 10 2 May 20, 2010 The Tweed Shire Echo
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Govt ‘hypocrisy’ on planning delays (Real) Advice The controversial regional ‘Nor did the minister deny to justify delays by panels when vide all the relevant informa- from Mrs planning panels appointed that it was taking some panels the government’s whole rewrit- tion in a timely and adequate by the state government have more than 240 days to assess ing of the Environmental As- manner. Product Tester again come under flak for tak- development applications and sessment and Planning Act ‘The JRPP process has made ing much longer to process de- that this is likely to blow out and its stripping of planning the planning process more Dear Mrs Product Tester velopment applications (DAs) even further,’ Ms Hale said powers from local councils was opaque… there is increasing We’ve heard from your hubbie than councils. ‘The minister’s justification based on assertions about how community unease about the about how men can meet women, Greens spokesperson for for the panels taking so long long it was taking local coun- process in which allows the but where can I fi nd the man of planning Sylvia Hale slammed was that larger development cils to process development interests of developers whose my dreams? the state planning minister’s proposals were more complex, applications. projects exceed $10 million in Barbara double standards on planning and therefore took longer to as- ‘The now deeply discredited value, to take precedence over delays, saying Planning Min- sess than smaller applications. Part 3A of the Planning Act community interests. Dear Barbara ister Tony Kelly did not deny ‘On the face of it that is a was predicated almost entirely ‘The planning panels en- It depends on what sort of dreams you have (better be careful when asked in parliament that quite reasonable response, but on doing away with delays and counter the same problems that here because I don’t think this is an ‘R’ rated newspaper). on average it took a local coun- no such excuse from the Minis- reducing “red tape.” Clearly local councils did when they Say you’re looking for a rugged outdoors bloke. You could drive cil 74 days to assess a devel- ter or his predecessors was ever that has not happened. assessed larger developments, your car and stop outside a farm, construction site or where the opment application compared forthcoming when the govern- ‘The time taken to process but the panels have none of the fi shing trawlers berth, take a couple of wires out of the engine to the 114 day average for the ment wanted to trash local gov- an application is no indication virtues of local government, and do the maiden in distress trick. You’ll meet plenty of men! Joint Regional Planning Panels ernment for planning delays. of efficiency. Most delays occur namely accountability and re- But if you’re after a snag (not a sausage or something your (JRPPs). ‘It is sheer hypocrisy to seek because applicants fail to pro- sponsibility to residents.’ fi shing hook gets caught on) – I mean a sensitive new age guy – hang out at art galleries and cafes, and I’ve also heard that Latin dancing’s the way to go. The boat that John built – for as little as $65 But the best way to meet them is to go to a shop called Outdoorism in downtown Murwillumbah. All sorts of men Now he’s looking forward ond world war and he taught hang out there – snags, sporty, tall, short, thin, wide, funny, to testing it on water against me how to move a little ten- intellectuals, rugged types – they’re all there. Why? Apparently his challenger’s recycled crea- der using an oar to scull so they go there for the best adventure, camping and travel tion on May 30 on the Tweed instead of two rudders I use products. I know, because that’s where the man of my dreams River. this old oar so if there’s no (and occasional nightmares) is. John, a maintenance man- wind you can still get going. Hope that helps... Cathy ager, used a security screen ‘The most expensive thing PS Also heard the people at Outdoorism give the best advice door salvaged from the tip was the galvanised turnbuck- ever – a bit like the advice I’m giving you Barbara. le which cost me $11, but a for the catamaran’s platform, For genuine advice on a great range of adventure stainless steel one would’ve cut the bottoms off the plastic gear for campers, hikers and travellers see bottles, glued and taped them cost me over $60, fair din- together for the pontoons kum, and I used rope instead or keels, and used bike tyre of stainless steel for the fore- valves on the bottles so he stays,’ John said. could inflate them and make ‘I also made it so I can eas- the boat buoyant. He also ily take it apart and use an old 7HARF 3TREET -URWILLUMBAH s used a blowdrier borrowed pram to cart it around.’ from his wife Annette to dry the glue. The challenge came about recently after his builder mate from Melbourne saw a recycled-paper tinny which John had made last year in his shed. ‘It was one of those chal- lenges, just to see if it could be done, and my mate’s boat is almost complete but he wouldn’t tell me what it was made of,’ John told The Echo. ‘We’ll launch them at Jack Evans Boat Harbour, oppo- site the Centro car park, on Avid boatie John Crompton with his recycled soft-drink bottle May 30 around high-tide mid catamaran costing just $65 all up and weighing in at a mere morning, it’ll be the first time 37kg. Photo Jeff ‘Hit the Bottle’ Dawson we test them.’ John’s late father Rodney Luis Feliu weighing less than 50kg. In taught him to design and fact, John managed to build build boats. John designed Tweed Heads resident John a three-metre catamaran en- and built his first canoe when Crompton is a bit of tink- tirely out of recycled plastic he was just 11 years old and erer when it comes to mess- drink bottles, plastic piping has been building them ever ing around with boats, so he and second-hand bits and since. couldn’t resist a challenge pieces for all just $65.40 and ‘Dad used to build motor to build a boat under $100 weighing only 37kg. torpedo boats during the sec- Film looks at reincarnation, Tibetan-style Tweed and north coast Budd- where many Buddhists live. tation, Tenzin travelled by heli- hists are holding a fundraiser The film follows the 2001 copter, mule and foot to look night next Thursday night, May passing of one of the great- for the ‘unmistaken child’. 27, in Murwillumbah, featuring est Tibetan mediators of our The film will screen at the a film about reincarnation. time, Master Lama Konchog. 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Deidre Currie, left, and Lyn Vermeesch at Razorback Lookout, Tweed Heads, a site known to local Aboriginal people as Joongurranahreean: Where The Pelican Played. The women say many Tweed locals are unaware the site is the centre of a Dreaming Story dating back thousands of years. Photo Luis Feliu Two Tweed women have come stories, art, songs and dances to play the didjeridoo and lead up with a novel idea to keep but introduces an indigenous the dancers of the corroboree.’ Aboriginal culture alive. element to many subject areas Further activity-based les- Deidre Currie’s Tweed con- including numeracy, literacy sons include painting, boomer- nection goes back to Bungaree and science. ang throwing and the making and she is often called upon It reflects the richness and of string dilly bags. The game to perform her ‘Welcome to diversity of Aboriginal culture package includes board/ban- Country’ at various shire func- thoughout the curriculum. ner, lesson plans, seed dice, tions and events. She has been Lyn says the lessons start painted rock counters, string teaching culture and perform- with ‘Yanbelilla’, the true story dilly bag, three Dreaming story ing for over 10 years and is pas- of some children kidnapped posters and activity stencils. sionate about bringing people in the 1850s and taken nearly An extra to the game in- together. 1,000 kilometres north to a cludes a 1.8-metre long, red, As an ex-school teacher, Lyn prison camp. black and yellow goanna ban- Vermeesch feels strongly about They escape and their tra- ner which Lyn says when hung the need for improvement in ditional skills and knowledge ‘makes the classroom more t Accredited high quality care in a ‘Aboriginal Studies’, saying of bush tucker, bush medicine friendly to Goori kids or can be Northern Rivers home environment there are many protocols to be and sacred practices help them laid on the floor for hopscotch’. Family Day Care abided and cultural sensitivity survive the long walk home. She said schools could arrange t Supported by the largest scheme is essential. Their return is celebrated with for the teaching of the whole in NSW Lyn and Deidre, united by a huge corroboree. package of seven lessons or just t Flexible hours their desire to keep our local ‘Students can experience the one lesson. t Childcare benefi t available Aboriginal culture alive and fortunes and hardships through They also want to add a DVD kicking, or at least ‘shaking a playing the board game, “Yan- to the package and would love t Become a carer and work from leg’, have put together an edu- belilla”, which means to “go to talk to anyone who could home cational package that not only home”’, Deidre said. ‘The win- help (email yanbelilla10@ t Free training & fi nancial support teaches the local Dreaming ner of the game gets to pretend gmail.com). provided Nepal school welcomes gifts from Uki Luis Feliu
TWEED 4 Park Street Tweed Heads A recent trip to Nepal by a Phone 07 5536 1865 Uki resident to deliver gifts of LISMORE 150 Laurel Avenue Lismore blankets and school supplies Phone 02 6621 6437 Serving the Community since 1980 to the village of Phoksing near ‘A division of Northern Rivers Childcare Services Inc.’ Pokhara was the culmination of a year’s effort by Uki and Tweed Valley women who knitted and crocheted woollen blankets for the poorest fami- Want THE BEST lies in the village. Lee Jessamy told The Echo on solar hot water system? his return recently that work was nearly complete on the Ram Rudra Primary School, Save on New which now has five classrooms ASK FOR Technology Tanks OUR BIRTHDAY and an enrolment of 65 chil-
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SCA20437 www.tweedecho.com.au The Tweed Shire Echo May 20, 2010 9 Comment The rise and rise of Julia Gillard he weirdest news story of TV chats with Tony Abbott re- Australian was trotting out as ignorance and apathy, 255 of the week has been Kevin semble those of a long-married typical of their group were re- America’s most reputable sci- T Rudd’s promise that, if re- couple who may have their dis- vealed as an insignificant mi- entists published a plea for a Volume 2 #36 May 20, 2010 elected this year, he will serve agreements, but would never nority. But this did not, and has return to rational discussion: out the full three years of his say anything really nasty to each not, stopped its commentators the problem, they claimed, was next term. other. from insisting that the whole too urgent and important to be Council and the LEP Well golly gosh and stuff But the most remarkable idea has been an unqualified left to be hijacked by extrem- me up a dead bear’s bum. Did confirmation of Gillard’s politi- disaster. ists and demagogues. Australia’s As Council planners begin sifting through submissions to the draft anyone seriously imagine oth- cal saleability is her treatment The idea, yes; but not its insti- own chief scientist, Penny Sack- Tweed LEP, you’d have to wonder how many were from people erwise? by that bastion of the right, The gator and administering minis- ett, issued her own call for the fully aware of the radical changes proposed. Rudd’s program has always Australian. The national daily ter, who is still seen as one of the government to show leadership Those who only absorbed council’s so-called user friendly guide been a long term one: many of has conducted a series of cam- saving graces in a government and commitment. to the new LEP would have easily come away with the impression his pet projects will not come to paigns against the Rudd gov- to whose destruction the Mur- But the most telling criticism that it was more or less steady as it goes for the next 10 years. fruition for nearly a decade. In ernment, but none have been so doch press is dedicated. One of Rudd’s procrastination came It wasn’t until former councillor Henry James and a handful of spite of the silly rumours that he from China, where Professor others cracked the technical complexities that we learnt that the sees The Lodge as a mere stag- Pan Jiahua, described as a lead- truth was somewhat different. ing post on his way to the top Her supporters point to the ing adviser to the Politburo, Long-fought controls to retain three-storey height limits in the job with the United Nations, he fact that unlike Rudd, Gillard is said Rudd’s decision had the shire’s villages had suddenly been jettisoned in favour of four sto- will be quite as hard to extract admired even by the conservative effect of discouraging develop- reys and the amount of land under environmental protection had from his current position as any ing nations from implementing been slashed by more than nearly two thirds. of his predecessors. When he commentariat… measures to contain emissions. These changes have more or less been foisted on the council does go, it will be kicking and Australia was already doing because of a new one-size-fits-all template for LEPs which have screaming – which was the real much less than China about been dreamt up by a government notorious for watering down the point of the question which led by Mungo MacCallum the problem, and the message planning powers of local councils. to his pledge. it was sending to the developing But instead of highlighting the major changes contained in the The current upsurge of sup- unremitting as those against its of them, but not the only one; world was: ‘If even an industria- LEP, council bureaucrats tried to play them down and discourage port for Julia Gillard has been economic stimulus programs, which is one of the catches. lised country like Australia can’t people from making submissions about the wider implications for driven at least partly by Rudd’s in particular the home insula- Unlike the coalition, Labor do it, how can we?’ Quite. water, transport services and sustainability, according to critics. plunge in the opinion polls, tion scheme and the Building has a front bench of consider- And to conclude on a more The Tweed Heads Ratepayers Association has also complained which was in turn a result of his Education Revolution. But able competence and ambition. positive note: the formation of about the consultation process for the Tweed Heads LEP which it serial retreat from previously there has been a key difference. Gillard is obviously the front the National Congress of Aus- says attempts to turn their town into a replica of Surfers Paradise held policy positions. No-one In the first case, right from the runner, but Wayne Swan, Ste- tralia’s First Peoples, the repre- with high-rise buildings book-ending the town. The association – well, no-one who can count start the paper has demanded phen Smith and Lindsay Tan- sentative body which will re- says there is nothing in the documentation highlighting the sig- – is seriously suggesting that he the sacking of the responsible ner wouldn’t mind a crack at place the Aboriginal and Torres nificant changes in the new LEP or anything attempting to justify will face a challenge before the minister, Peter Garrett. But the prize, and further back in Strait Islander Commission as them. It believes the council should have called a public meeting election, but there is a school in the second case, there has the field Craig Emerson, Tony a national indigenous forum, to explain why the 2004 master plan had been ditched. of thought developing the idea been no suggestion that Gillard Burke, Greg Combet and Bill is a sign that the great issue of The council’s track record on community consultation has not that he will be eased out shortly should fall on her sword. Shorten have their aspirations. reconciliation is still on the gov- been good. It came under fire over its now stalled plans to sell off thereafter. The paper’s attack on the BER In the case of the latter group, ernment’s agenda. part of Bay Street to a developer when it failed to reveal that an ex- This relies on the perception has been obsessive, at times bor- the longer a change of leader- Unlike ATSIC the new body isting area of park would be removed or to disclose the developer’s that Rudd’s ascendancy is now dering on the psychotic; even ship is delayed the better. Rudd will be at arms length from concept plans. irrevocably damaged; he will after the audit which said the will have to fall much further government and its structure Accountant Terry Sharples convinced a judge that the consulta- never regain the public’s con- BER had largely succeeded in its before there is any real risk of ensures that it cannot be taken tion process for big rate hikes in the council’s seven-year plan was fidence, and that it would be basic aims of providing employ- rebellion. Alan Jones will just over by a political clique; it rec- flawed and misleading, but alas for any cash-strapped ratepayers, it smart to make the transition ment and improving education have to wait. ognises that individual delegates didn’t alter the minister’s determinations. before the voters really turn infrastructure, The Australian’s The worries about Rudd’s can only represent their own One way of restoring confidence in the process and head off against him. And given Gillard’s hit squad continued its frenzied public standing crystallised tribal groups (or nations) and future criticisms is to revert to the practice of holding public meet- unquestioned popularity – her assaults on every aspect of the around the deferral of the ETS, cannot presume to speak for the ings where council staff are available to answer questions and fan base now encompasses right scheme, insisting that it was and last week brought more evi- Aboriginal people as a whole, possibly hose down any concerns in an open forum. and left, old and young, rich widely loathed and despised by dence that this was not only a any more that the president of, While such meetings can provide a platform for nutters, they and poor, gay and straight – it parents and schools alike. panicky political overreaction, say Portugal, can claim to repre- also provide a valuable forum for staff to defuse conspiracy theo- would be sensible to exploit her In fact the audit declared that but a seriously bad idea. As the sent the whole of Europe. ries, inform the public in a normal jargon-free way and to get early sooner rather than later. 95 per cent of school principals sceptics, led by the industry- But in both a concrete and feedback on issues troubling the majority. It must be more cost Her supporters point to the were happy with the results – subsidised propagandists of a symbolic sense, NCAFP will effective than using staff to field individual inquiries. fact that unlike Rudd, Gillard is nineteen in every twenty. You’d the Institute of Public Affairs fill the vacuum the abolition admired even by the conserva- be lucky to get that sort of con- and their funereal mouthpiece of ATSIC has left, and return a Time to lay off Katie tive commentariat; Alan Jones sensus about the pope being a John Roskam, were trium- voice to our indigenous popula- They’re at it again: Crs Polglase, Holdom, Youngblutt and van is an aficionado, and her weekly catholic. The malcontentsThe phantly claiming victory for tion. That’s the good news. Lieshout, acting like a pack of school bullies, have kicked Greens Cr Katie Milne off council’s Aboriginal Advisory Committee (AAC) Duplex Townhouse – Own OR Investment without a valid reason, leading to the suspicion she has been HER SHED Interiors targeted because she upset the developer alliance. new showroom opening May 20 at the Byron Bay A&I Estate UÊÊ"««ÀÌÕÌÞÊÌÊÜÊiÜÊ>ÀV ÌiVÌÊ`iÃ}i`Ê Led by the mayor, the ‘let’s get Katie’ gang failed to offer any real SEMINYAK bedding is `Õ«iÝÊ>ÌÊ-i>LÀiiâiÊ ÃÌ>ÌiÊ*ÌÌÃÛi explanation for this unprecedented action but, as Cr Milne said, UÊÊ"««ÀÌÕÌÞÊpreVÃÌÀÕVÌÊqÊ" ÊÞ it was no doubt related to her outspokenness in the committee available again, come to our UÊÊ iÛ>Ìi`ÊÀÌ Ê>ëiVÌÊÜÌ Êv>ÀÉ ÊÛiÜà on planning issues relevant to indigenous cultural and heritage GRAND OPENING matters. A recent AAC meeting voted unanimously to condemn a UÊÊ >ÌÊLiÊLÕÌÊÕÌÊvÀÊÌ iÊÀÌ council decision to concrete a waterway in Ozone Street at Chin- SALE UÊÊÎÊLi`ÀÃÊÓÊL>Ì ÀÃÊ`ÕLiÊ}>À>}iÊ derah to clear the way for a new industrial estate and for council to For further information and details you can contact `iVÃÊ>`ÊÃÌÞi urge the relevant Minister to protect the creek and its fish breeding Kerrie on 0410 615 626 UÊÊÛiÊÊORÊÛiÃÌÊÊÞÕÀÊvÕÌÕÀiÊ grounds, a request vetoed by general manager Mike Rayner and e: [email protected] his four directors. w: hershed.com.au $450,000 approx Cr Milne said the Aboriginal community deserved to know what www.hershed.com.au/collections For details and plans phone owner on 04 1142 2855 was happening to one of their traditional fishing spots yet a major- to view the current collection ity of councillors and council staff seem to be doing everything Bill McCullochs they can to muzzle her. Those councillors who conspired against TWEED CITY her stand condemned for another act of petty payback. 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Letters to the Editor Fax: 6672 4933 Email: [email protected] Mining industry must pay their fair share Deadline: Noon, Tuesday Letters longer than 200 words may ■ I am surprised by the focus programs, and a significant in- small business will not get a cut cies to put on the table except Rudd government. I say that be cut and pseudonyms are not of coverage about the govern- crease in superannuation. in their tax from 30 per cent to for cutting 6,000 jobs in the because the mums and dads acceptable. Please include your full ment’s budget and Tony Ab- Further, the government has 28 per cent as the reduction is public service, which means of Australia have not been left name, address and phone number. bott’s reply. Everyone is so fo- now introduced their paid pa- dependent on the mining tax less service provision across out, with an extra $2.2 billion cused on the economy, that we rental leave legislation. This is being passed in the senate. the board and the reintroduc- given for primary health care, Magic Mandy will again have a budget sur- surely wonderful for all Aus- The chief executive of the tion of ‘WorkChoices’ under $417 million for after-hours GP After the headline the first plus in three years’ time and tralians, particularly those who Council of Small Business Aus- another name. services plus $523 million to thing I read each week in The that we will have a new tax on live on the Tweed. And what tralia, Jaye Radisich, had this to Federal MP Justine Elliott train more nurses. Echo is Mandy’s column. Please mining that means that we will has been the response from say on May 9: ‘We expressed as part of Kevin Rudd’s team I am sure these measures let her know she is a winner. get a fair share of the money Mr Abbott – ‘we will block, we our concern on Sunday that has seen Australia emerge rela- will be welcomed by all Aussie She makes me laugh, hits the foreign companies are making will block, we will block’. Surely the small business tax cuts tively unscathed from the GFC parents and also the seniors spot and always has something from our minerals. we live in a society and not an might fall mercy to the sen- through the economic stimu- in our community, you never worthwhile to say about cur- Why has there been so lit- economy. ate as they rely on the passage lus package which saved jobs know when you or a loved one rent events or life in general. tle discussion about the social J Maundrell of the resource super tax. We and kept the economy stable. will fall ill. The most recent column about aspects of the budget and re- Murwillumbah don’t want that concern to be- Measures which Tony Abbott As well, Kevin Rudd and his teenage girls is so spot on it ply? The government has an- come a reality.’ and the Coalition opposed team have kept the economy makes one want to weep. She’s nounced major funding in ■ Every small business owner Tony Abbott is prepared from day one. ticking over despite the GFC a keeper; don’t let her go. health care which will help in the Tweed should be con- to deny a tax cut to the hard Paddy Dwyer with the economic stimulus Thanks Mandy. address the critical doctor cerned at federal opposition working small business people Murwillumbah package, which at the end of Barbara Dobinson shortages now projected for leader Tony Abbott’s intention of Australia for the mere sake the day has been beneficial for Terranora the Tweed area, given more to block the super profits tax of it. Not only is this bad eco- ■ It’s good to see that treasurer all Aussies. funding to mental health, on mining companies in the nomic policy from Mr Abbott Wayne Swan has given a good Sue Hatzfeld More Kings Forests more funding to environment senate. If that that happens but he has no alternative poli- solid budget on behalf of the Murwillumbah The Reserve Bank indicated the reason for their recent in- wonderful place it turned out Provest, letters to the papers, Years ago when Robert was Read your emails! leting or reading our mail or terest rate increases was to slow to be. etc, and our very small group a child, he saved baby birds I recently wrote to Mike Rayn- not! It is just one more loop- real estate house prices. One of Not only was it in a great lo- of mainly pensioners send a from being slaughtered by er, General Manager of Tweed hole to let them off the hook. the reasons house prices have cation but it also is managed monthly contribution to Katie’s cruel children and my brave Shire Council, and complained It irks me that this particular been rising is the shortage of by a great character called Tas- legal bill. boy was acknowledged in the that one of the councillors councillor, who fancies herself houses. sie and his offsider Lucky, the I did retire here to enjoy a newspapers. (only one) has been deleting as ‘Woman of the Year,’ is the The fact is the green move- ancient waterdragon. ‘comfort zone’ but with an en- When a fuel line ruptured my mail without reading over one who turns to the gallery ment has objected to any de- It was just marvellous stay- vironment and waterway about and diesel flooded on to the the last nine months. I asked if at council meetings and, in a velopment, whether it be new ing at that cosy hostel and re- to be destroyed I’m in no way exhaust of a huge crane truck, there was anything in the code supercilious tone, tells us how dams, new power stations, or discovering Murwillumbah apathetic about environmen- Robert stood by my side and of conduct requiring council- good she is at listening to the new housing subdivisions. with its excellent Caldera En- tal destruction. I also used the poured water on the red hot lors to reply to constituents. I community – argh puke! A recent writer to this paper vironment Centre and all these quote about ‘For evil to flourish exhaust, saving the driver and also mentioned how extremely Menkit Prince claimed koalas have been de- unique murals everywhere. all it takes is for good people to myself from the imminent ex- rude I found it that this par- Uki tected in Kings Forest. I may We wish the green council- do nothing’ on all my letters to plosion. ticular councillor deleted my say Kings Forest has been a pri- lor on Tweed Shire Council the ministers, so we all do feel the You have again lived up to mail without even reading it Water quality vately owned pine plantation best of luck in her efforts to same about our environment our pioneer family’s ancient and requested an explanation. Tweed Shire Council will soon for decades, and been bull- preserve the natural assets of being destroyed, and only age McKenzie motto, Luceo Non I received a mailed letter in deliver higher quality water dozed more than once. this amazing region. and health prevent many of us Uro, ‘shine, not burn.’ reply from Neil Baldwin, TSC to us from our new $75 mil- Yes, we do need to be envir- Gaby Luft doing more. As for Katie Milne Robert’s great great uncle Public Officer, saying there isn’t lion Bray Park water treat- onmentally aware, but new Brisbane she has our 100 per cent sup- Kenneth McKenzie, pioneer anything wrong with council- ment plant at Murwillumbah. housing will, and must go port as the only councillor who of Currumbin, was awarded lors not replying to our mail Council’s new Ultra-Filtration ahead, and I think we should Thanks to NRG truly cares about our environ- the Royal Humane Society because we should be address- plant, treating water to a mi- get off the backs of Gold Coas- In reply to Menkit Prince and ment. of Australasia medal in 1923 ing all email to [email protected]. cron stage of 0.01, will distrib- ters moving here to live. Many any other No Rally Group We have done talks at coun- for saving the lives of three gov.au for it to be regarded as ute more highly refined water of us wouldn’t have a job with- (NRG) people that I might cil’s access meetings so we are drowning trawlermen from ‘official correspondence.’ Not through our aged public water out travelling there, across the have offended with my ‘where on the same page, and I hope their shipwreck at Palm a word of explanation as to mains and private residential/ border. Kings Forest should the bloody hell are you?’ letter, you accept my apology for in- Beach. why she was deleting with- commercial water distribution have been up and running I am so sorry, it wasn’t directed advertently offending you. And His great great grandfather out reading. I can understand systems. years ago. at your group but others who we all need to get involved in James MacKenzie was awarded councillors may be too busy to Past Tweed water distribu- John Douglas Fihelly promised help and haven’t the fight to save this beautiful the tribal name Wollumbin. reply, or that exchange email tion to taps has left our existing Kingscliff given it. area from becoming a concrete James befriended the local accounts may be defaulted to aged water distribution systems In fact the NRG people jungle. Aborigines and shared Wol- ‘Never send a response,’ but to coated with bio-slimes that Marvellous are the only ones who have Lynda Mack lumbin for fifty years. delete without reading shows have survived past chlorine Murwillumbah helped us, and our group are Chinderah Your forefathers would be as a total lack of interest in what disinfectant treatment. New Recently my partner and I re- very grateful for your support. proud of you as I am. the community is thinking and more highly treated water is visited Murwillumbah after Yes, we formed a group, and Fiery heroism Grateful that the elderly lady, is totally lacking in basic man- capable of removing bio-slime, 10 years of not having seen it have written to every federal Robert McKenzie, you were the brave mother and daughter ners. oxidised minerals and asbes- at all. We ended up staying at and state minister, we had a already my hero, your actions and my son survived. Of course, by writing to tsc@ tos cement fibres from kilo- the youth hostel on the river petition read at the Legislative in the Boyd Street fire confirm James McKenzie. tweed.nsw.gov.au we can NEV- metres of aged Tweed water and were so surprised at the Assembly of NSW by Geoff this. Mt Wollumbin ER know if councillors are de- continued overleaf
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Advertisement as head of the game in NSW or Australia, but back on the play- ing field, back in trenches. Who gains the most from a scare ‘I’m told I’m the oldest rugby union coach [of a registered campaign against a tax on the super club] in Australia,’ said the former Wallaby, aged 71, who profi ts of the mining industry? lives at Crabbes Creek in the south of the shire. But age is obviously no bar- Mining CEOs. rier to Peter, who knows the sport backwards, frontwards and everywhere in between. He should, he played 15 tests between 1962 and 1967, is a well-known and successful coach and a past president of the NSW and Australian Rugby Union among other achieve- ments in the sport. In 2004 he was honoured tion, has had an inauspicious years after it disbanded. as an officer of the Order of start with three losses and a ‘I thought it was worthwhile Australia in the Queen’s Birth- draw, but everyone has to start getting involved, the town day Honours List for his rugby somewhere, or in the case of (which once had a proud un- achievements. Murwillumbah Rugby Union, ion tradition) hasn’t had a club Peter, a former barrister who restart somewhere. since 1914. started playing rugby aged ‘The president of the Far ‘The club originally formed seven and admits to a life-long North Coast zone rang me up in 1896 but they couldn’t re- obsession with the sport, is and told me they were getting a form after the first World War heading the charge to reinstate Murwillumbah Club together because most of the team was rugby in Murwillumbah. and was I interested?’ said Pe- killed fighting on the Western ‘I’m a willing captive of the ter, who retired to the Tweed front,’ he said. sport and I don’t want to es- Valley a few years ago after first Finally, Murwillumbah is cape,’ he joked of his return to buying a holiday property in back doing battle on the rug- coaching after years in the ad- Byron Bay in 1979. by field, playing against Iluka, ministration of the sport. ‘And I said I wouldn’t mind Yamba, Evans River, Banga- Isn’t it time they paid their fair share? The Murwillumbah team, getting back to coaching’. So low, Mullumbimby, Kyogle which is playing in the Far the Murwillumbah Rugby and Byron Bay. – www.getup.org.au North Coast villages competi- Club was reborn, almost 100 ■ Match report, page 22 12 May 20, 2010 The Tweed Shire Echo
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