An independent candidate for QPRC council with public interest values that coincide with the natural world concerns and regional community issues reported on by the Bulletin. Here is shortened version of an introduction that first appeared in Braidwood’s Changing Times. ”Proposed $80 million price tag for new council chambers vastly excessive.” MAJORS CREEK
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Make your vote count. Wide-open council race.
Local council elections 4 December and pre-polling starts 22 November. ALMOST ONE IN four people (22%) didn’t vote in the 2017 Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council elections, while 5.8% of those who did, cast an informal vote which means it didn’t count. Voting is compulsory, contrary to what some people think. Voting rules can
QPRC Greens candidates call for pause on Bungendore high school plans
PLANNING FOR THE proposed Bungendore high school site needs to be paused and the threat of compulsory acquisition lifted while a more suitable site is identified, say the Greens candidates for the Dec 4 council election. They note the local community has overwhelmingly opposed the proposed site in the centre of
QPRC councillors may ask for 27.8% rate rise at Oct 13 meeting (UPDATE Oct 14)
Foreshadowing an upcoming Bulletin indepth look at the financial situation of Queanbeyan Palerang Regional Council (QPRC) — along with highlighting proposed NSW rate changes affecting local government areas — here is a taste of what is proposed for QPRC, a recently amalgamated council area that is home to many of
Your governments at work: habitat clearing; carbon credits
Private land key to habitats, biodiversity, but laissez-faire government in no hurry THE NATURE CONSERVATION COUNCIL of NSW reports that a new government scheme to protect high-conservation-value areas outside national parks is welcome but leaves thousands of hectares of wildlife habit unprotected. [1] The government is calling for nominations for ‘Areas of Outstanding Biodiversity Value’ (AOBVs), which qualify for conservation work funding from the Biodiversity Conservation Trust. However, AOBV nominations will only be considered with
Logging increases fire risk — rural and regional towns
LOGGED FORESTS, including near regional and rural settlements, are at increased risk of severe fire. Research at the Australian National University (ANU) examined damaged vegetation from the 2019–2020 bushfires and concluded that young, uniform, regrowth forests were heavily impacted by fire. ABOVE: The Greater Glider (photo attributed to Hans and Judy Beste),
Re-elected Mayor casts deciding vote to scupper de-merger poll — finances in spotlight
A PROPOSAL TO ask all voters in Queanbeyan-Palerang whether they want to de-merge was narrowly defeated when Mayor Tim Overall used his casting vote at QPRC’s 22 September 2021 meeting. The meeting also voted Overall as Mayor for three more months until the December council election (6 votes compared to councillor
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LANDMARK DECISION: State responsibility to lower bushfire risk, consider climate impacts
THE DECISION BY the NSW Land and Environment Court in favour of Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action (BSCA) against the NSW Environment Protection Agency (EPA) is a breakthrough development. IMAGE: Extreme bushfire conditions, January 2020. District Bulletin archives. The court found the EPA must develop environmental quality objectives, guidelines and policies to
South coast home-owners urge state intervention to save bushland
COMMUNITY GROUP DALMENY Matters has contacted The Hon Rob Stokes, Minister for Planning and Public Spaces, to ask for assistance in preventing the clearing of native bushland in light of the importance of unburnt habitat since the bushfires. Eurobodalla Shire Council’s decision to sell public land in Dalmeny for clearing and