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THE TWEED SHIRE Volume 1 #13 Thursday, November 20, 2008 Advertising and news enquiries: Phone: (02) 6672 2280 Fax: (02) 6672 4933 [email protected] [email protected] Pages 10-13 www.tweedecho.com.au LOCAL & INDEPENDENT Mayor backs Hastings Pt community Ken Sapwell Tweed Mayor Joan van Lieshout was hailed the saviour of Hastings Point aft er her crucial vote at Tuesday’s council meeting secured new plan- ning controls for the village. Cheers and applause erupted from a packed public gallery when she used her vote to break a three-all deadlock to bring in a development control plan (DCP) for the town south of Cud- gera Creek and initiate a DCP for the northern part of the town. Th e new DCPs, along with a locality plan, will limit densities and reduce building heights from three storeys to two in a move to protect the village’s unique character and reduce pollution of the creek. More than 100 people waving placards crow- ded into the gallery and spilled out into the foyer to watch what was described as an historic decision which brings the shire’s smallest coastal village in line with Fingal and Pottsville. While 80-odd residents were wildly jubilant some 30 developers, landowners and tradesmen were visibly upset by the result which eff ectively blocks several multi-unit developments which were in the pipeline. In the fi rst real test of her leadership, Cr van Lieshout, who is married to a property mil- lionaire, surprised many when she came out in support of the community which had been A mixed bag of signs at Tuesday’s council meeting to decide the fate of Hastings Point. Photo Luis Feliu fi ghting since 1996 for tighter controls to stop overdevelopment and avert what it sees as an In a prepared statement aft erwards, she in- ‘It is to be remembered that the council re- tried to fi nd a way to approve the Coast Road ecological disaster. dicated she had been persuaded to support the presents the whole community and that it is block of units by developer PDK but were again Th e mayor, who snubbed an invitation to a future protection of the village ‘as a result of the our responsibility to ensure that vital and re- rebuff ed by the mayor’s deciding vote. mayoral conference in Canberra in order to dedicated and passionate pleas from the repre- levant information is available to all parties at ‘It’s a fantastic result,’ said Mr O’Reilly, a vote on the future of the village, sided with sentatives of the community’. all times. leading fi gure in the residents’ long and until community councillors Barry Longland, Dot She singled out local lawyer John O’Reilly, ‘Th is of course will mean that not all decisions now frustrated campaign to retain the existing Holdom and Katie Milne to bring in the long- whose legal challenges have already stopped will favour all parties.’ medium density zoning but with tighter con- overdue controls. a seven-unit building from going ahead and In an apparent reference to claims from some trols to stop large multi-unit blocks of fl ats. She also supported the same councillors in threaten to stop the controversial Point develop- speakers that the new controls will devalue their Residents had the support of council plan- opposing a three-storey residential unit buil- ment. She also commended local environmen- land, Cr van Lieshout said places like Byron Bay ners, the state government and urban design ding on the Coast Road which council planners tal campaigner Richard Gow. increased in value simply because they were not consultants who found that existing controls said should not be approved because of a range ‘Th ey have relentlessly continued to inform subject to overdevelopment. did not go far enough to protect the village’s of environmental reasons. authorities of the implications and sensitivity of Conservative councillors Kevin Skinner, Phil unique character. Residents and developers argued their cases the area for no personal gain,’ she said. Youngblutt and Warren Polgalse initially moved Th e residents’ campaign has involved ongo- before councillors voted but it was apparent ‘It is noted that Hastings Point is a unique to bring in the new controls but insisted that the ing legal battles, a nude YouTube video protest that Cr van Lieshout, who was subject to heavy part of the northern NSW coastline and requi- door remained open for development approvals and accusations referred to the Independent lobbying from both sides in recent weeks, had res specifi c regulations to maintain the desired waiting in the wings, but were defeated 4-3. Commission Against Corruption. already made up her mind. community environment. The same councillors then unsuccessfully ■ See Editorial, page 8 LAYBY NOW for 9^ h_ ijcWi EUREKA HELIX SHEEPSKINS 20W50 4LT MP3 CD Universal high back Hard-working TUNER style 12mm pile. Music playback SKU SC02718 protection for TM either petrol or LPG FREE $ from iPod & MP3 players, 50W x 4 engines. 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You choose: Egyptology, In the hills around Bangalore, Body Language, Mathematics India, an evening breeze would of the Mind, Bible Codes, carry the aroma of fresh tea Methods of Healing etc. off the plantation as a young Bring a notebook & pen. 7.30 – 10.00pm Tuesday, Nov 25th Michael Sales lay in bed. Autumn Club Hall near M’bah Library. Book soon, arrive early! It is an evocative aroma that Doors close 7.30. Fee $40. Cuppa breaks, door prize & books Michael has never forgotten. Thirty years on and he is Call Patti 0429 990 819 / (07) 5522 4317 [email protected] now the official tea taster at Madura Tea Estate, just out of Do you want to improve your Murwillumbah. A tea-tasting session with health and vitality? Michael meanders through the mystic East, romps with the British in India and fi nally ar- Iridology reading rives in a backroom at Madura Tea Estate, Clothiers Creek, Discover your unique personal health with a line of white china cups path recorded in your eye! holding varying shades of the amber liquid. Kim Moser BSc ND Adv. Dip Herb Med Michael, an Anglo-Indian, Kingscliff Holistic Health Clinic is charming, speaking in dul- Phone: 02 6674 4866 Mobile: 0432 943 721 cet Indian tones while the Tea taster Michael Sales has made good tea his life, starting on a plantation in the South of India Your natural health centre for the Tweed Coast teas brew on the bench in through to New Guinea and now at Madura Tea Estate in the hills of Clothiers Creek. preparation for the promised here in Tweed where we grow hael is responsible for the gro- taste test. Madura tea. Th e plants smugg- wing, the quality of the tea, How much Every sip Michael makes is led out of China ended up be- blending and incoming goods. steeped in history. ing taken to Darjeeling which He’s also the expert on making money is ‘China was the first place resulted in the champagne of a good cuppa. to grow tea with records da- teas – Darjeeling tea – being ‘Always use fresh water. It ting back to 1285. In the early produced.’ should never have been previ- sliding away 1800s, the British, knowing Tea runs in Michael’s veins ously boiled as oxygen in fresh a good thing when they saw as he grew up on a tea plan- water provides better infusion from your it, squirmed some tea plants tation in Bangalore where his Th e larger the leaf the longer out of China to India,’ Michael father was the medical offi cer. you let it stand and on average business? said. Aft er fi nishing university, whe- four minutes is the time to let re he gained a degree in botany, tea brew,’ he said. 1vÀÌÕ>ÌiÞÊ>ÞÊLÕÃiÃÃÊÜiÀÃÊ The Tea Thief Michael was lured back to the >`Ê>>}iÀÃÊ`ÊÌÊÀi>ÃiÊÌ >ÌÊ ‘Captain Robert Fortune, world of tea rather than ente- Taste nuances iÞÊ>ÞÊLiÊÃ`}Ê>Ü>ÞÊvÀÊ who smuggled these first ring the corporate sector. With the tea now ready for Ì iÀÊLÕÃiÃðÊ*iÀ >«ÃÊÌ iÞÊ«>ÞÊ plants out of China, was called His knowledge of tea grew the test Michael presses the ÀiÊÌ>ÝÊÌ >ÊÃÊiViÃÃ>ÀÞÊÀÊÌ iÀÊ the Tea Th ief and took them as he moved through a variety cup to his lips and sucks the li- V«ÕÌiÀÊÃÞÃÌiÃÊ>ÀiÊÌÊÃiÌÊÕ«Ê to Calcutta where they were of tea companies before he and quid through his teeth so that «À«iÀÞ]ÊÃÊÌiÊÃÊii`iÃÃÞÊÜ>ÃÌi`°Ê replicated. Captain Fortune his young wife made the jump a fi ne spray hits his palate. It’s *iÀ >«ÃÊ>ÊV >}iÊÌÊ>ÊÃivÊvÕ`i`Ê carried the plants to Assam, and moved to the New Guinea an art! 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