On 21 November 2017
at Clarence Valley Council’s ordinary monthly meeting Mayor
Jim Simmons, Deputy Mayor Jason Kingsley and Crs. Richie Williamson, Arthur
Lysaught, and Andrew Baker voted in effect to open council’s doors to
the cruise ship industry by indicating in principal support for the Port of
Yamba to be a designated cruise ship destination, with the possibility of
establishing an international cruise ship terminal within the Clarence River
estuary.
The debate in the
chamber indicated that councillors received a number of emails on this subject
from valley residents and that the majority of these expressed concerns about
this Berejiklian Government proposal.
However, community
concern was virtually ignored by both council administration and this group of
five councillors hell-bent on doing Sydney's bidding after Nationals MP
for Clarence Chris Gulaptis had reportedly lobbied on behalf of the proposal.
As usual Cr. Baker
excelled himself when it came to the number of inaccurate statements he could
pack into his participation in debate.
Concerned Iluka and
Yamba residents now await this…….
Facebook, ABC North Coast, 21 November 2017:
Billy Walker The Yaegl Traditional Owners
Aboriginal Corporation held a meeting last week where this issue was raised.
Keep an eye out for our response in the local papers in the next week or so.
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