The bureaucratic lunatics have taken over the asylum…
“CONCERNS ABOUT HEPBURN SHIRE LOCAL LAWS
More than 120 people attended a special Hepburn Shire council meeting before Christmas to present their concerns to councilors about Local Laws #2. The new local laws prohibit salvaging materials from the local tip to repurpose, the selling of produce from your farm gate, and the picking of wild apples on public land. These are just some of the activities prohibited, or requiring a permit, in Council’s proposed updated version. Permits may be required for community gatherings in local halls, such as our cfa morning tea, if the Shire adopts new definitions of ‘event’ and ‘public place’. Permits are currently required for major events in public places such as festivals, but under the new definitions an event will now also include ‘social gathering,’ and a ‘public place’ is any park, road, licensed venue, community hall, school, church, market or sports ground. Many submissions have been lodged with the shire and Councillors are expected to make a decision by mid-February. If you want more information go to the website: hepburncommunity.org and if you have concerns about these local laws speak or write to your ward councilors.” (Chronicle, January 2020)
