The Windsor Hotel redevelopment document accidently leaked by Minister Madden’s media advisor (25 Feb 2010) reveals a strategy to undermine an advisory committee report, and manipulate a community consultation process. As you can see in the full Madden Media Plan, it also contains the line ‘ March 16 and 17 Bastian (sic) Point decision in Supreme [...]

Following January’s hugely successful exhibition and auction in Mallacoota of Norm Neilson’s Bastion Point photographs of Bastion Point, Norm has held an equally successful exhibition and auction in Bairnsdale.
The event made sales of around $10,000, and has helped greatly in spreading the word about what is happening at Bastion Point.
The exhibition made the front page [...]

An exhibition and auction of Norm Neilson’s photos of Bastion Point was held at Mallacoota’s Mudbrick Pavilion from 21 to 23 January 2010, culminating in an auction event.
Over 400 people visited the exhibition. All of the 42 works were sold, resulting in over $10,000 being made for the campaign. See our media release here.
Norm’s works will also be [...]

Visitors to Mallacoota over January 2010 will have noticed the large number of homes with signs expressing the community opposition to breakwalls, dredges, and beach roads at Bastion Point.
We know the signs have alerted many visitors to what is happening at Bastion Point.
Even the East Gippsland Shire Council is interested – an officer was spotted driving [...]

The case of Friends of Mallacoota Inc. versus Minister for Planning, and Minister for Environment and Climate Change has been fixed for trial in the Supreme Court on 16 March 2010 for two days.
Members of the Public are welcome to attend.
See Madden Decision Taken to Supreme Court for more detail.

Following East Gippsland Shire Council’s decision to proceed with design of the Option 3b breakwater and road along the beach, it has convened the ‘Mallacoota Ocean Access Boat Ramp Community Advisory Committee’, MOABRCAC. After much deliberation, we felt that there could be some benefit to being on this committee. We have written to Council expressing [...]

Despite the Independent Panel recommendations and current legal action in the Supreme Court, East Gippsland Shire Council has called for tenders for the design phase of the Option 3b breakwater and over-beach road. An update will be posted when further details are known.

The Point Benefit concert held in Mallacoota on 3 October 2009 was a great success. The venue was filled to capacity. The event was MC’d by Mick Bartholemew, introducing musicians such as Penelope Swales, Justin Brady, Mal Webb, Ross Webster, and the Mallacoota Jazz trio (Ken Vatcher, John Grunden and Mike Webb). Over $2,500 was [...]

The directions hearing for the judicial review of Minister Madden’s decision was held on 25 August 2009. A timetable was made setting out dates on which the defendants will provide their affidavit material in response to our application, and then further dates on which we will provide our arguments, and the defendants theirs. The hearing [...]