The South Gippsland Shire is seriously lagging its neighbours. The outcome of this is fewer jobs and less income for the businesses in this Shire. It also means there is less population and hence less investment in our health services.
Corner Inlet Communities – the Shire released the Port Welshpool Marine Precinct Plan after spending thousands of dollars of ratepayer funds on consultant reports and have now shelved the plans.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Under the new Local Government Act, Council is required to develop a Community Vision plan. At present the Council has not acted upon this so it is holding up progress on other strategies such as the Coastal Strategy. This letter is a starting point for community discussion.
When reading the article in the on-line newspaper. South Gippsland Voices, titled “Limited time to view Council agenda before Council meeting” (7 Aug 2020), I soon realized that what Council is quoted as saying didn’t add up.
The South Gippsland Shire Council have a well-practised art of starting things that make it look like they are doing something except they seem to never achieve any growth for us.
Poor Checks & Balances for Wind Farm Development
It is the responsibility of government departments to present advice to ministers that is balanced. Input must be sought from all stakeholders. Individual proposals should be analysed based on their merits. An industrial scale wind farm in a bushfire prone forest surrounded by townships and lifestyle properties is a far cry from one in a sparsely populated, broad acre farming region. Yet the State Government sees little distinction.
Letter to Editor. Recently this paper has published 3 newsletters from OSMI about their Delburn Wind Farm.
It is not so much what OSMI say in these newsletters, but what they have not said that I would like to address.
Sustainable Australia MP Clifford Hayes MP has supported the view of 80% of Britons who want their Government to focus on improving health and well-being, rather than economic growth.
Open Letter About Tourism Development in South Gippsland Shire (SGS)
The South Gippsland Action Group has been pushing for the development of tourism infrastructure to help stimulate growth in our Shire, particularly at the eastern end of the Shire.