Paradise Girt by Sea - Kangaroo Island Council

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4 Commitment
A Five Year Plan and
empowerment of a KIFA to
see it through will change the
shape of KI while preserving
the Island’s unique character
and attributes.
For the Plan to succeed, it is essential that it be welcomed
and receive support from the Island’s resident population.
The many pieces in the KI puzzle are connected. We
propose an integrated plan of action to address the array
of complex issues that are inhibiting sustained social
and economic growth on Kangaroo Island. We think
the measures we have proposed will establish a sound
platform for growing decent Island jobs and good Island
incomes that are sustainable well into the future, beyond
the term of KIFA.
There is no magic wand to be waved, no silver bullet to
be fired, that will deliver sustainable social and economic
development on Kangaroo Island. Piecemeal measures will
surely fail.
If implemented effectively and efficiently, a package
of measures directed to rectifying the core issues –
power, roads, skills and education, the air and sea ports,
Council’s financial sustainability, growing business scale
and preserving the Island environmental character – can
establish the robust foundation on which a prosperous
sustainable Kangaroo Island future can be built.