Logan and Albert Conservation Association
FREE SUBMISSION WRITING WORKSHOPS with EDO
Greater Flagstone UDA Proposed Development Scheme public comment from 1 April to 20 May 2011
LOGAN & ALBERT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION have arranged for EDO Environmental Defenders Office
to come to GREENBANK and JIMBOOMBA
Tuesday 19 April 7 – 9 pm
Currong Rooms , Greenbank Community Centre
Please RSVP : Anne Page ph 3297 0624 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Wednesday 27 April 7-9 pm
Caddies Community Care Centre
Please RSVP: Anne Page ph 3297 0624 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
We are hoping to arrange a workshop at Logan Village also for help with Yarrabilba UDA submissions
CLICK ON IMAGES ABOVE TO READ MORE ABOUT EDO and following text Environmental Defenders Office
Read this infosheet for our suggestions to help you.
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You might also like to consider joining the local GREENBANK MOVEMENT http://savegreenbank.com.au/
MEET ULDA @ Flagstone Tuesday 12 April 2011 10- 2pm
MEET ULDA @ GREENBANK Saturday 16 April 2011
MEET ULDA @ Logan Village Saturday 16 April 2011
Read ULDA INVITATION here. Check here for venues
Please read the information and criticall assess the information and map provide in 2 page document.
THIS IS OUR FUTURE OUR LIFESTYLE
FUTURE WELLBEING OF OUR NATIVE WILDLIFE DEPEND ON USTO INSIST THAT ALL ESSENTIAL STUDIES ARE COMPLETED AND SUBJECT TO COMMUNITY REVIEW
ASK WHEN WHERE and WHO carried out these essential surveys!!!
Our conservation group has not yet been provided with access to - or copies of - what we believe are
essential studies to allow ecological sustainable development to occur.
The major land mass for Greater Flagstone is west of the interstate railway line. Click on image to open ULDA map file.
Many people do not asociate Greenbank and North Maclean with an urban footprint tagged with Flagstone. Until now Flagstone has not even been a suburb of Logan but part of the suburb of Jimboomba. The Flagstone estate has been an area with small acreage development for many years with both primary and secondary schools within the area.
The use of creeks and rivers as the boundary line - cutting some proprties into two - is cause for concern since there are policies for protecting riparian corridors - but policies without teeth in legislation offer no protection.
To have such disparate areas proposed as a model city for development does not match my vision - or community vision expressed at WOSPP. Teviot Road and Cusack Lane are major access roads used by present population. High density development west of rail line will mean multiple crossing across the rail line to access Teviot Road.
There are many documents on ULDA website to read to make an informed submission. EDO workshops will be held to help you with submissions.
Draft 'blueprints' for South East Queensland's three new master-planned communities released
Deputy Premier and Minister for Local Government Paul Lucas was joined, on Friday 1 April 2011, by Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale and local MPs Rachel Nolan and Wayne Wendt for the unprecedented simultaneous release of the proposed master plans for Yarrabilba, Ripley Valley and Greater Flagstone Urban Development Areas (UDAs).
"This is the first time a community building program of this size and scale has been undertaken in Australia and it coincides with the one year anniversary of our government's Growth Management Summit," Mr Lucas said.
His statement that this marks the start of delivering the necessary planning framework to progress development of these three key areas as model communities in not credible. The media release was reported here
Since 2005 LACA has been advocating and lobbying for detailed background environmental studies to be both carried out and provided to the community as part of supposed openness and integrety of government. Access to studies done on behalf of Beaudesert has ben denied by Scenic Rimm Regional Council, Logan City Council [we now has 3 environment reports] and ULDA.
How can you have a model community - one that is based on ecological sustainable development principles when the existing wildlife with its essential habitat is not well mapped. This black hole of essential data must be filled before genuinely ecological sustainable development can b planned. Enen where we have an existing human settlement that is targeted for urban renewal or redevelopment.
The Developer has WITHDRAWN their Development Application number DEV2010/095. Spread the word for everyone to attend the next meeting.
THIS WEDNESDAY 6th April 2011, 7PM, Greenbank Community Centre.
Please tell everyone you know about the meeting.
There is IMPORTANT info to share with you. The Developent Scheme for Greater Flagstone was released Friday 1 April 2011.
GREENBANK is STILL declared. We have 30 business days (from the 1st April) to put in a submission against the inclusion of Greenbank in the Urban Development Area.
Submissions must be received by 20 May 2011
LACA is organising Environmental Defenders Office workshops to be held in the local area on the 19 April and the 27 April to assist the community with writing their submissions.
Attend the meeting on Wednesday 6th April 2011 to hear what we need to do.
See you there, tell your neighbours, family and friends
Hear Dr van Steenis tell of the research connecting human health and small toxic particles which are usaully not measured. These talks have been recorded by Lock the Gate
Dr Dick van Steenis - Public Health Advocate from the United Kingdom from LockTheGate on Vimeo.
Dr Dick van Steenis - Public Health Advocate from the United Kingdom
The human-health-impacts community forum held in Beaudesert Friday 18th March was well attended by local community . The main speaker was Dr Dick van Steenis a UK Public Health Advocate. His research looks at the health effects of particulate-generating operations such as power stations, rubbish incinerators and open cut coal mines. It was quite stark information on the many health effects these industries can have on communities let alone the damage it does to the environment. The seeming indifference of governments when all they want to see is the almighty dollars that are forthcoming.
The challenge now is for the community to do its homework - not been done by government - and prove that the decrease in human wellness and loss of income from a national tourism industry and Australia's Green Cauldron
There was a good turn out of residents concerned about these leases and after listening to the speakers there is definitely a need to worry and a need for continued action to try and prevent any exploration from going ahead in the Scenic Rim.
To keep in touch support and particiate visit http://www.keepthescenicrimscenic.com/ Contact the team at Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
WE ALL NEED TO VOICE OUR CONCERNS TO ALL POLITICIANS AT ALL LEVELS AND
MAKE A STAND TO PROTECT WHAT WE VALUE
As Dr Dick van Steenis says we need CLEAN AIR - CLEAN WATER - CLEAN FOOD to maintain our health and wellness.
LACA meets this Thursday 24th March 7.30 pm at Arts Centre Beaudesert. Check website www.laca.org.au
GASLANDS movie is coming to Beaudesert
Sunday 10 April 3pm
Venue is : St Mary's Centacare Community Centre (old leagues club)
Petersen Street Beaudesert
same as forum HEALTH HAZARDS OF COAL and CSG INDUSTRY
The forum was a huge success - especially to have confirmed by Richard Adams SRRC councillor that the local council is
opposed to the coal industry activities in the SCENIC RIM - lets KEEP THE SCENIC RIM SCENIC
Watch this space and and also eco news from Sunshine Coast Environment Council at www.econews.org.au free newspaper.
Copies of this free eco news will be available across the Scenic Rim and southern areas of Logan eg Jimboomba. Distribution points are being established now.
LACA Logan and Albert Conservation Association believes that no early release like Teviot Downs should be announced or approved without the appropriate background studies being conducted or without the community having the opportunity to review any proposed development in their local area in the light of what is planned for Greater Flagstone UDA. The ULDA Greater Flagstone consultation has not begun, yet it will have a very significant impact across the Greenbank-New Beith –North Maclean-Flagstone area. Regardless of this, the community is being denied the right to be able to view this information before the completion of the DA process which is undemocratic and unacceptable.
The deficiencies in the environmental assessment and biodiversity assessment reports for this proposed development does not indicate ‘best practice’ environmental outcomes that the ULDA is promising to achieve for the Greater Flagstone area.
View LACAs submission here
Saving Greenbank from unsustainable development
In the face of Queensland state government legislation, planning as per SEQRP South East Queensland Regional Plan, and rhetoric which talks about sustainable development, affordable housing, sense of place - other words, the community has rallied to the SAVE GREENBANK CAMPAIGN.
Community has collected thousands of signatures to support the submission objecting to the Teviot Downs proposal to build a high density ULDA-guideline development in the midst of what has been a pleasant acreage living community. This proposal seeks to change what is currently approved - with a MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE or MOU.
In reality the rhetoric or words are not matched with real life ground truth actions. Words do not come close to what happens on the ground. How can you have sustainable development when human settlement activities continue to wipe out essential habitat for resident and migratory wildlife species - without any local provisions for long term survival of the species - rescue actions funded as part of development - not left to volunteers to rescue and rehabilitate at their own personal expense.
You can view the submission made on behalf of community here.