04-08-2005, 12:25 AM
Hi supersquid,
I admire the Blue Wedge Coalition for trying to take court action to stop the dredging. However, any victory they win will be short term. If it is found that the dredging was not in accordance with the Environment Effects Act (which is their main claim as I understand it), I would expect that the State Government will immediately amend those laws and so the dredging can occur. So any success in court would be short lived.
It seems to me that this dredging project is a "done deal" and no amount of protesting will stop it. In any case, the Bracks government will probably lose the next election either way. They have been in power for ages now it seems...and people get sick of them ...no matter how good/bad they are.
Let us know if you see the turbidity/murkiness of the water down the end of the bay increase during the dredging. And whether the squid disappear!
Cheers, Glen <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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I admire the Blue Wedge Coalition for trying to take court action to stop the dredging. However, any victory they win will be short term. If it is found that the dredging was not in accordance with the Environment Effects Act (which is their main claim as I understand it), I would expect that the State Government will immediately amend those laws and so the dredging can occur. So any success in court would be short lived.
It seems to me that this dredging project is a "done deal" and no amount of protesting will stop it. In any case, the Bracks government will probably lose the next election either way. They have been in power for ages now it seems...and people get sick of them ...no matter how good/bad they are.
Let us know if you see the turbidity/murkiness of the water down the end of the bay increase during the dredging. And whether the squid disappear!
Cheers, Glen <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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