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2015
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Emergency call for cash to ease cliff peril THE state government will be asked urgently to pay for safety measures at Tassells Cove, Safety Beach, where cliff erosion is endangering children who ignore a restricted area to play in “caves� formed at the foot of the unstable clay. The problem was highlighted by Cr Graham Pittock as an item of urgent business at Mornington Peninsula Shire’s 14 October meeting. Councillors voted to “immediately� seek “redress from the Crown due to sea processes causing this emergency in order for rectifying the situation�; to get legal advice; to investigate the danger as a priority; and to ensure the safety of the public. “The cost of not doing anything is going to be horrendous,� Cr Pittock told the meeting, referring to the danger of cliff collapse. The beach has been designated leash-free for dogs and is rarely desreted. The eroding cliffs are also a popular back drop for wedding photographers, especially at sunset. The unstable coast north of Tassells Cove has a history of collapse with the Esplanade between Safety Beach and Mt Martha being closed for lengthy periods in recent years due to landslides and subsidence. There are cracks in the bitumen along the length of the Esplanade and VicRoads has stated that it has a monitoring prgram in place. David Harrison
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Tensions rise as MP calls ‘cut’ Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au TENSIONS between activist group GetUp and Environment Minister Greg Hunt rose another notch last week over filming of a demonstration outside his Hastings office. Freelance cameraman Brett Tyley says a “dressing down� from Mr Hunt “was intimidating, rude and unprofes-
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sional for a man that holds that office�. Tyley says Mr Hunt, the Liberal MP for Flinders, objected to being filmed addressing a crowd of protesters even though it was Mr Hunt “that walked into the front of the crowd who I was there to film as part of my job�. “I was shocked at this as it is very unusual to be addressed as a cameraman. I was filming in a public space of which he had walked into and, thirdly, I have previously filmed Mr Hunt in
identical circumstances where it was actually welcomed.� Tyley’s account of the confrontation during GetUp’s demonstration to protect the Great Barrier Reef was posted on social media. Mr Hunt, when asked to comment on Mr Tyley’s claims, said he understood the “passion of the local community� to protect the Great Barrier Reef. “On Thursday, a meeting was organised with a small group of GetUp rep-
resentatives and local residents at my office to discuss their concerns about the reef and climate change,� he said. “I was not notified that there would also be a large crowd outside the office, however I took the opportunity to speak with them. I then invited them all inside the office and about 30 people took up this invitation to chat with me and I spent more than an hour with them.� (See “Reef protection�, Letters Page 10)
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Tyley, who has worked for television networks Ten, Nine and the ABC, says Mr Hunt’s reaction to being filmed was something “I have never encountered before on any level from anyone else�. After being told by Mr Hunt to stop filming, Tyley says he “politely asked� for permission, although he knew he did not need to do so as the demonstration was being conducted in a public place. Continued Page 7
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