Sven Wiener [email protected]
WE’VE gathered a petition to submit to Launceston City Council requesting a public meeting on the pulp mill. The grounds for the meeting are very similar to those used for forcing the last meeting in June 2007 except that the proposed taxpayer funding of the pulp mill (e.g. for water/effluent pipelines and also state timber bargain prices) is being added in.
Petition Calling for a Public Meeting on the Impact of the Proposed Gunns Ltd Pulp Mill on the Tamar Valley
To the Aldermen of Launceston City Council:
We, the electors of Launceston municipal area, faced with the abandonment of the RPDC process as the agreed, due process for assessing the social, economic, environmental and health impacts of the proposed Pulp Mill at Long Reach, are left with no option but to petition the Aldermen in accordance with sections 57 & 59 (1). of the Local Government Act 1993 calling on Launceston City Council to actively oppose this proposed substantially taxpayer funded Pulp Mill on the grounds that the health, safety and wellbeing of the citizens of the Tamar Valley has been put at risk by the fast-track approval of the project and can no longer be adequately protected or ensured.
Petition Calling for an Elector Poll on the Impact of the Proposed Gunns Ltd Pulp Mill on the West Tamar
We, the electors of the West Tamar Municipal Area are concerned that the abandonment of the RPDC process for assessing the proposed Pulp Mill at Long Reach has resulted in approval of the proposed Pulp Mill without due regard for the social, economic, environmental and health impacts on the citizens of the West Tamar. Therefore, in accordance with section 60C of the Local Government Act 1993, we call on the West Tamar Council to do the following:
1. Hold an elector poll in order to determine the opinion of electors in the West Tamar municipal area regarding the proposed Tamar Valley Pulp Mill.
2. Include the following wording on the ballot paper for the elector poll:
“The Council wishes to determine the opinion of its electors on issues associated with the proposed pulp mill in the Tamar Valley. Do you agree with:
a) the process used to assess the proposed Pulp Mill in the Tamar Valley;
b) the type of pulp manufacture proposed;
c) the location of a pulp mill of the type proposed in the Tamar Valley; and
d) the taxpayer helping to pay for infrastructure to support the pulp mill, e.g. water supply & effluent pipelines ?
Do you believe that the overall impact of the pulp mill on the social, economic and environmental wellbeing of the Tamar Valley and its residents, would be bad?”
