Here are some of the things that happened in 2019, month by month going back in time. It is not a comprehensive review, more a series of snapshots.
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December
The State Labor Government announced its long awaited draft plan for conservation of koalas in south east Queensland. Initial reaction was widespread disappointment that the area of protected koala habitat in Redlands would be reduced massively.
Hundreds of people have expressed concerns about reduction of protected koala habitat to Environment Minister Leeanne Enoch. The deadline for making submissions about the draft strategy is 31 January 2020.
November
Claire Richardson announced that she will be a candidate for the position of Mayor at the Redland City Council elections in March 2020. The Redland City Bulletin reported that she is running for office because the council had failed to meet community expectations in many areas – particularly planning and development.
October
Queensland Governor and Chief Scout Paul de Jersey officially opened the new Cleveland Scout Hall on 19 October 2019. The original scout den was destroyed by fire in March 2018.
September
Hundreds of people attended the third annual Welcome Back Shorebirds event in G.J. Walter Park. Highlights of this event included the free strawberries, attendance of ultralight aviator Amellia Formby and a huge community art project with 300 model shorebirds decorated in two hours.
August
The Moreton Bay Foundation was launched by Queensland Governor Paul de Jersey. The Foundation says its vision is for Moreton Bay to be an international treasure, known for its excellent environmental health, biological diversity, and ecological sustainability, its innovative robust and resilient economy, and its Indigenous culture and heritage.
July
Guest speaker at the 2019 Redlands2030 Dinner was Kathleen Noonan who writes a weekly column for the Courier Mail Q Weekend.
June
Plans to upgrade part of Cleveland-Redland Bay Road to two lanes each way were announced in the State Budget delivered on 11th June 2019. This project will extend two lanes each way in Victoria Point between Magnolia Parade and Benfer Road (800 metres) at an estimated cost of $37 million.
May
Hundreds of people from Redlands and elsewhere attended the Line in the Mud rally organised by Birdlife Australia to protest about plans for construction of 3,600 apartments on wetlands next to Toondah Harbour. Here is a short video of people standing in the ‘Line in the Mud’.
April
A few photos of this Toyota HiLux utility on Finucane Road attracted an extraordinary amount of interest on the Redlands2030 Facebook page.
March
Local Government Minister Stirling Hinchliffe announced a range of Local Government reform proposals. State MPs Don Brown (Capalaba) and Kim Richards (Redlands) spoke about the proposed reforms at a forum hosted by Redlands2030.
Some of the proposed reforms have been legislated but the Government backed down on plans to introduce compulsory preferential voting.
February
Redland City Council voted to change its policy on installation of security video cameras to include use for monitoring anti-social behaviour – discussed in this Redland City Bulletin story.
January
Redland City Council endorsed long term plans for developing tracks and facilities in the Eastern Escarpment Conservation Area in Mount Cotton.
Redlands2030 – 31 December 2019
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2 Comments
The installation of CCTV surveillance cameras at the ferry terminals and shopping centres in the Redlands has taken far too long and the numbers of police in the region is increasing far too slowly compared to the rapid increase in population. Local police have been frustrated when trying to control vandalism and theft at our ferry terminals and the Council has been loathe to spend any money on CCTV cameras. The Federal Government has offered $49,000 to buy surveillance cameras so now there is no excuse for the Council to refuse camera monitoring of our ferry terminal car parks. Furthermore the council is well aware of the lack of parking facilities, both at Cleveland Ferry Terminal and Cleveland Train Station. If the Walker Corporation Proposal for Toondah Harbour is accepted we all know that the parking situation will deteriorate even further. Just today I tried to park at Cleveland Ferry Terminal at 7.40am. There was not a single car park left in the free parking areas. I had to park almost 1 km away from the Straddie Flyer.
Denis,
I think you need to rethink your criticism in that “installing $49k ( cost/worth?) of cameras) is the Cheap part for such activities. Consider the cost of monitoring / responses/maintenance ( see vandalism) of these cameras.
Consider the POLICE red light camera on a major road in outer west in Vic. One camera alone had more than 2ks (10’s of thousands) photos of cars , rude gestures, bare bits( male and female) without any traceable recourse! then there was the time the camera was simply pulled out of the ground by chains and a truck, The innumerable times their lenses were were spray painted over., lazer light blinded, And on yes, which miscreant youth doesn’t have a hoody? In short Denis in the long run it will be of little real value.
Modern digital storage would still result in a complex and expensive issues well beyond the purchase of these cameras.
The hard truth that the security of your property is your responsibility …see you insurance company . What it isn’t is that of the other rate payers.
FYI the street I live in has had 4 car burglaries and some other vandalism too….Should the council pay for our security like you are asking for?
Capitalists might suggest that if the need is so great then buy some land and build a really secure car park. One wonders if they did how many people be prepared to pay it’s real cost including the profit etc.
You CHOOSE to live on the islands ( lifestyle). There is no such thing as a ‘free lunch’ for anybody.