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Bracksy,s govt attains new level of ineptness
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The S11 protest hurt me financially. I had a gig lined up on September 12 which would have earned me about $4,000. It was cancelled after the S11 violence. It also meant several thousand school kids missed a chance to see and talk with Bill Gates at Jeff's shed.
Maybe I should sue.
Maybe I should sue.
Ah...Bracksys done it again! 
I'm sure the farmers will love this... :-\
Aboriginal land row
March 21, 2007 10:00am
VICTORIANS planning to do any farming or construction work on soiled areas will have to consult Aboriginal inspectors and pay a $350 fee.
Under regulations soon to be released by the Victorian Government, landholders will have to pay a "registered Aboriginal party" to check their land before major work can begin.
According to a report in The Weekly Times, it is believed the regulations are set to come into effect at the start of Reconciliation Week, on May 27.
Under the regulations, anyone carrying out "high-impact'' activity in a "culturally sensitive'' area will need to develop a Cultural Heritage Management Plan.
High-impact activity includes subdividing land into more than three lots, building more than three houses, establishing or expanding a vineyard or irriigated cropping farm, digging dams near waterways, ripping rabbit warrens and building roads, railways and even shops.
Sensitive areas include registered cultural heritage places, native vegetation areas, areas within 200m of a waterways, ancient lakes, waterholes or natural springs, coastal crown land, national parks, high plains, dunes and caves.
Victorian Farmers Federation president Simon Ramsay said the draft regulations were ``totally absurd''.
The Weekly Times also revealed the Department of Victorian Communities was so concerned about the public's response to the draft regulations that only five confidential briefings have been held with industry organisations.
Municipal Association of Victoria chief executive Rob Spence said the regulations breached the Government's promise to cut red tape by 15 per cent by 2009 and 25 per cent by 2012.
``At a time when the Government says it's trying to reduce red tape they do this, which just ramps things up big time for rural councils,'' Mr Spence said.
The Government has already set out fees that farmers, councils, property developers and businesses will have to develop these plans.
Landholders will need to establish whether they need a plan or permit, and then pay a consultant to develop a management plan.
They will also need to check whether their site is listed on the Government's heritage register which costs $21.50.
With a completed plan, landholders need to pay a registered Aboriginal party between $215 to $6450 to evaluate the site as well as a $118.25 cultural-heritage permit fee to the Government to process their application.
A spokeswoman for Aboriginal Affairs Minister Gavin Jennings said the regulations had not been released and it was premature to discuss them.
They would only apply to work activities that already required some form of permit, she said.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21420441-2862,00.html
I'm sure the farmers will love this... :-\
Aboriginal land row
March 21, 2007 10:00am
VICTORIANS planning to do any farming or construction work on soiled areas will have to consult Aboriginal inspectors and pay a $350 fee.
Under regulations soon to be released by the Victorian Government, landholders will have to pay a "registered Aboriginal party" to check their land before major work can begin.
According to a report in The Weekly Times, it is believed the regulations are set to come into effect at the start of Reconciliation Week, on May 27.
Under the regulations, anyone carrying out "high-impact'' activity in a "culturally sensitive'' area will need to develop a Cultural Heritage Management Plan.
High-impact activity includes subdividing land into more than three lots, building more than three houses, establishing or expanding a vineyard or irriigated cropping farm, digging dams near waterways, ripping rabbit warrens and building roads, railways and even shops.
Sensitive areas include registered cultural heritage places, native vegetation areas, areas within 200m of a waterways, ancient lakes, waterholes or natural springs, coastal crown land, national parks, high plains, dunes and caves.
Victorian Farmers Federation president Simon Ramsay said the draft regulations were ``totally absurd''.
The Weekly Times also revealed the Department of Victorian Communities was so concerned about the public's response to the draft regulations that only five confidential briefings have been held with industry organisations.
Municipal Association of Victoria chief executive Rob Spence said the regulations breached the Government's promise to cut red tape by 15 per cent by 2009 and 25 per cent by 2012.
``At a time when the Government says it's trying to reduce red tape they do this, which just ramps things up big time for rural councils,'' Mr Spence said.
The Government has already set out fees that farmers, councils, property developers and businesses will have to develop these plans.
Landholders will need to establish whether they need a plan or permit, and then pay a consultant to develop a management plan.
They will also need to check whether their site is listed on the Government's heritage register which costs $21.50.
With a completed plan, landholders need to pay a registered Aboriginal party between $215 to $6450 to evaluate the site as well as a $118.25 cultural-heritage permit fee to the Government to process their application.
A spokeswoman for Aboriginal Affairs Minister Gavin Jennings said the regulations had not been released and it was premature to discuss them.
They would only apply to work activities that already required some form of permit, she said.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21420441-2862,00.html
I just cannot believe that this incompetent fool was voted into power again. And yeah sure like he wasn't wasted at the Heineken Classic all those years ago. Audio malfunction my foot. I dislike him on so many levels.
Liverpool said:
And so says rosy. What a load of crap.
A couple of years ago my husband had to dig some holes on Parks land and he had 2 aboriginal representitives standing watching, and being paid $300 a day each for their time, just to see if a bone or stone could be claimed as possible Aboriginal significance. :
Reminds me of Kath the elder I've mentioned before. There was a claim some bones dug up were Aboriginal bones. She said to the people involved "You white darkies wouldn't know the difference between hooman bones and kangaroo bones". She was probably right.
Anduril said:
"Kath" should have bought some train carriages 5 years ago, she'd could've made a bundle of $$$ of these idiots.... :hihi.....what a joke and typical poor planning by Bracksy and his buddies:
Minister says train carriages buyback good value
The Victorian Government has defended the cost of buying back several old train carriages to boost Melbourne's suburban network.
The Government has spent $60,000 for three Hitachi carriages, which it sold to a collector for about $8,000 five years ago.
Public Transport Minister Lyn Kosky says a 12 per cent rise in commuters on the suburban rail network forced the buyback.
She says the old carriages are needed to provide extra services.
"We will have four extra services running, which means 3,200 extra people travelling on our trains every day," she said.
"I think it is good value for money, given what it means for commuters."
Ms Kosky says the rise in the number of people using the train network was not expected.
Opposition public transport spokesman Terry Mulder says using the old carriages is embarrassing for Victoria.
"There has to be a significant investment in trains in the Budget paper next week - there has to be, otherwise it's going to be a shambles," he said.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1904270.htm
Liverpool said:
Amazing. The government has been encouraging more people to use public transport, and they weren't expecting a rise in use? :headscratch
steve bracks of the honest and transperent labor govermint looks to be heading home after his junket with the terminator to answer questions about what HE really did say to tatts management.no doubt this spineless snake will use parliamentry rules to avoid answering the committee.lying sack of *smile*
I'm all about Bracks having his own thread devoted to bagging him mercilessly... I feel that Johnny is entitled to his own thread too, probably more so than Bracks.
