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The SES members are amazing people. These volunteers are specialised and professional in what they do and love. However to give up their leisure time, often at the expense of their family commitments/celebrations is true dedication. That feeling of camaraderie, accomplishment, sense of achievement would be small compensation for what the community receives from them. What a great question … when there is a disaster who ARE you gonna call? Thank God there is someone to call!
Elizabeth Honeysett
Lots of praise is just not enough for SES and other volunteers who turn out in all sorts of conditions to help people.
Fergie
Allan Richard Bond … our regular northern suburbs contributor takes aim
14 July 2008
Of course the Catholic version of the iPhone is called the iPope.
Heaven sent with a direct line to God.
17 July 2008
In regards to the ahm directors wanting to sell that company, it is interesting to note that former general manager of Wollongong City Council, Rod Oxley is a director of ahm. It is also interesting to note that he is also on the board of the Southern Phone Company.
I am sure he has applied the same well learned principles to these two companies as he did to Wollongong City Council.
17 July 2008
So Frank Vellar has, somehow, two mansions on the Illawarra Escarpment highly environmentally sensitive that had worked carried out by Council to the tune of $140,000 of ratepayers money under the previous Oxley administration while Joe Scimone was head of the Engineering Dept, according to a media release.
In a recent Mercury article on the Frank and Beth Expose it was interesting to note that one of the properties mentioned was the Fraternity Club. A club that Joe Scimone was accountant for and left before they started having financial difficulties. All this around the same time.
This proves that it’s a small world after all, as the song goes.
With the Vellar Escarpment Estate ratepayers will be able to lodge objections to these sort of radar slip throughs when the LEP goes on exhibition.
When the Helensburgh Expansion Plan was on in the early 90s, over 5,000 objection submissions were received. It was knocked on the head even after there was a Commission of Inquiry called for by developers. Those objections still stand. It is interesting to note administrator Kibble was also head of the State Planning Department at the time.
Now that the Pope has given his endorsement of looking after the environment, we just can’t go against his wishes, can we? 18 July 2008
In regards to the Vellar mansions, having examined aerial photographs and zone conditions, it would appear that a lot of explaining needs to be done by the parties involved including Wollongong City Council and particularly who the delegated authority was in this allowance, regardless of whether they are still with Council or not.
It is astounding that these derelict mansions were allowed to be built in such a sensitive zone of the Illawarra Escarpment. Staggering to believe that this was approved in 1994.
This was obviously no secret to Council and management.
This is an abuse of public ratepayer trust by those involved on a defenceless area.
How many more areas are there like this?
Bravo to those who are exposing these human made wounds on our precious scenic wonder.
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