Redland City Reporter

Redlands area State Election results
We review the recent State election results in the Redlands area. Implications for local and Federal elections in 2016, including the Federal seat of Bowman currently held by Andrew Laming, are also discussed.
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City Plan 2015 and the community
High density housing in the wrong place is a result of bad town planning. Redlands2030 identifies things that the Redland City Council should be doing now to prepare the community for consultation about the new planning scheme, City Plan 2015.
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Politics of mining on North Stradbroke
The economic benefits of sand mining have been overstated for political reasons according to Howard Guille. In a follow up post "The economics of Sand Mining" he examines the number of Straddie residents who work in sand mining.
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Seeney leaves Labor a quarry quandry
Jeff Seeney approved the Mt Cotton superquarry despite significant opposition from the community, the local council and  various LNP politicans.
Now the local community wants an inquiry into the superquarry's approval as part of Labor's return to "integrity and accountability".
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Redland City Council and the secret IRG
Redland City Council's marketing material mentions the Industry Reference Group (IRG).  Why won't the Council make publicly available the purpose, membership and meeting minutes of the IRG?
Open for business, but not for the community!
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“The Salad Bowl”
A short poem by Colin Williams about the loss of good farming land to urban sprawl, in the Redlands. Here is a sample:

Building approvals everywhere
A free-for-all without a care
The developers won’t be appeased
‘Til every inch of land is seized
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Information about Redlands2030 is available here.