Community Strategic Plan - Our vision

Investment in the Eurobodalla Showground in Moruya

To support football, equestrian, basketball, the dog club and PCYC into the future.

Gender Equity

In the Eurobodalla women make up 51% of the population and need to be involved in decision making. Women need a seat at the table in council!

reinstate & grow protections for Batemans Marine Park to thrive, work with Koori community to care for Sea Country + Blue Carbon Economy

"The retention of harvested species was four to six times greater in MPAs compared with partially protected and unprotected areas, and the stabilizing effects of protection were observable within 4 years of park implementation. Conversely, partial protection offered little to no improvement in stability, compared with unprotected areas." -From a study was published in the journal of the The Society for Conservation Biology, outlining a number of benefits to marine sanctuaries, right here in the Batemans Marine park. Koori people have been fishing these waters not only sustainably - regeneratively - since forever, but they're now being fined for practicing their culture and caring for the marine communities which have sustained them for generations upon generations. Not only that, but commercial fishing is allowed and subsidised to essentially scour the seabed without oversight in order to sell the fish which Koori people are penalised for giving to their families. Meanwhile, the protections which limit fishing within the Batemans Marine Park in order to maintain healthy marine populations have been lifted against all expert recommendations. Our marine communities need a diverse balance of predators eating herbivores eating macroalgae providing nursery habitat for the smaller foundational species to continue thriving and growing. Currently, a mass extraction of predator fish by fisheries along with warming waters has created a growing urchin barren eating through the kelp forests who anchor and sustain our beloved marine ecosystems. In balance, these communities together clean waterways, provide food and nourishment, produce oxygen, draw down carbon, cool warming waters, reduce acidification in our oceans, are a joy to behold and are innately connected with the Koori communities in reciprocal, generational partnerships. We've fined the people who can care best for these places, we've subsidised methods of fishing which consume them and create herbivore/predator imbalance, and we've removed any protections for the few remaining sanctuaries left along this part of the coast. If there's any hope of thriving, the marine communities need to be cared for as Sea Country in shared collaboration with the Koori community and elders. sources: Impact of marine protected areas on temporal stability of fish species diversity Amanda K. Pettersen(https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.13815?fbclid=IwAR2sXynFcMACl6dUeToDaVYfJgT3wwbQwM2DDtVIBccRZX6uKDlyI3d6L1I) The NSW government needs to stop prosecuting Aboriginal fishers if it really wants to Close the Gap (https://theconversation.com/the-nsw-government-needs-to-stop-prosecuting-aboriginal-fishers-if-it-really-wants-to-close-the-gap-168749?fbclid=IwAR1fvJQerdhI24lyUOqt7NB8iRBXXOSWDGha4QwO6HdrHBt75DjywyH1wNY) South Coast People Native Title Claim (http://www.nntt.gov.au/searchRegApps/NativeTitleClaims/Pages/details.aspx?NTDA_Fileno=NC2017/003)

Transition to a circular economy - value all resources so that 'there's no such thing as waste'.

Encourage the development of industries that reuse and repurpose resources in our community. An example is repurposing components of solar panels.

Where local government undertakes actions to help the community adapt to global warming and be more resilient to extreme climatic events.

Celebrate the unique environment, the resilient community, our natural and indigenous heritage. Be proud of that

Supporting housing initiatives for low income families.

Identifying council land for partnership projects. Encouraging second homes to be rented out on a permanent basis. Providing long term options for those in caravans. In other words Council action to assist in addressing the growing numbers of homeless in Eurobodalla.

Invest in and provide support to maintain and manage our unique heritage places and structures

Support those areas with strong heritage character with maintenance and development of their infrastructure to ensure it does not deteriorate or is even destroyed through lack of attention, care, investment. Not necessarily through funds, but through facilitation and other support initiatives.

Legitimately vibrant local centres where small businesses and particularly retail are encouraged

Nothing says lack of pride than dozens of empty shopfronts

An Aspiration

To be proud to live in a shire where development does not necessarily happen at any cost.

Facilitate and promote safe (friendly) cycling

Roads are dangerous for cyclists. Construction and development of the sealed road network in the Eurobodalla poorly considers the needs of road cyclists - consider how dangerous the Mogo/Tomakin and Broulee/Airport/Moruya roads are (and the highway between places north and south of Moruya is unridable safely). Be a friend of cycling. Encourage cycling in the Eurobodalla for local riders and destination visitors by providing safe roads, infrastructure and attitudes to support it.Take a leaf out of the book from places like Bright VIC.

Our region attracts many visitors and we have an obligation to provide basic facilities for them.

There are no toilet facilities accessible close to the Melville Point carpark and Barlings Beach. People are defaecating at the end of Tomakin cove and yesterday a woman and child were urinating by the path as we walked up from the cove.

Community / street BBQ's as a means to get to know your neighbours.

Develop a BBQ / pizza oven trailer to take to different locations. do letterbox drops in the local area. have weeknight BBQ's/Pizza's to allow locals to get to know other locals. Maybe plant swapping or produce sharing at the event? Yes Council fund the tralier and few staff involved. Still a cost effective way to promote community.

A community well led by, competent, engaged and committed councillors and senior staff

Community is greatly disappointed with performance of current council, particularly its strained relationship with many ordinary ratepayers

Actively works to promote equality amongst women and men.

Community education about respect for others, no tolerance for violence

Turn Council car parks which are huge heat sinks into solar car parks to keep cars cool and safe in the summer eg Byron Shire solar carpark

Make green waste recycling free

Transparency is crucial to trust.

Council must involve the community more in those things that impact them such as development, events, responses to problems. Community derived solution build trust and reduce suspicion of vested intereet

Council to commit to bushfire and heatwave havens for the more vulnerable in all towns across the Eurobodalla

Council undertake a climate risk for all policies and proposals and get serious about protecting the community from extreme climate events

Support more diverse small businesses to provide for locals & support local fams. Not big business, LOCAL BUSINESS not impacted by season.

Protect the natural wonder of Eurobodalla for future generations by stopping its destruction through development.

Last Chance Saloon

Get serious about climate change. Value trees and forests. Don’t overdevelop, focus on conservation of environment and natural amenity. Be creative and lead the region in environmental responsibility. Make money through innovation not overdevelopment. The point of difference Eurobodalla still has is its natural beauty - focus on retaining and promoting that.

Sustainable

Environment, living, development and support for one another.

Relocate the caravan park in Narooma to Kianga beach and replace with cafes and shops to showcase the beautiful walkway for everyone