Loss of historic Brisbane home prompts calls for heritage overhaul
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Last month, a group of residents watched as a bulldozer demolished a Toowong house, Linden Lea, which originally belonged to the family that created Webster’s Biscuits and gave Brisbane its Shingle Inn tearooms.
They had put in an application to protect the home, but it was too late for the largely part-time Queensland Heritage Council to consider.
Toowong residents John Scott and Freya Robertson express their concerns as bulldozers remove Linden Lea at Toowong.
The tussle regarding agricultural rates in the Bundaberg region continues, with a question in parliament triggering the latest volley. For months there has been a stalemate between a farming consortium (AgForce, Bundaberg Fruit and Vegetable Growers, Canegrowers Isis and Bundaberg Canegrowers) and Bundaberg Regional Council (BRC) about a rates rise for agricultural land in the region. While the farmers are opposed to the rate rise, the council remained steadfast on their decisions regarding rated for the region. On February 24 Member for Burnett Stephen Bennett said asked the Deputy Premier and State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning Minister Steven Miles:
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Livingstone Shire Council will receive $500,000 in Local Economic Recovery funding to improve the pathway connection from Cooee Bay Beach to Wreck Point and Lammermoor Beach as part of the Queensland Government’s ongoing bushfire recovery.
Last year’s Cobraball bushfire burnt across the Capricorn Coast, engulfing 12,100 hectares of land including 15 homes, 38 sheds, 8,500 hectares of grazing land and 275 hectares of horticultural production land.
Last week, it was announced more than $11 million had been approved for 12 projects to help with the economic and social recovery in Queensland communities heavily impacted by last year’s bushfires.
Gladstone Regional Council will also receive $185,000 in funding to procure a project officer to enhance community disaster resilience and preparedness and improve council’s current programs and resources.
A PUSH is on for the State Government to intervene and reverse Gympie Regional Council’s controversial decision to repeal two environmental protection laws last week.
A change.org petition started by a “concerned resident” exploded yesterday with signatures soaring from around 3000 to more than 17,000 as of 5pm.
It has called on State Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon and Planning Minister Steven Miles to step in as “there is now no protection for wildlife and wildlife habitat on private land in the Gympie region other than the small parcels of land covered by state government vegetation management legislation”. Protesters gathered outside Gympie Town hall last week to challenge the council’s decision.