Archives: 2008 May

May 29, 2008
Bega Valley Shire Council will seek expressions of interest for licences to operate food vans at sites in Pambula Beach, Bar Beach and Short Point.
Council currently provides 12-months licences for food vans to operate at the three Council-managed reserves but operators have asked for longer tenure.
Council’s group manager of Infrastructure, Doug Mein, advised […]

Council agrees to accept CEFE development application
May 29. 2008
The Bega Valley Shire Council will accept lodgement of a development application for the placement of the 50/50 by 2020 logo on the Tathra water reservoir.
The founder of Clean Energy for Eternity, Dr Matthew Nott, addressed Councillors before Tuesday’s Council meeting on a range of issues, including […]

May 28, 2008
Young people with an interest in youth issues or who have ideas on how to make positive changes for young people can make their contribution through the Bega Valley Shire Youth Council.

Sol Thomas , Quillan Noble , Sigrid Helland and Emily Criticos at the Youth Council’s barefoot bowls day last Saturday.

Council’s community development […]

April 28, 2008
There were six youth councillors from the Bega Valley Shire at the Inaugural Southern Regional Youth Council meeting in Moruya last week.
The Youth Councillors presented issues of local concern to Federal Members of Parliament Mike Kelly (Eden-Monaro) and Johanna Gash (Gilmore) at the meeting.
Bega Valley Shire Council’s community development officer, Emma Benton, accompanied […]

Come and join one of Australia’s most exciting events, the 28th Merimbula Jazz Festival on June 6-9, 2008. Made bigger and more fun this year, the event has 152 registered band with so much variety for everyone.
Expect red, blue and orange in this weekend of Jazz as those are said to be the festival’s official […]

Reeves Scandal Escalates With Iemma Government Refusing to Release Report Findings
26 May 2007:
The Member for Bega Andrew Constance has labelled as scandalous the refusal by the Iemma Government to release the findings of an investigation into the Dr Reeves appointment by former Federal Court Judge Deirdre O’Connor.

Andrew Constance Member for Bega

“Health Minister Reba Meagher […]

Brenan Nelson pulls out of National Policy Commission to develop innovative proposals to improve the provision of housing in remote Indigenous communities

Brendan Nelson

Brendan Nelson
Mr Rudd phoned me earlier today and we had a discussion about the Indigenous policy commission for housing. I wish to inform you that Mr Rudd has decided not to accept the […]

22nd May 2008. Kevin Rudd - Prime Minister
The Australian Government will establish a National Policy Commission to develop innovative proposals to improve the provision of housing in remote Indigenous communities.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

In my National Apology speech I committed the Government to the creation of a forum to develop solutions to the problem of overcrowding, […]

May 21, 2008
The Bega Valley Shire Council received 31 written submissions on its the draft 2008-11 Management Plan with 23 opposing the proposed general rate increase of 9.33 per cent.

Mayor Tony Allen

There were five submissions calling for Council to do more to have the large areas of State Forest and National Park in the […]