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Moviment Graffitti strongly objects to Sannat mega development Magnate Joseph Portelli proposing massive 125-apartment block near Sannat cliff edge   The area highlighted for the proposed development Moviment Graffitti is  strongly objecting to the proposal for the construction of a block of 125 apartments just 300 metres from the cliff edge in Sannat, Gozo. The block, proposed by Gozitan construction magnate Joseph Portelli, lists known Portelli partners Mark Agius (Ta’ Dirjanu), Samuel Sa...

Moviment Graffitti objects to Sannat mega development that has been split up into three separate planning applications to avoid EIA requirement

“This devious strategy to bypass the necessary studies should be put to an end,” said a spokesperson for Moviment Graffitti. “Developers are making separate applications while hiding behind the names of family members and other associates. This shows how the system itself is fundamentally flawed, undermining any potential for sound planning and resulting in gross planning injustice.” The development foresees the construction of swimming pools and decking on ODZ land, with the approval ...

It turns out you can live in South East Tasmania for well over a decade and have little to no idea about everyday life on the islands diagonally opposite corner. Up in the North West, people snack on something called savoury toast, refer to their ute as their bus, tawdry plough rhymes with the way they pronounce laundry trough. Down one particular road is this incredible waterfall, a welcoming old family-owned apiary, a haunting tiger tale and some curious car art. A small sign on the Bass Hi...

Five environment  NGOs on Tuesday expressesd alarm at the “aggressive, non-stop, and unsustainable development” taking place in Gozo. In a statement, eNGOs Moviment Graffitti, Ramblers Association and Wirt Għawdex echoed Gozitan mayors’ and residents’ alarm at the development applications on the sister island, which they said had almost doubled in four years, increasing from 787 in 2016 to 1,314 in 2020.  The applications had become “an unstoppable torrent”, threatening everyth...

The Planning Authority has approved the demolition of a hotel in Xlendi - in what campaigners warn is the the first stage of a massive development project that will change the character of the popular Gozo bay.  At a meeting on Tuesday, an application to demolish the Hotel Xlendi Resort & Spa was approved by a three-person planning commission chaired by Claude Mallia. It is the first phase in a project by a group of Gozitan businessmen, who propose building a four-star hotel on the site that w...

A Townsville telecommunications engineer praised for his cyclone disaster recovery work now faces a disaster of his own. Mark Agius cant move into his new $400,000 house on a hill in the Townsville suburb of Mount Louisa because it has so many defects - and he fears it will blow away in a cyclone. Agius, 40, says it may even be cheaper to knock down and start again. He is furious with the state government building watchdog, the Queensland Building and Construction Commission, for dithering ...

A Townsville telecommunications engineer praised for his cyclone disaster recovery work now faces a disaster of his own. Mark Agius cant move into his new $400,000 house on a hill in the Townsville suburb of Mount Louisa because it has so many defects - and he fears it will blow away in a cyclone. Agius, 40, says it may even be cheaper to knock down and start again. He is furious with the state government building watchdog, the Queensland Building and Construction Commission, for dithering ...

A Townsville telecommunications engineer praised for his cyclone disaster recovery work now faces a disaster of his own. Mark Agius cant move into his new $400,000 house on a hill in the Townsville suburb of Mount Louisa because it has so many defects - and he fears it will blow away in a cyclone. Agius, 40, says it may even be cheaper to knock down and start again. He is furious with the state government building watchdog, the Queensland Building and Construction Commission, for dithering ...

A Townsville telecommunications engineer praised for his cyclone disaster recovery work now faces a disaster of his own. Mark Agius cant move into his new $400,000 house on a hill in the Townsville suburb of Mount Louisa because it has so many defects - and he fears it will blow away in a cyclone. Agius, 40, says it may even be cheaper to knock down and start again. He is furious with the state government building watchdog, the Queensland Building and Construction Commission, for dithering ...