We know an election is coming when Brumby announces he will set up an anti-corruption committee (mind you not for 18 months) but he still won't let Peta Duke appear before the Upper House committee investigating the Windsor Hotel scandal.
What will the committee do now - have her arrested for contempt of Parliament?
See link. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/brumby-rejects-adviser-scrutiny-20100606-xn9r.html
When is a Hearing NOT a Hearing?
When Minister Madden meets with the Developers and then calls in an appalling application for 39 storeys in the middle of the traffic jam that is Box Hill Station and then he gives it to a Panel - read on. . .
Suzanne Carbono
The AGE
27 April 2010
Sheila Newman has reproduced on our site candobetter.org the media release of Greens MLA Sue Pennicuik concerning the awarding of court costs against Blue Wedges. They were awarded reluctantly by the Judge because the Victorian Government insisted.
This has been such an inspiring assembly. Mostly, on this crucial topic we‘re regularly blinded by smoke and mirrors, or manipulated by goats and monkeys. Over the past five years I’ve learnt being an activist is predominantly Frustration, Anger and Despair.
Frustration – is anyone actually listening? The media never really seems to be up to our speed. It seems The Age won’t print a letter. We’re depicted as faceless - or a celebrity novelty…or worse… NIMBYs….and yet I’ve never encountered such an articulate group with less selfish motives.
CORPORATE donors to the Victorian Labor Party are almost invariably companies with lucrative public contracts or development, gaming or alcohol interests at the mercy of Government discretion.
An investigation by The Age has also revealed a correlation in the timing of developer donations and key planning decisions. These projects include the $600 million Martha Cove marina at Safety Beach, the redevelopment of the Lombard paper warehouse in Flemington, and the $650 million Burwood Heights residential and commercial precinct.
In the Planning Policy of the Labor Party in 1999 Mr. Bracks promised to....
give Victorians back their voice and influence over decisions that affect their lifestyles.
Is development the same as progress ? What makes the difference ? Is growth sustainable ? Is there any such thing as "big enough" ?
What do we want to sustain ?
Are elected governments just dictatorships between elections ?
Planning is off the rails in Melbourne. What is happening in the country and on the coast ?
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