I HAVE contacted John Cobb expressing my concerns about his stated approval of the proposal by the federal government to short-list a property at Sallys Flat for the disposal of nuclear waste.
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I worked with the Rural Fire Service during the outbreak of bird flu at the Mangrove Mountain area in 1999.
The method of disposal of the birds, which were killed, was to bag them in heavy-duty plastic and bury them in, again, heavy duty plastic-lined shipping containers on the mountain. At the time this was considered the most effective way to do it.
Since then, there have been reports of the containers leaking resulting in contamination of the surrounding properties.
I understand from the Sydney Morning Herald and again from the CWD that the owner of the property in question volunteered his property for this use. Also, in the CWD there are reports that the mayor of Bathurst and nearby property owners knew of the short-listing of his property when they had phone calls from the media.
Why did this property owner not have the intestinal fortitude to tell his council and neighbours of the offer he had made to the government? Was he afraid of the backlash that has resulted, and rightly so?
Also, on a different subject - Boo to the lady who said that council should pull the hybrid tea roses out of the centre of Anson Street and replace them with floribundas. The hybrid teas are out now and are a magnificent sight.
Mary Grocott,
Orange