Dereel

We still need to wait for the application to be approved by the full Council meeting in 2 weeks time but it would seem unlikely that they would go against the recommendation of the planning committee and the large amount of community support for this tower.

The full council meeting is open to the public and anyone who is interested can attend and I urge any of you who are available at the time to attend. It is being held at the Bannockburn Town Hall (12 High St. Bannockburn) on Tuesday the 27th of March at 4:00pm. I know it's a difficult time being on a work day during normal working hours and school hometime hours, so rest assured that if you can't attend I will be there on your behalf.



Wendy of course did her level best to try and scuttle the application by accusing the councillors of being corrupt, liars, deceitful and part of a bigger conspiracy involving the government, NBNco and Powercor. Unsurprisingly the councillors did not take kindly to such unfounded allegations. In Wendy's 34 page objection letter she also made reference to "Some local people can be extremely gullible with no common sense or reasoning powers" so it appears she holds us all up in similar high regard. Is it any wonder she has no support on this issue? My only other comment on her objection is she made the claim that her democratic rights are being stood on. Now I was pretty sure the main tenet of democracy is that people vote and the majority win. According to Wendy democracy is her getting her own way even when she's the minority. I think Wendy is mixing up dictatorship with democracy.

Come and support this excellent local event. If you don't have tickets don't fret as they are available at the gates from 11:30am. More information is available at their website. If you don't want to believe me then perhaps Hugh Jackman can convince you: Hugh Jackman supports Warrambeen Film Festival

Here yet again Wendy McClelland stating that she speaks for our community when clearly she does not, do you only want satellite Internet service? Wendy says you do. Please add your own comments to her error filled fear-mongering letter to The Courier editor found here: http://www.thecourier.com.au/news/opinion/letters/general/what-happened-to-fibre-optics-nbn-promised/2445658.aspx

Listen to an actual expert in the field on the ABC website as broadcast on ABC Ballarat recently. Yet again it is said that Mobile phone towers are not of concern and it is the use of mobile phones up against your head that you should be concerned about (if you're concern at all, personally I'm not). Yet more proof that Wendy should not be blocking our tower all she needs to do is never use a mobile phone or have an NBN device attached to her house - two things she can choose to do while not stopping the rest of her community access to important services.

 

There has been a spate of fires in the Dereel area in the last couple of weeks, the most recent one was this past Saturday (4th of Feb) in the Enfield forest in the north west corner of Dereel [1] [2] on the way to Berringa. Local police are asking residents of Dereel to make a note of suspicious activity and to take down the license plate of any cars that seem out of place and forward the details to the police. As we are all aware Dereel has been identified as a town at extreme risk of being destroyed by a bushfire and we need to look out for each other.