Gidge Small Farm Field Day

Hey everyone - this Sunday the 30th May, Save Perth Hills will have a stall at the Gidgegannup Small Farm Field day. If you haven't signed our petition yet, this will be the last chance to do so before it is presented to parliament. Remember we are calling for a halt to development plans in the bushfire prone Perth Hills pending the outcome of the February 2021 Wooroloo Fires Inquiry... Remember too that there are several amazing hills businesses who have the petition for you to sign (see our previous post about this)

Look forward to seeing you on Sunday

Details

https://events.humanitix.com/gidgegannup-small-farm-field...

Enviro report update on North Stoneville!

Our team has been staying on the case with the environmental report requirements around proposed North $toneville. The EPBC Canberra office has told Save Perth Hills that it requires more information from Satterley - apparently not satisfied with Satterley‘s initial response - which has taken the developer 7 months to compile and submit!

The massive environmental impact was one of the reasons WA's Planning Commission rejected North Stoneville in July last year, which Satterley is now appealing. Last October many of you provided formal submissions to the "EPBC" (Federal Enviro Protection Dept), outlining serious concerns about impacts to the 555 hectares of flora and fauna, including endangered species. The quality and intensity of public scrutiny is the reason $atterley has apparently been told to come back with a more appropriate response.

Our Save Perth Hills banners are out on the streets again to remind everyone that THIS IS NOT OVER YET. And thanks to YOU we're making great progress to expose the dangers and sheer inappropriateness of North Stoneville.

2021 Wooroloo Fire Questions...

Photo credit: Aaron Fernandes / SBS News

Save Perth Hills has written to our Premier advocating for an Independent and Open Inquiry into the Wooroloo Bushfire.

This catastrophe was Perth Hills’ first Climate Change Mega-fire, destroying 87 homes and leaving more than 300 Hills’ people homeless.

We’re seeking urgent clarification from Premier McGowan after correspondence from DEFS implied no formal decision has been made to even hold an inquiry.

Each bushfire holds valuable new information to help us understand and manage our increasingly volatile environment, better inform our policy makers, specifically with regards to planning, and educate the Community on bushfire evacuation dangers.

The extreme risks to people and property, that the Anglican Church and Satterley’s stranded urban North Stoneville plan would bring to our community, along with its non-compliance with WA’s Bushfire Policy 3.7, were reasons why WA’s Planning Commission’s refused it.

Mundaring Council cited the same reasons for refusing, recently, new subdivisions in Swan View and Parkerville.

Surely we need to learn from each and every bushfire so we can plan responsibly for a safer future.

Mark McGowan– It’s been more than 3 months since this disaster. Why haven’t you announced a formal investigation?

We urge you to officially call an Inquiry into the February 2021 Wooroloo bushfires - to offer closure to the hundreds of victims, and reassurance for the future of us all.