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MP HITS TOWN PAR Written by Michelle Thomas
With a public hearing scheduled this week, the community is still divided on the Roxby Downs Plan Amendment Report. In town to speak about local issues, State Member for Giles, Lyn Breuer, added her concerns to Roxby’s Community Board, residents and local business people over the way the highly controversial PAR has been handled. “I’m concerned that due process has not been followed,” Ms Breuer, who polices PARs for the State Government, said. “As Chair of The Environment Resources and Development Committee, which is responsible for checking PARS, I have some understanding of what is involved. “If necessary I will absent myself from the Chair in this case, while this PAR is being considered. “There are some issues that may have to be addressed,” she said. Ms Breuer said she had received a number of submissions and comments from community members regarding the lack of consultation prior to the PAR. “Decisions appear to have been made without consulting the community and the parties involved,” Ms Breuer said. “I’m concerned about the lack of information going into the community, it’s extremely important in these situa-
tions that full consultation is given to all sectors,” she said. An opinion shared by the Roxby Downs Community Board. “In regard to community consultation, it would have been preferable that Planning SA had communicated with the Community Board, or more directly with the community of Roxby Downs prior to and during the development of this PAR,” Chairperson Chris Schultz said in a submission to Planning SA on behalf of the Board and Forums. The submission cited a lack of effective community space, a lack of car parking, especially near the schools, a lack of environmental focus, the rezoning of several key community areas as ‘Educational’ and the rezoning of Tutop Street to exclude small retail shops as key concerns. It also strenuously objected to the proposed relocation of the Community Club. “We object to the rezoning of the area currently occupied by the Roxby Downs Community Club,” Mr Schultz said. “The Community Club is a non profit, community owned facility which invests all profits back into the community. “The competing facility, the Roxby Downs Tavern, located in the centre of town and not affected by the PAR, is owned by a non-local corporation and its profits all flow out of Roxby Downs,” Continued on Page 4 he said.
Volume 4, Thursday 5th July, 2007
Above: Sturt Desert Pea’s flowering in the local area.
Arid Recovery have prepared some interesting information on our emblem, the Sturt Desert Pea. Story on Page 2.