Federal Liberals are doing their best to block Labors pathetic Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, and now with Tony Abbott as the new leader an even more extreme conservatisim is born.
Meanwhile on the home front- Local Conservative Liberals Guile and Ward
(oops thats right Im supposed to call them independents) are dishing up there own brand of anti-green, with their latest attack on the City tree policy.
Clr Guile has got a bee in his bonnet that rural hedges are unsightly and a blight on the rural landscape. For someone who one day hopes to grow grapes- he had better start looking into the benefit trees provide.
He also thinks that it should become the elected Councils job to get involved in tree removal disputes and give us the opportunity to debate and overturn the technical officers advice in regards to the removal of trees. Clr Guile has consistently argued that Council should be a more professional outfit and yet he wants to reduce our fortnightly debates to trees trees trees!
The other problem that has not been considered is that if we create a policy that protects rural views, then there is an expectation that those living close to the ocean should have their views protected also. Yet this would be a direct conflict in the attempts that are being made to stabilise coastal vegetation as a first line defence with rising sea's.
What if you want to farm carbon and plant out your 100acres with trees- how would that work in a landscape protectionist policy.
The tree policy may not be the best peice of policy, but it looks like that certain group of Shoalhaven Clrs ( Watson, Proudfoot, Guile, Ward, Kearney, Green) may take this opportunity to create an even worse policy than current.
So I am off to research tree policies around the state and see if we can actually improve things rather than make it easier to cut down trees in the Shoalhaven
Photograph of the Largest Spotted gum in the Shoalhaven- Thankfully safe in a reserve.
1 comment:
Go for it Amanda. Love your passion.
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