SRB Media Releases

Members and supporters of Save Ralphs Bay Inc. listened to the debate on the Canal Estates (Prohibition) Bill 2011 in the Tasmanian Parliament from 12.00 midday until 6pm yesterday. 
“It was a great relief when the Canal Estates (Prohibition) Bill 2011 passed at 6pm”, said Save Ralphs Bay spokeswoman, Jane MacDonald.

Download pdf at: http://www.saveralphsbay.org/pdf/SRBMedia15Jun11A.pdf

Today, the lower house of the Tasmanian Parliament will debate the Canal Estates (Prohibition) Bill which was tabled by Planning Minister Bryan Green on March 16 this year.

Download pdf at: http://www.saveralphsbay.org/pdf/SRBMediaRel14Jun11A.pdf

Community and coastal conservation groups today congratulated the Government on accepting
the Tasmanian Planning Commission’s (TPC) advice to reject the Draft State Coastal Policy (DSCP)
and identify options to move forward as a matter of priority.
Download pdf at: http://www.saveralphsbay.org/pdf/ETmedia200511.pdf.

March 17th is the SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY of the Save Ralphs Bay group’s campaign against canal housing estates in Tasmania – and a very special gift has just been delivered by the Tasmanian Government.  The Canal Estates (Prohibition) Bill promised by Premier David Bartlett last year was tabled in the Parliament yesterday.

Download pdf at: http://www.saveralphsbay.org/pdf/SRBMedia17Mar11A.pdf

The Walker Corporation’s additional submission on the Draft Integrated Assessment Report (DIAR) for its proposed canal estate reveals the company’s bafflement and confusion.

Walker Corp. seems unable to conceive that, after reading its almost 7000 page Draft Integrated Impact Statement (DIIS), reading 547 submissions on the DIIS, Proofs of Evidence and Response Proofs and listening to submissions in daily hearings from June 17th – July 17th last year, the Tasmanian Planning Commission had heard enough when it wrote the DIAR.

Download pdf at: http://www.saveralphsbay.org/pdf/SRBMedia30Mar10A.pdf

ELEVEN of the seventeen candidates running in Franklin attended or were represented at the Save Ralphs Bay Candidates Forum in Lauderdale Hall last night.  A lively crowd of Save Ralphs Bay supporters packed the hall, standing three deep at the back.

NONE of the candidates indicated any support for the proposed Ralphs Bay canal estate.

Download a pdf version at: http://www.saveralphsbay.org/pdf/SRBMedia18Mar10A.pdf

Next Wednesday, March 17th, Save Ralphs Bay Inc. will mark the SIXTH ANNIVERSARY of the campaign to save Ralphs Bay from a proposed canal estate development.  Back in 2004, the campaign to save Ralphs Bay began with a packed public meeting at the Lauderdale Hall on this date.

Download as a pdf file at: http://www.saveralphsbay.org/pdf/SRBMedia11Mar10A.pdf

Save Ralphs Bay Inc. congratulates Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett for once again flagging a canal estate ban for Tasmania.
Mr. Bartlett was quoted in today’s Mercury as saying, “And if it shows the project should not go ahead, we will work with our local communities to consider a ban on all canal estates in Tasmania.”

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