-----Original Message----- From: Webcentral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 7 September 2000 > >"Out of sight -out of mind " approach to Townsville park people is no >solution - says ATSIC > >ATSIC 's Townsville Regional Council Chairman, Mr Eddie Smallwood, says >Townsville Council's decision to lock park people out of their camping spots >won't work. > >"This out of sight - out of mind " stuff is no solution at all. This is a >tactic from the Dark Ages, not the solution that is expected or needed in >the 2Ist century, " he said. > >Mr Smallwood said it was "extraordinary" that the Council had not consulted >anyone other than the Police, nor had it even debated the decision. > >He said that if the Council did not change its "unilateral and medieval " >approach to the parks issue, it ran the risk of making Townsville the focus >of "negative international media scrutiny and even ridicule" during the >Olympics. > >"The council has not even consulted its own Elders Committee, or discussed >it with a local response Task Force, which has been working on this issue." > >The local response group includes the Premier's representative in North >Queensland, local MLA Mike Reynolds, ATSIC and a range of other agencies. > >Mr Smallwood called for Mr Reynolds to call an urgent meeting between the >Task Force and the Council to develop a workable long-term solution. > >He said ATSIC and indigenous Elders and community representatives would >continue make a constructive contribution. > >"We have always recognised the need for a workable long term solution to >this. This issue is bigger than just the council going it alone. But the >council has to have the commitment to doing that too ", he said. > >Media Contact: Mr Eddie Smallwood, Chair Townsville Regional Council of >ATSIC 0417 605 397 > >Craig Sproule > >A/g Executive Program Manager >National Media & Marketing Office - ATSIC >Ph: 02 6121 4952 >Fax: 02 6282 2854 >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ------------------------------------------------------ RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
