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Never let Walker Corp. forget who owns Ralphs Bay!

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Report from Hobart Airport - 15km NE of Ralphs Bay

Temperature: 6°C (43°F)
Feels Like: 6°C (42°F)
Dew Point: 4°C (39°F)
Humidity: 87.2%
Barometer: 1017 hPa (30.03 in. Hg)
Sky Conditions: mostly cloudy
Conditions: light showers of rain
Wind: from the NW at 3 knts
Visibility: greater than 10 km (greater than 6.2 mi)
Last Updated: 07/07/2008 6:00 am

Save Ralphs Bay Inc.

Mustering for early morning protest at Ralphs Bay. Friday, June 27th 08

Save Ralphs Bay Inc. (SRB) is a community action group with a strong regional support base. SRB was formed in March 2004 in response to the Walker Corporation's proposal to excavate the Ralphs Bay Conservation Area at Lauderdale and construct a canal style housing estate in the bay.

SRB's constitutional objectives are to oppose this and any other inappropriate developments at Ralphs Bay, to work towards enhanced protection of the natural, aesthetic and community values of Ralphs Bay and to promote an approach to coastal planning in Tasmania that will prevent future inappropriate developments in coastal areas.

SRB provides well researched information to appropriate bodies and maintains an open information base for supporters with up-to-date information on the progress of decision making regarding the proposal.

In support of its stated objectives, SRB has networked widely, researched many issues and maintained a strong public information campaign through media liaison, public information evenings with expert speakers, community expo days, rallies in City Hall, information stalls in the community and at the Coast to Coast Conference, newsletters, political lobbying at all governmental levels and preparation of numerous submissions.

SRB was the Community Groups Project winner for the 2005 Dr. Edward Hall Environment Awards and was inducted into the Hobart City Council Hall of Fame.

This web site holds information pertaining to Save Ralphs Bay Inc. activities since its inception in 2004. To locate information, check the Site Navigation menu above or scroll for chronological postings.

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

In we go!

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In we go!


Posted by Lang Webmaster on 17/11/04
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join us!

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50 plus and growing. Please join us at parliament!


Posted by Lang Webmaster on 17/11/04
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Tuesday, November 16, 2004

::: MEDIA ADVISORY ::: Walker plan debate in Parliament today.

written by: SRB Inc.

Members and supporters of Save Ralphs Bay Inc will gather at Parliament House in Hobart at 4.00 p.m. today (Wednesday 17/11/04) to hear their elected representatives debate – for the first time - the Walker plan for the Ralphs Bay Conservation

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Posted by Lang Webmaster on 16/11/04
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Thursday, November 04, 2004

GREETINGS FROM THE NEW TASMANIA - Ralphs Bay: A Conservation Area in name only?

written by: Cassy O'Connor - SRB Inc.

Sydney-based Walker Corporation plans to construct an 800 home, 200 berth canal estate and marina inside the Ralphs Bay Conservation Area at Lauderdale, Tasmania.  The developer acknowledges a strong community backlash, but with a projected $400 million in the equation, it’s hoping to convince the Lennon Government to grant Project of State Significance Status to the Ralphs Bay Village Project.

Walker Corp has its eyes on Ralphs Bay in part because in NSW their proposal would be ILLEGAL.  Canal estates have been found to cause the destruction of wetland and mangrove habitats, wildlife mortality, declining fisheries, poor water quality, rising acid-sulphate soils, loss of public access and the list goes on.

We have learned that money talks with brash insistence in the New Tasmania; that community groups like SRB Inc will not be given space in Premier Lennon’s diary, while Lang Walker and his business confidante, Labor’s Mr Fixit, Graham Richardson can waltz right in to that eleventh floor suite.

In the New Tasmania, Ralphs Bay is a Conservation Area in name only.....

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Posted by Lang Webmaster on 04/11/04
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Letters: “There are plenty of us, from all parts of the state”

written by: Raena Armitage - Glenorchy, Tasmania

A letter from Raena Armitage - Glenorchy, Tasmania
Printed in the Hobart Mercury, Nov 3, 2004.

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