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The Moorabool News – 16 November, 2021 Page 13
Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, The October 26 edition (M/News – Landowners’ welcome entry) carried some false information about the rights of some alleged corporations under the 'Electricity Industry Act (2000) to access property. All Landowners in Australia who hold property are in fact 'Proprietors of an Estate in Fee Simple'. The rights attached to this form of Land Ownership provide that the Proprietor can exclude any and all persons from entering upon the land. This includes the Queen, but particularly includes Council officers and other pests. The police may enter BUT MUST be in possession of a Search Warrant. Regardless of what the Government legislates, it has NO POWER to remove the rights of ownership possessed by the proprietor of an estate in Fee Simple. The High Court case: 'Plenty vs Dillon', in about 1991, reconfirmed the rights of Proprietors. Earlier in the virus epidemic, there was a raid in Miners Rest, where a home was raided by the cops looking for some advertising stuff. The cops had a search warrant to justify their outrage. If anyone wants your land, they can buy it off you. They cannot force you to sell. The provisions of Fee Simple is also that if the CROWN wants your land they CAN resume it, BUT they MUST pay you compensation. In the case of an electricity line, the government might try to bully you, but they cannot resume your land under its authority as the CROWN, and then give it to a corporation. The Electricity System was sold Lock, Stock and Barrel, in the 1990s, so it is a private corporation. There are plenty of transmission line reserves in Victoria where underground cables could be installed. These reserves are already existing, so why not use them? Your story was another example in a long line of bullying examples from a bullying government and the solution is simple; just use the Ballot box when you next get the chance. Paul Rumpf Bacchus Marsh
Dear Editor, Many comments have been made by residents of Bacchus Marsh in relation to the proposed roundabout to be placed at the intersection of Main Street and Grant St/ Gisborne Rd. Some time ago someone spoke to a businessperson on that corner and the plan for a roundabout was 'hatched'. Clearly no REAL study was made of its feasibility. Without a North-South By-pass around the centre of Bacchus Marsh, the volume of heavy vehicles, even roadtrains, has increased alarmingly and most of us motorists can only shudder in disbelief. However, given we are stuck without a By-Pass, at least a roundabout keeps a fair flow of traffic. Traffic lights there will see a bank-up of traffic, huge trucks included which can stall traffic as far as the Hospital or the swimming pool waiting for a traffic light cycle. Traffic in Bacchus Marsh would end up worse than it is now. Is the plan for lights a 'DONE DEAL' or a proposal waiting for a feasibility study? And, as was pointed out in a letter last week, the removal of the Bottle Trees would be criminal destruction of something unique. Bacchus Marsh urgently needs a North/South By-Pass to take heavy vehicles away from the centre of our town, NOT traffic lights. And speaking of traffic problems, lucky the 'servo' on the corner of Gisborne Road and Clifton Drive is not operational yet. Residents of Clifton Drive, myself included, are already using other roads to get home, let alone when the (unnecessary) petrol outlet is open for business. Lastly, years ago the protest for a bypass road was the taking down of trees in the Avenue of Honor as Woolpack Road would have been an ideal location for such a bypass. Thanks to last week's storm, three huge trees came down. Perhaps now this option could be revisited - or is that too logical? It could solve many traffic problems in Bacchus Marsh. I'm keeping my fingers crossed (or are we residents too optimistic?). Christel Russell Bacchus Marsh
Age well, live well Are you over 50 years of age? If so, Moorabool Shire Council wants to hear from you on how to make Moorabool a wonderful place to age in. The ‘Age Well Live Well Strategy 2022 - 2025’ will provide a plan for how Council can meet the needs of older Mooraboolites over the next four years, and community input will be vital. Council is running a survey on its website until 7 December, asking residents who are 50 and older their thoughts on a range of factors such as housing options, personal mobility, and accessible events and services. Participants are also asked what could be improved, with both a list of services and factors, and a text box to type any additional comments or suggestions. To take part in the survey, visit www.moorabool. engagementhub.com.au and click ‘Age Well Live Well Strategy 2022 – 2025’. A draft strategy will be created in January 2022 and exhibited in March, before being finalised in April next year.
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