Recent News....
Mike Davies
1947 - 2010
|
Sad passing of Mike Davies
Mike Davies, friend and co-founder of Stoneville Progress Association and Save Perth Hills Inc., passed away Friday the 29th January after a seven month battle with cancer.
Mike was a tough and tireless crusader for the environment in Western Australia. In the early 1990's, he helped lead a campaign to save what is now the Hepburn Heights Reserve from development in the northern suburbs. In 2005 he fought developers and the Shire of Mundaring to a standstill over the proposed Stoneville and Parkerville townsites. He leaves his wife, his daughter and his mother.
A Memorial Service will be held 11:45 AM, Friday, 5 February, at Bowra & O'Dea Chapel, 131 Great Eastern Highway, Bellevue (Midland)
|
Port Bouvard Going Bust?
The developer is $70 million in debt and has suspended trading on the ASX. This should delay development of their Gidgegannup property. Just before trading was suspended their previous chairman sold 1.16 million shares, which isn't a good sign for the future of the company. The current CEO's are shopping for new investors, and emphasized the need for obtaining development approvals as a way of getting out of debt.
Parkerville Meeting on Waste Incinerator
A public meeting organised with representatives from the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council (EMRC) to discuss the proposed waste incinerator will be held on November 26 at 7 pm at the Parkerville Hall. Come, listen and respond to the proposals the EMRC is putting forward for the disposal of waste at Red Hill. There could be implications in terms of toxic air pollution not only for residents in the Hills but further east into the farming communities and westward over the city. This is an issue close to us all in the Hills.
Wake Up Call for the EMRC
The people of Perth owe thanks to the Stoneville-Parkerville Progress Assoc., the Gidgegannup Progress Assoc., Save Perth Hills Inc., and about fifty members of the community who attended the monthly EMRC meeting Thursday night, 27 Aug., putting the EMRC on notice that Perth doesn't want a toxic waste incinerator built anywhere close to the city. Read More...
Toxic Incinerator Coming To Perth!
The EMRC (Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council) is planning to build a high-risk waste
incinerator at Red Hill on the edge of the scarp above Midland. It will be capable of putting
out a toxic plume that will be carried by the winds across the Hills, the Perth Metro Area, the
Avon Valley and far beyond; polluting backyards, veg gardens, agricultural lands, rainwater tanks, and the River.
Read More... [NB: Download the Press Release in PDF format 204KB] **PRESS RELEASE**
Echo newspaper Article 15 August 2009
A slight but important correction to this story: the FOI was not directed against Cardno BSD or the Perth Diocesan Trust, rather it was filed against the Shire of Mundaring who was forced to deny us a copy of the report due to Cardno BSD's insistence of copyright. Cardno BSD was working for the PDT
Save Perth Hills Scores a WIN!
The WA Planning Commission has turned down the Request For Lifting Urban Deferred Zone for the controversial Stoneville and Parkerville developments in the Shire of Mundaring. Read more....
What was in the Cardno Report?
Very little. It was heavy on platitudes, light on plans. It was a bit of a disappointment, really, after the 6 month FOI action, we expected better. Read more....
Save
Perth Hills Videos on YouTube View
more
To view many of the documents
on this site you will need a PDF reader, such as
Adobe Acrobat PDF
Reader [download
it here].
|
Illegal trailbikes on Heritage Trail
...as seen on "Today Tonight, Channel 7". Click on image to view video!
Do
you know these guys?
If you recognise
the people in these pics,
send an anonymous e-mail to info@saveperthhills.org
and we'll send it and their photos on to the Ranger.
Not all trailbike hoons are blokes. These young
ladies were caught riding on the Heritage Trail in Parkerville
on Wed, 28 January at 3 pm. Probably on their way to Sam
Druckers for lollies. Do you know them?
 
Hills Issues
Hills Issues umbrellas issues regarding
developments in the regions across The Perth Hills and
Darling Scarp. More will be added as they come to light.
If you feel an issue or group should be included please
contact us: info@saveperthhills.org
Click on a region
PHP
Indicative Boundary Map
More
maps
Share
Your Local Issues
We're looking for local
corespondents from our readers in the Shires of Chittering,
Mundaring, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Kalamunda, Armadale
and the Cities of Swan and Gosnells. If you have a Hills-related
issue you'd like to report on, please write it up and
send it to:: info@saveperthhills.org
|
