STOP PRESS:  Save Ralphs Bay Inc set up its mobile operation at Salamanca Markets on Saturday 23 July, collecting personal messages for the Premier Paul Lennon.

We spoke to hundreds of concerned Tasmanians over the course of the day.  Their feelings range from disbelief, to anger, cynicism and a strong desire to see some evidence the Lennon Government is not profoundly deaf to community concerns.

-Media Release-

The new, ‘modified’ Walker proposal is no more acceptable than the first ambit claim put in by the developer in March last year, Save Ralphs Bay Inc said today.

SRB Inc spokesperson, Cassy O’Connor, said despite its lesser scale, the Lauderdale Quay development proposal is environmentally and economically reckless and should be rejected in the interests of democracy and responsible government.

“No-one should be fooled into believing this is an example of the developer listening to the community.  It is standard modus operandi for big developers to present a proposal – which was never Plan A – to provoke a huge response, then go back to what they basically planned for all along and pretend to have taken on board concerns.

“If Walker Corporation had really listened to what Tasmanians are saying about what they want for their future, it would understand we don’t want or need the Gold Coast spoiling our coastline.

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