The Weekly Times - 28th February, 2018

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6 THE WEEKLY TIMES Wednesday 28 February, 2018 DECONTAMINATE HUNTERS HILL CAMPAIGN Local MPs Promises Rubbished BY OUR CIVIC ROUNDSMAN KEYNOTE speakers at last Tuesday night’s packed “Decontaminate Hunters Hill” rally at the Town Hall rubbished promises from Lane Cove MP Anthony Roberts and Ryde MP Victor Dominello to get the radioactive waste in Nelson Parade cleaned up. Mr Roberts last week told The Weekly Times he would personally guarantee the clean up and his promise was backed on Tuesday night by Mr Dominello who said a reserve fund of around $30 million had been set aside for it. Despite the Ryde MP’s promise, protestors at the rally demanded to know why he is holding the $30 million in a “reserve” fund when his government’s sell off of community assets has given it a multibillion dollar surplus. Keynote speakers at the rally also challenged Mr Dominello to provide details of his claim the waste could be relocated to a site in South Australia. The speakers said previous governments had made – and broken – similar promises in the 100 year old Nelson Parade saga and they had no reason to trust this government now. The Weekly Times Team was at the meeting, where three empty seats on the Town Hall stage had been reserved for the absent Mr Roberts, Mr Dominello and Environment Minister Gabrielle Upton. The speakers also scoffed at Mr Roberts’ letterbox drop to local residents hours before the rally and said the Lane Cove MP’s assurances sounded “suspiciously similar” to “shallow and meaningless” letters put out by politicians during the 1970s. Here is what the keynote speakers said at the rally: PHILIPPA CLARK (Nelson Parade Action Group): “This government has three key ministers totally treating us with absolute disregard. Where is Victor Dominelli? Where is Gabrielle Upton and where is Anthony Roberts? Anthony Roberts could sign this off tomorrow yet he refuses to attend tonight and doesn’t even have the decency to face his own constituents. “We’ve heard nothing from him but the same hollow promises. We have been powerless in a safe seat and we will change that. We will fight for what is right!” Keynote speakers at last Tuesday’s Hunters Hill Town Hall public meeting were welcomed by John Atkin. Left to right Rosemary Manusu resident of 15 Nelson Parade Hunters Hill, Hunters Hill Mayor Clr Mark Bennett, Robert Brown MP Fishers, Farmers and Shooters Party, Hunters Hill Deputy Mayor Clr Ross Williams, Mark Taylor Macquarie University environmental waste expert, Philippa Clark of Nelson Parade Action Group and a vacant seat for Lane Cove MP and Planning Minister Anthony Roberts. TWT on-the-spot PHOTO. PUBLIC NOTICE ABLE'S BETTA GLADESVILLE END OF LEASE CLEARANCE SALE ALL STOCK MUST GO FIXTURES AND FITTINGS ALSO TO CLEAR ONLY 2 WEEKS LEFT 1 Massey Street, Gladesville (Cnr Victoria Rd)
Wednesday 28 February, 2018 THE WEEKLY TIMES 7 DECONTAMINATE HUNTERS HILL CAMPAIGN at Packed Town Hall Meeting Continued from page 6 ROSEMARY MANUSU (Resident, 15 Nelson Parade): “My life has been turned upside down. A complete shock, absolutely devastating. For forty years our lives have been dominated by anxiety and by uncaring governments. In 1978 the government promised a clean up. In 2018 all trust has gone, completely.” MARK BENNETT (Mayor of Hunters Hill): “We are a strong community that cares. The inaction we face is political. The inaction we face is unacceptable and the inaction we face will not be accepted. The anxiety, the depression and the fear is undermining the mental health of people in our community.” ROBERT BROWN MP (Spokesperson Fishers, Farmers and Shooters Party): “When your Mayor stands up and talks about mental health it is not just talk. Can you ever trust governments to do what they say when neither side of politics has acted properly on this? If there is blame to be had, it is with the senior officers of government!” ROSS WILLIAMS (Deputy Mayor of Hunters Hill):, “I would suggest the government gets on with it and gives us some relief. There is no reason why the government can’t act. The government has a moral responsibility to act. The problem is indisputable, nor is there any dispute about what should be done about it.“ MARK TAYLOR (Macquarie University environmental waste expert): “This is a wicked problem. You, the community, have had a long wait and the patience with this wait has come to an end. Now the waste problem will be shared by two communities, your community and the community that is going to receive the waste.” JOHN ATKIN (Community legal adviser): “This has been treated as a political issue. This has been treated as a political football!” The rally heard the government would be unlikely to remove the Nelson Parade waste within 18 months, prompting this outburst from a protestor: “Eighteen months?” “What this means is the waste will be here longer than that waste of space, Anthony Roberts, will be!” Keynote speakers on stage at Hunters Hill Town Hall on Tuesday night faced the concerned local citizens who unanimously expressed their displeasure at the lack of action by their elected representatives and the non attendance of them at the meeting. TWT on-the-spot PHOTO. Government valuation shows home price slump The Nelson Parade Action Group has hit back at a comments from Lane Cove MP Anthony Roberts who urged angry residents not to talk down local property values. Nelson Parade Action stigma of proximity to the Group spokesperson contaminated land and Philippa Clark said. “The government’s own valuer accepted the value of our house has been depressed by at least 35 per cent because of the that was well before we started this campaign.” Local legal eagle John Atkin said The Weekly Times played a key role in the grass roots campaign and will hold Lane Cove MP Anthony Roberts and Ryde MP Victor Dominello to account until the waste is removed. “It is encouraging that we have the government’s attention. At the end of the day, the Government owns the land and has a responsibility to neighbouring landowners and users of the river to carry out the remediation. That is what we are working for.” The next round in this escalating campaign will come at a stakeholder reporting meeting called by Property NSW to be held in Fairland Hall 14 Church St, Hunters Hill at 6pm on Tuesday March 14. Do you have a nurse to assist you? Life's made easier at Hunters Hill Lodge with a prestige & vibrant community of serviced apartments where you can start each day knowing things are taken care of. The care team are fantastic - Resident Short stays are available if you would like to trial living at Hunters Hill Lodge, or just come and join us for a meal! Contact us on 02 9879 6355 for more information. www.huntershilllodge.com.au • 02 9879 6355 PERSONAL CARE COMMUNITY QUALITY D INING HOUSEKEEPING RECREATI O N
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