Dear Bryan Green,
Tackling the sympton and not the cause won’t solve the landholder’s problems caused by the PAL policy.
The Examiner (23/4/2011) reported that: “The state government has requested feedback from councils for a proposed amnesty on illegal residences in Tasmania”.
As the press report in the Mercury indicated on Thursday June 17 2010 the action taken by the local council, which brought about a completely unreasonable set of circumstances for Richard and Joan Bridges, in all conscience should never have been allowed to happen.
The cause of the problem suffered by the Bridges was their local council sticking rigidly to the rules imposed on them by RPDC, (Resource Planning and Development Commission), after the PAL Policy, Protection of Agricultural Land (including Forestry) was approved.
The rules to be applied are set out in a document called the “Common Key Elements Template”.
Bryan you must have forgotten that on the 2nd July 2009 the PAL Policy was approved, which included the following from hansard:”After considering the RPDC’s recommendations, advice from the Department of Premier and Cabinet, and with Cabinet’s endorsement, the Premier recommended to the Governor the making of the State Policy on the Protection of Agricultural Land as a Tasmanian Sustainable Development policy.
As the elected representative of the people of Braddon, what is preventing you from addressing these problems caused by the PAL Policy, (which includes Forestry as an agricultural pursuit).
To return the landholder’s rights under our Constitution is surely the correct action to take, not only for the Constituency of Bradden, but for the approximately 30,000 titleholders right across Tasmania.
Asking the councils for feedback is just trying to delay or evade taking any logical action.
Why?
Sincerely,
Trevor Grant
