Local Law 2
A little paragraph here about the whole thing.
What’s this all about?
It started with a meeting…
Representatives from the shire’s sustainability groups: SHARE, Hepburn Relocalisation Network, Hepburn Z-NET, Daylesford Community Food Gardeners, Daylesford Repair Café, Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, Localising Leanganook, Yandoit, Clydesdale and Franklinford Community Planning Group, Goathand Cooperative, and Hepburn Wind called a meeting on Tuesday 3 December at Daylesford Town Hall.
Notes from the public meeting
The proposed law is discriminatory towards those experiencing poverty and homelessness
The changes to the caravan and camping occupation law is discriminatory towards people in our community experiencing poverty and homelessness. The new law states: 4.2.2 The owner or occupier of land must not, without a permit, camp, or allow or suffer any other...
Oops! I broke a council law
We all need laws. To make things fair. To keep us safe. And to protect our environment. But when laws over-reach they begin to destroy the very life they are supposed to protect. Who’s read General Local Law No 2? It’s 22 pages long. So to...
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Submissions to Hepburn Shire…
Below are the submissions that have been shared with us so far. You are welcome to read and comment, in a spirit of open, respectful discussion. And please, if you’re thinking of submitting a response to the council, share it with us here, too.
Transition Creswick Local Law #2 Submission
13/12/19 Dear David George, Re: Transition Creswick submission regarding Local Law #2 As a member of the Hepburn Shire’s Z-NET Round Table Committee and as a local group dedicated to a grass roots transition to a low carbon culture and addressing issues arising from...
Local law 2 – Vasko Drogriski
To: Mayor and Councillors, Hepburn Shire Date: December 6th, 2019 Dear Mayor and Councillors, I write in relation to Local Laws 2. I object to many of the draft laws, as outlined in other submissions by Patrick Jones, Z-Net roundtable, Nikki Marshall, Peter Tyndal,...
By-laws that empower life enhancing community values and actions
Dear CEO, Mayor and Councillors, Submission regarding local laws #2 Over time the community membership of Sustainable Hepburn Association (SHARE) has initiated many activities and projects that have contributed to the social, ecological and economic health of this...
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