November 7, 2024 • 20 mins
Here is The Mayor on Air from 1st November. In this edition, Mayor Pitt addressed a question about Council workers in Zeehan and the conditions of gutters and streets.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, well, it's time for this week's edition of
(00:02):
The Mayor on Air, and joining us now in the
studio is our good Mayor Shane Pitt. This morning, get
a sir, how you going?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Yeah good? Thanks Scoto, how are you?
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Yeah? Pretty good for a Friday. All right now, I've
got one question for you this afternoon, or something that
a listener wants to bring to your attention. So I'll
just read what this person has put in our on
our website this week. What is wrong with the town
maintenance people in Zen? All they seem to do is
drive around all day in the little truck. Are those
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shovels and brooms welded to the back of the truck
or haven't they been to do a course on how
to use them? The gutters and curbs all around town
are a disgrace, especially Parkinson Street area. Stormwater drains are
covered in debris all over town, plus gravel on roads
and drive driveways. Be good to see them out of
the truck and using said tools. Also the guttering and
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stormwater near Stitt River in Rosebery. Maybe council bosses need
to do a driver around and in all towns on
the West Coast and see for themselves what a disgrace
it is. Will be good to see some results.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Yeah, we'll take that one on notice. And it's good
that the resident has brought these areas to our attention.
You know. The the workers don't drive around looking for issues,
as to say, but you know they do. They've got
a work plan that they do work through. And it
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may not be at the stage that them drains and
gardens are at the time of the year that to
be cleaned, but if there is any drains or anything
like that that residents do come across, that's why I've
got to work work order process that they can put
a work order in, submit a work order to try
and get that rectified. So I'll take that on notice
(01:52):
and put the work request in for them. But they
can do them, yeah, online or even just call the
the office and the girls and the at the front
desk will put a work request for them. But I'll
take them ones on notice and put that work request
for that resident. And you know, our team leaders are
(02:17):
always out and about around our communities looking for issues
of bait, you know, and I guess if these aren't
a safety issue, they will, you know, they maybe need
a little bit of extra time to get around to them,
but they certainly will. We'll take that on board and
(02:37):
make sure that the guys are doing as best a
job they can. And we must admit that, you know,
winter hasn't been real kind to us this year, but
hopefully with the the dry months coming up and a
bit more lenient, whether we might be able to get
out and get a lot more of this work done
that the reason has brought up.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
That's the other thing. Isn't it weather?
Speaker 2 (03:01):
It is, it is, but you know we do get
breaks in the weather as well, so the guys can
be out there at working, which they do, and you know,
it's we need to take that on board as well,
and we'll certainly address the issues of that resident has
brought up.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Okay, great, all right, now we want to move on. Obviously,
there was a pretty disappointing well non decision really that
the Environment Minister Tenure Pleverzik has made in relation to
Macquarie Harbor and the more gen skate.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Yes, so push out another twelve months before she makes
the decision or after the election is disappointing. We'd like
to see the industry we know now and for the
positive too, that we'd like to see the industry stay
in the harbor, and we always said that the industry
and the margerie skate can both co exist in the harbor.
(03:58):
So yes, So it is disappointing and it's disappointing from
those workers down there and Strawn.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Well, it's disappointing for everybody. It's even disappointing for those
who are against it as well. I mean this does nothing,
this non decision.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Really yeah it does. But one thing it does do,
I guess it gives the scientists a bit more time
to look at the information that's on board and some
of the you know, they find that I guess they're
finally taken on board that the information that they've been
given is probably not all correct when you look at
they're saying that between you know, twenty and one hundred
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Majerian skates in the harbor. Well, we we've seen photos
of four skate under one of the fish pins, just
for so you know, that means the size of Macquarie Harbor.
For Ford to be in a small footprint like that,
there's got to be more than one hundred skate in
the harbor. And they're finally taken that on board and
(04:55):
I guess you know, it is disappointing that the Minister
hasn't made a decision this far, but unless it is
positive also that you know, they are not going to
shut the industry down. We're through not listening to the
true science and only listening to those minority groups in
(05:17):
inner Melbourne and in a Sydney which you know that's
where they Bob Brown Foundation is getting a lot of
their they're pushed from and it's not the Tasmania Middlely.
You know, we've seen some protests recently down there in
hav Art with the in front of the well. It
was Hill Street a little while ago and now it's
(05:39):
with Woolworths. So you know, it's disappointing that these people,
I don't know what they're going to wreck the Bob
Brown Foundation. People are going to eat because sooner or later,
well you know we'll be eating just just vegetables, I guess,
because that's all will be left, and sooner or later
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in a way that they want to stop that industry
as well. So you know, it's when you look at
what salmon does to our diet, it's one it's it's
it's great for people's health. So you know, it's something
which we need, and it's well World War known that
you know, salmon and fish is one of our most
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stable diets.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
I mean a couple of weeks ago, wasn't it they
said that that the waters of Macquarie Harbor are in
good shape and it's not killing off them more gin
scated at a rate. So a while all of a sudden,
are we're getting these further answers in relation to more
research that says otherwise.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Yeah, well, I guess when you know, I guess serve
when you when you talk about them. Think that's probably
why the scientific committees may decide that they need more time,
because I've they've learned all these new things are coming out.
The harbor has improved, The health of the harbor has improved.
It's been its best it's been since maybe before twenty twelve,
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so twenty ten I think the last time that the
harbor has been so so healthy. So you know it
is it's on the way back. And that's that's to
do with a lot with what the industry has done
around the oxidization plant, pumping oxygen into the water. That's
(07:27):
assisted with the health of the harbor and we've also
seen it. You know, recently we've had a lot of
heavy rain which has washed a lot of the I
guess that heavy metals that are in the Queen and
King rivers, it's assisted in diluting them that acid mind
drainage as well. So there's a lot of things that
(07:48):
they need to be taking into account. So, you know,
it's it is disappointing that the Minister has pushed out
another twelve months. It's another Christmas that these farm workers
and their children down there at Straw and exactly have
to go through not knowing what their future.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
And that's who I feel sorry for. That's where my
heart is at this point in time, is with the
workers because there's down here in industry, there's always a
little bit of an unknown factor. And when we saw
what happened with the z In mine, et cetera, you know,
and it happened in such a quick space of time,
I just, yeah, I just feel for the workers.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Yeah. Well, it's one thing that I guess the West
Coast is renowned for is bouncing back. You know, we
have the ups and downs, and that's what that's what
mining industry is all about, Like it is ups and downs.
It flows with the world economy and the price of
metals around the world. But with one good thing that
we're seen in recent years is that all our minerals
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here on the West Coast are classified as critical minerals
which are required for the renewable energy market, which is
great because that allows the industry or the market to
be more buoyant and the price is to stay reasonable
for a lot longer period of time. So which helps
the mining industry. But you know, when when you look
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at the the aquaculture industry, it's one of them industries
that you know, we thought that we wouldn't have an
issue with that. Everyone needs to eat and as we
mentioned before, fish is a stable diet. It is and
we all need and you know, and it's one of
them things that when when you look at the salmon,
it's and it's grown. It's not a natural So we're
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not removing that natural animal or fish away from our
seas like a lot of other fishing does. It's grown
as in a farming situation. So absolutely so it is
important that we, you know, we try and capture and
keep these industries on the West Coast. You know, we
have gone through a stage of trying to First of all,
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our economy move away from has been reliant on mining
and aquaculture, but with tourism as well, with different things
like adventure tourism and things that you know, which are
now the go to tourism activities. I guess you could
say for a lot of people. But we'll still continue
to work on it, and we can see arts and
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culture have moved into our community as well. Yeah, so
there's a lot of things we're doing or trying to
do to try and smooth out our economy, which is working,
but we also want to make sure that we keep
what we've got now and keep them people that have
made straw in their home middle. You know, there is
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still some driving drive out workers down there, but majority
of them strong residents or West Coast residents, not just
strawng But you know, we want to make and at
the moment they don't know where their life's heading exactly.
You know, they want us a lot of you know,
we've heard from a local recently. He's one of the
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workers down there. He's someone wants to house so budd
He's you know, he's been tired at this stage just
to hold off because you don't know what the future
is coming, and you know that's hard for these for
these young people, so it is. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Now, look, I appreciate you speaking about this and keeping
the sort of conversation really wide open. I think you've
put some positivity there into it as well, and thank
you for sharing that story as well. This is Mere
on air with our Mayor Shane Pitt. Let's head into
some other council information and reminding people about the annual
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curbside collection.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
Yeah, so we're conducting the next by and your curbside
pickup is on twelfth and thirteenth of November, So if
anyone would like to register to get some some of
their items picked up on them days, please make sure
that you've registered by five pm Friday, the eighth of November,
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so we can organize you to get that on the list.
So some of the things that we can collect as furniture,
electrical appliants, as green waste, but that must be bundled
and one car body. So if anyone out there has
got an old car they want to get rid of,
here's your opportunity. Rather than trying to get it to
the tip yourself, the transportations yourself it's an opportunity. But
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some of the things we can't pick up through save
health and safety reasons is broken glass especials, fuels and oils, tires, soil, concrete,
gas bottles, paintings.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
Yeah great, all right, so there we go. That's coming
up again. So just take all that into account, all right.
West Coast Spirit Awards.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
Yeah, so nominations to still open scurvo for that, they
close on the twenty second in November, so you know,
just over well twenty two days a matter of fact.
So if anyone out there feels that there's someone in
our community that's warrants a nomination for this this outstanding award,
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please contact Community Consultation at West Coast dot TAZ, dot
dot AU or drop in the office and pick up
an application form. But it is an opportunity for us
to recognize those individuals that do a hell of a
lot for our community volunteers. And also it could even
been a group out there scurve or even an event
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that's running through front of our community. So we've over
the you know, over the the journey, we've seen some
great events here on the West Coast have been recognized
with the GEM and Mineral fear Over and zine, and
the Lakebury Fishing comp and then the Strong Picny you know,
just to name a few, and then some of the
organizations that we've had in the community that have been recognized.
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So we've had the Queenstand Crows a few few years
ago now, and the Lions Clubs around the West Coast
have been recognized for their work over the years. So yeah,
it's an opportunity. And we've had a lot of individuals
as well.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
Yeah, yeah, exactly which.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
Do tremendous job and if it wasn't for our volunteers,
a lot of things wouldn't get done in our community.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Absolutely, we want to because we volunteers ourselves obviously with
the Lions Clubs, so we want to make sure that
not just ourselves, but we're aware of a lot of
volunteers that around the community. So certainly, yeah, it's important
for people to be recognized, but only for the I think,
you know, this is something else. This is what I'm
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trying to get at, is that volunteers are still needed
and a lot of people have been volunteering for many
years and there's a shortage of volunteers. So we need
to make sure we as volunteers ourselves. We need to
promote how important volunteers are.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Oh exactly, and you know we need to we need
to try and entice some of our youth in our
community exactly to get back into the volunteering as well.
So you know, even if there's a young person out
there done some tremendous jobs you work for our communities,
please nominate them as well, exactly, because we do. We
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have changed it over the years, so we used to
have a senior and then a Junior award, but now
it's just the West Coast Pirit Awards and we just
don't have one in each category. That could be multiple
depending on what what we see is you know, if
they are relevant, so ye for recognition. So you know,
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it's an opportunity there to nominate those people that are
doing great things in our community.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
And by saying all that, I'm not trying to get
you to give me.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
A West Coast Spirit Award.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
I'm just saying that I know it's wonderful to volunteer
and to be able to play a part, but I
know as well in the voluntary sector that there are
some amazing volunteers out there.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
Oh there is there is right across the west coast.
With the organization we're involved in, we you know, we
get to be mixed up with people from Rosebury and
Zane and you know even Strawn comes under the Queenstown
Lions Club banner. We used to have a strawng resident
down there that was part of the Lions Club, but
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he's retired as such. But you know there's still a
lot of a lot of people out there that do
some great things.
Speaker 1 (16:24):
Absolutely. Yeah, all right, now abatement season. We want to
talk about this again this morning because we've probably been
alerted to the fact that it has even started now
in Hobart. There's been a lot of fires that have
quite a few fires that have been happening down there
just in this last week.
Speaker 2 (16:40):
Yes, no, it is that time of the year, Scovo
when we say every year around this time that you know,
we need to make sure that that long grass around
there are properties, even in town or out of town
that we try and coep it to a sustainable level
and a level that height that's not going to cause
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any issues for your property and others around you. So
and we you know, we will be abating people. We
do every year for situational properties that are out of control.
And we've put the state government on notice too with
state growth that you know, if any of their lean
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that's a vacant land that's overgrown, they will be abated,
as well as some of our our waterways through our towns.
A lot of people think that the councils are responsible
for the waterways in towns. Well we're not. It's a
state growth issue and we have in the past abated
state growth. Well parks and wildlife of course that look
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after the that area part of state growth with regard
to some of our waterways through our towns and some
of the drains, you know, the major drains through the
town so and we've continually are discussing with them about
working with them to try and get these areas cleaned up.
And I guess one of the one of the main
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ones that we see every year that we've were on
their cases, what we know is peace Suit Creek, but
they call it the Zoone Ripult over there at Zoo. Yeah,
it's one of them. It's one of them that's always
overgrown and they've done a little bit of work, but
there needs to be a lot more work done and
of course, you know we've seen over there in Zoo
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recently parks and wildlife have been burning off around the
town to try and remove some of that that the
scrub around the the and the button grass around the
outskirts of Zoo, to try and assist with if there
is a fire outbreak that that can be controlled before
it gets into the town. So absolutely, yeah, and hopefully
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you know, we will continue to work with them on that.
And but you know, for our own point of view
from residents, please you know, look look after your properties.
Make sure that you haven't got long grass around your
house or even you know, woodpile stacked up beside the house.
Speaker 1 (19:14):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely, all right. It's still one position vacant
that you're on the lookout for. It's in Queenstown. It's
been vacant for a while. Actually, I think that a
member for Sillies.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
Yeah, it might be another one. It can't be another person,
but yeah, no, it's that closes Wednesday, the sixth of November,
so long now if anyone's interested in that position, please apply. Yeah, so,
senior resume into careers at West Coast dot TAZ, dot
gov dot AU or mail two careers at PO box
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sixty three Queenstown. So yeah, it's I do opportunity for
someone out there GOO that might be interested in working
with counsel.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
Absolutely. All right, Well that's it for this week. Thank
you very much as all ways, appreciate your time, Maya
Shane Pitt And if you want to ask the Mire
a question on next week's show, make sure you send
it through to via our website Sevenexcess dot com dot au.
Have a good weekend, mate.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
Yeah, same to you, scerb and I guess you know,
hopefully we'll get a good weekend indeed. Yeah, and you're
heading out? Are you staying in town to day?
Speaker 1 (20:21):
I'm not sure? Probably heading out.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
I reckon. It's a long work in this weekend. Yeah,
be aware of the amount of traffic out there people,
so yeah, and have a have a good long week
in for those that are able to partake in the
long work in. Indeed.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
All right, Well this has been that mere on air
for this week and we'll do it again, same night,
same time next week. You're on seven Excess
All right, well, it's time for this week's edition of
(00:02):
The Mayor on Air, and joining us now in the
studio is our good Mayor Shane Pitt. This morning, get
a sir, how you going?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Yeah good? Thanks Scoto, how are you?
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Yeah? Pretty good for a Friday. All right now, I've
got one question for you this afternoon, or something that
a listener wants to bring to your attention. So I'll
just read what this person has put in our on
our website this week. What is wrong with the town
maintenance people in Zen? All they seem to do is
drive around all day in the little truck. Are those
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shovels and brooms welded to the back of the truck
or haven't they been to do a course on how
to use them? The gutters and curbs all around town
are a disgrace, especially Parkinson Street area. Stormwater drains are
covered in debris all over town, plus gravel on roads
and drive driveways. Be good to see them out of
the truck and using said tools. Also the guttering and
(00:54):
stormwater near Stitt River in Rosebery. Maybe council bosses need
to do a driver around and in all towns on
the West Coast and see for themselves what a disgrace
it is. Will be good to see some results.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Yeah, we'll take that one on notice. And it's good
that the resident has brought these areas to our attention.
You know. The the workers don't drive around looking for issues,
as to say, but you know they do. They've got
a work plan that they do work through. And it
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may not be at the stage that them drains and
gardens are at the time of the year that to
be cleaned, but if there is any drains or anything
like that that residents do come across, that's why I've
got to work work order process that they can put
a work order in, submit a work order to try
and get that rectified. So I'll take that on notice
(01:52):
and put the work request in for them. But they
can do them, yeah, online or even just call the
the office and the girls and the at the front
desk will put a work request for them. But I'll
take them ones on notice and put that work request
for that resident. And you know, our team leaders are
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always out and about around our communities looking for issues
of bait, you know, and I guess if these aren't
a safety issue, they will, you know, they maybe need
a little bit of extra time to get around to them,
but they certainly will. We'll take that on board and
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make sure that the guys are doing as best a
job they can. And we must admit that, you know,
winter hasn't been real kind to us this year, but
hopefully with the the dry months coming up and a
bit more lenient, whether we might be able to get
out and get a lot more of this work done
that the reason has brought up.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
That's the other thing. Isn't it weather?
Speaker 2 (03:01):
It is, it is, but you know we do get
breaks in the weather as well, so the guys can
be out there at working, which they do, and you know,
it's we need to take that on board as well,
and we'll certainly address the issues of that resident has
brought up.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Okay, great, all right, now we want to move on. Obviously,
there was a pretty disappointing well non decision really that
the Environment Minister Tenure Pleverzik has made in relation to
Macquarie Harbor and the more gen skate.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Yes, so push out another twelve months before she makes
the decision or after the election is disappointing. We'd like
to see the industry we know now and for the
positive too, that we'd like to see the industry stay
in the harbor, and we always said that the industry
and the margerie skate can both co exist in the harbor.
(03:58):
So yes, So it is disappointing and it's disappointing from
those workers down there and Strawn.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
Well, it's disappointing for everybody. It's even disappointing for those
who are against it as well. I mean this does nothing,
this non decision.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Really yeah it does. But one thing it does do,
I guess it gives the scientists a bit more time
to look at the information that's on board and some
of the you know, they find that I guess they're
finally taken on board that the information that they've been
given is probably not all correct when you look at
they're saying that between you know, twenty and one hundred
(04:34):
Majerian skates in the harbor. Well, we we've seen photos
of four skate under one of the fish pins, just
for so you know, that means the size of Macquarie Harbor.
For Ford to be in a small footprint like that,
there's got to be more than one hundred skate in
the harbor. And they're finally taken that on board and
(04:55):
I guess you know, it is disappointing that the Minister
hasn't made a decision this far, but unless it is
positive also that you know, they are not going to
shut the industry down. We're through not listening to the
true science and only listening to those minority groups in
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inner Melbourne and in a Sydney which you know that's
where they Bob Brown Foundation is getting a lot of
their they're pushed from and it's not the Tasmania Middlely.
You know, we've seen some protests recently down there in
hav Art with the in front of the well. It
was Hill Street a little while ago and now it's
(05:39):
with Woolworths. So you know, it's disappointing that these people,
I don't know what they're going to wreck the Bob
Brown Foundation. People are going to eat because sooner or later,
well you know we'll be eating just just vegetables, I guess,
because that's all will be left, and sooner or later
(06:00):
in a way that they want to stop that industry
as well. So you know, it's when you look at
what salmon does to our diet, it's one it's it's
it's great for people's health. So you know, it's something
which we need, and it's well World War known that
you know, salmon and fish is one of our most
(06:22):
stable diets.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
I mean a couple of weeks ago, wasn't it they
said that that the waters of Macquarie Harbor are in
good shape and it's not killing off them more gin
scated at a rate. So a while all of a sudden,
are we're getting these further answers in relation to more
research that says otherwise.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Yeah, well, I guess when you know, I guess serve
when you when you talk about them. Think that's probably
why the scientific committees may decide that they need more time,
because I've they've learned all these new things are coming out.
The harbor has improved, The health of the harbor has improved.
It's been its best it's been since maybe before twenty twelve,
(07:05):
so twenty ten I think the last time that the
harbor has been so so healthy. So you know it
is it's on the way back. And that's that's to
do with a lot with what the industry has done
around the oxidization plant, pumping oxygen into the water. That's
(07:27):
assisted with the health of the harbor and we've also
seen it. You know, recently we've had a lot of
heavy rain which has washed a lot of the I
guess that heavy metals that are in the Queen and
King rivers, it's assisted in diluting them that acid mind
drainage as well. So there's a lot of things that
(07:48):
they need to be taking into account. So, you know,
it's it is disappointing that the Minister has pushed out
another twelve months. It's another Christmas that these farm workers
and their children down there at Straw and exactly have
to go through not knowing what their future.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
And that's who I feel sorry for. That's where my
heart is at this point in time, is with the
workers because there's down here in industry, there's always a
little bit of an unknown factor. And when we saw
what happened with the z In mine, et cetera, you know,
and it happened in such a quick space of time,
I just, yeah, I just feel for the workers.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Yeah. Well, it's one thing that I guess the West
Coast is renowned for is bouncing back. You know, we
have the ups and downs, and that's what that's what
mining industry is all about, Like it is ups and downs.
It flows with the world economy and the price of
metals around the world. But with one good thing that
we're seen in recent years is that all our minerals
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here on the West Coast are classified as critical minerals
which are required for the renewable energy market, which is
great because that allows the industry or the market to
be more buoyant and the price is to stay reasonable
for a lot longer period of time. So which helps
the mining industry. But you know, when when you look
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at the the aquaculture industry, it's one of them industries
that you know, we thought that we wouldn't have an
issue with that. Everyone needs to eat and as we
mentioned before, fish is a stable diet. It is and
we all need and you know, and it's one of
them things that when when you look at the salmon,
it's and it's grown. It's not a natural So we're
(09:35):
not removing that natural animal or fish away from our
seas like a lot of other fishing does. It's grown
as in a farming situation. So absolutely so it is
important that we, you know, we try and capture and
keep these industries on the West Coast. You know, we
have gone through a stage of trying to First of all,
(09:57):
our economy move away from has been reliant on mining
and aquaculture, but with tourism as well, with different things
like adventure tourism and things that you know, which are
now the go to tourism activities. I guess you could
say for a lot of people. But we'll still continue
to work on it, and we can see arts and
(10:18):
culture have moved into our community as well. Yeah, so
there's a lot of things we're doing or trying to
do to try and smooth out our economy, which is working,
but we also want to make sure that we keep
what we've got now and keep them people that have
made straw in their home middle. You know, there is
(10:38):
still some driving drive out workers down there, but majority
of them strong residents or West Coast residents, not just
strawng But you know, we want to make and at
the moment they don't know where their life's heading exactly.
You know, they want us a lot of you know,
we've heard from a local recently. He's one of the
(10:58):
workers down there. He's someone wants to house so budd
He's you know, he's been tired at this stage just
to hold off because you don't know what the future
is coming, and you know that's hard for these for
these young people, so it is. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Now, look, I appreciate you speaking about this and keeping
the sort of conversation really wide open. I think you've
put some positivity there into it as well, and thank
you for sharing that story as well. This is Mere
on air with our Mayor Shane Pitt. Let's head into
some other council information and reminding people about the annual
(11:32):
curbside collection.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
Yeah, so we're conducting the next by and your curbside
pickup is on twelfth and thirteenth of November, So if
anyone would like to register to get some some of
their items picked up on them days, please make sure
that you've registered by five pm Friday, the eighth of November,
(11:57):
so we can organize you to get that on the list.
So some of the things that we can collect as furniture,
electrical appliants, as green waste, but that must be bundled
and one car body. So if anyone out there has
got an old car they want to get rid of,
here's your opportunity. Rather than trying to get it to
the tip yourself, the transportations yourself it's an opportunity. But
(12:21):
some of the things we can't pick up through save
health and safety reasons is broken glass especials, fuels and oils, tires, soil, concrete,
gas bottles, paintings.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
Yeah great, all right, so there we go. That's coming
up again. So just take all that into account, all right.
West Coast Spirit Awards.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
Yeah, so nominations to still open scurvo for that, they
close on the twenty second in November, so you know,
just over well twenty two days a matter of fact.
So if anyone out there feels that there's someone in
our community that's warrants a nomination for this this outstanding award,
(13:03):
please contact Community Consultation at West Coast dot TAZ, dot
dot AU or drop in the office and pick up
an application form. But it is an opportunity for us
to recognize those individuals that do a hell of a
lot for our community volunteers. And also it could even
been a group out there scurve or even an event
(13:26):
that's running through front of our community. So we've over
the you know, over the the journey, we've seen some
great events here on the West Coast have been recognized
with the GEM and Mineral fear Over and zine, and
the Lakebury Fishing comp and then the Strong Picny you know,
just to name a few, and then some of the
organizations that we've had in the community that have been recognized.
(13:48):
So we've had the Queenstand Crows a few few years
ago now, and the Lions Clubs around the West Coast
have been recognized for their work over the years. So yeah,
it's an opportunity. And we've had a lot of individuals
as well.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
Yeah, yeah, exactly which.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
Do tremendous job and if it wasn't for our volunteers,
a lot of things wouldn't get done in our community.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Absolutely, we want to because we volunteers ourselves obviously with
the Lions Clubs, so we want to make sure that
not just ourselves, but we're aware of a lot of
volunteers that around the community. So certainly, yeah, it's important
for people to be recognized, but only for the I think,
you know, this is something else. This is what I'm
(14:29):
trying to get at, is that volunteers are still needed
and a lot of people have been volunteering for many
years and there's a shortage of volunteers. So we need
to make sure we as volunteers ourselves. We need to
promote how important volunteers are.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Oh exactly, and you know we need to we need
to try and entice some of our youth in our
community exactly to get back into the volunteering as well.
So you know, even if there's a young person out
there done some tremendous jobs you work for our communities,
please nominate them as well, exactly, because we do. We
(15:08):
have changed it over the years, so we used to
have a senior and then a Junior award, but now
it's just the West Coast Pirit Awards and we just
don't have one in each category. That could be multiple
depending on what what we see is you know, if
they are relevant, so ye for recognition. So you know,
(15:30):
it's an opportunity there to nominate those people that are
doing great things in our community.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
And by saying all that, I'm not trying to get
you to give me.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
A West Coast Spirit Award.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
I'm just saying that I know it's wonderful to volunteer
and to be able to play a part, but I
know as well in the voluntary sector that there are
some amazing volunteers out there.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
Oh there is there is right across the west coast.
With the organization we're involved in, we you know, we
get to be mixed up with people from Rosebury and
Zane and you know even Strawn comes under the Queenstown
Lions Club banner. We used to have a strawng resident
down there that was part of the Lions Club, but
(16:17):
he's retired as such. But you know there's still a
lot of a lot of people out there that do
some great things.
Speaker 1 (16:24):
Absolutely. Yeah, all right, now abatement season. We want to
talk about this again this morning because we've probably been
alerted to the fact that it has even started now
in Hobart. There's been a lot of fires that have
quite a few fires that have been happening down there
just in this last week.
Speaker 2 (16:40):
Yes, no, it is that time of the year, Scovo
when we say every year around this time that you know,
we need to make sure that that long grass around
there are properties, even in town or out of town
that we try and coep it to a sustainable level
and a level that height that's not going to cause
(17:01):
any issues for your property and others around you. So
and we you know, we will be abating people. We
do every year for situational properties that are out of control.
And we've put the state government on notice too with
state growth that you know, if any of their lean
(17:24):
that's a vacant land that's overgrown, they will be abated,
as well as some of our our waterways through our towns.
A lot of people think that the councils are responsible
for the waterways in towns. Well we're not. It's a
state growth issue and we have in the past abated
state growth. Well parks and wildlife of course that look
(17:47):
after the that area part of state growth with regard
to some of our waterways through our towns and some
of the drains, you know, the major drains through the
town so and we've continually are discussing with them about
working with them to try and get these areas cleaned up.
And I guess one of the one of the main
(18:09):
ones that we see every year that we've were on
their cases, what we know is peace Suit Creek, but
they call it the Zoone Ripult over there at Zoo. Yeah,
it's one of them. It's one of them that's always
overgrown and they've done a little bit of work, but
there needs to be a lot more work done and
of course, you know we've seen over there in Zoo
(18:30):
recently parks and wildlife have been burning off around the
town to try and remove some of that that the
scrub around the the and the button grass around the
outskirts of Zoo, to try and assist with if there
is a fire outbreak that that can be controlled before
it gets into the town. So absolutely, yeah, and hopefully
(18:53):
you know, we will continue to work with them on that.
And but you know, for our own point of view
from residents, please you know, look look after your properties.
Make sure that you haven't got long grass around your
house or even you know, woodpile stacked up beside the house.
Speaker 1 (19:14):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely, all right. It's still one position vacant
that you're on the lookout for. It's in Queenstown. It's
been vacant for a while. Actually, I think that a
member for Sillies.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
Yeah, it might be another one. It can't be another person,
but yeah, no, it's that closes Wednesday, the sixth of November,
so long now if anyone's interested in that position, please apply. Yeah, so,
senior resume into careers at West Coast dot TAZ, dot
gov dot AU or mail two careers at PO box
(19:47):
sixty three Queenstown. So yeah, it's I do opportunity for
someone out there GOO that might be interested in working
with counsel.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
Absolutely. All right, Well that's it for this week. Thank
you very much as all ways, appreciate your time, Maya
Shane Pitt And if you want to ask the Mire
a question on next week's show, make sure you send
it through to via our website Sevenexcess dot com dot au.
Have a good weekend, mate.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
Yeah, same to you, scerb and I guess you know,
hopefully we'll get a good weekend indeed. Yeah, and you're
heading out? Are you staying in town to day?
Speaker 1 (20:21):
I'm not sure? Probably heading out.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
I reckon. It's a long work in this weekend. Yeah,
be aware of the amount of traffic out there people,
so yeah, and have a have a good long week
in for those that are able to partake in the
long work in. Indeed.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
All right, Well this has been that mere on air
for this week and we'll do it again, same night,
same time next week. You're on seven Excess
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