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Monthly Archives: October 2012

Kingscote tap-water unsafe for drinking — Freedom of Information request from SA Water, 2012.10.15

October 15th, 2012

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Feral cats of Kangaroo Island are part of its ecosystem — Dr Bittar, 2015.04.15
Bats die massively at wind farms — Voigt et al. 2015, 2012
Penneshaw sewerage update — Cr Liu 2014.10.21
The Islander did not publish council candidate Nada Clark’s answers, so here they are — 2014.10.19
Nada Clark IS candidate, whatever Council says — 2014.09.25
The strange injunction from the mayor on candidate Walkom — 2014.09.20
Kangaroo Island Council not functioning properly — interview of Cr Walkom, 2014.07.11
Kangaroo Island Council dire financial situation, part 2 – Interview of Cr Walkom, 2014.07.07
Storm in a cup of tea – Ombudsman’s contribution to a saga involving Cr Walkom — Bittar 2014.07.05
How to undermine a conscientious councillor — Interview of Cr Walkom, 2014.07.04
Sewerage planned for Penneshaw, prudential review: 5 major problems unaddressed — Knight, Shirley, 2014.07.01
Financial situation of council – a motion for improving it turned down — 2014.06.11
Kangaroo Island watergap motion, comments censored by Council – Cr Walkom, 2014.06.11
Kangaroo Island would be well inspired to adhere to the slow-food movement — Pr. Higgins-Desbiolles, 2014.06.05
KIFA’s narrow objectives are those of government and tourism developers — Cr Walkom, 2014.05.18
Hands Across the Sand on Kangaroo Island 2014.05.17 — Tilbrook, Lara
Gastroenteritis and Kingscote sewage – Council does not address the matter — Cr Liu 2014.05.07
Evidence of wrongdoing has now become routine in Council – Cr Walkom, 2014.05.05
Censored QoN for Council meeting 2014.04.09 — Cr Walkom
Misleading CEO report against councillor — Cr Walkom, 2014.04.04
Phytophthora fungus on Kangaroo Island: presentation, Tuffnell and Tilbrook, 2014.04.07
Issues with Penneshaw CWMS Consultation Outcomes Report, QoN – Cr Liu, 2014.04.09
KIpolis will not be drawn in the censuring and silencing of Cr Walkom — G. Bittar, 2014.02.08
Dangerous T-junction between Hog Bay Rd and Elsegood Rd — letter to the Minister — Cr Liu. 2014.01.08
Rate of tree carbon accumulation increases continuously with tree size — Stephenson et al 2014
Kingscote new street numbering scheme — QoNs and motions, Cr Liu 2014.01.22
KI flooded roads – How much exactly did Council spend on addressing the issue ? QoNs Cr Liu 2014.01.22
The educational and moralising role of urban animals – Benson 2013
Credibility of the prudential review process for Penneshaw planned sewerage – QoNs Cr Liu 2013.12.11
Sewerage plans for Penneshaw, prudential review — comments by Shirley Knight, 2013.11.30
Bats die massively at wind farms — Hayes 2013
An experimental investigation into the effects of traffic noise on distributions of birds — McClure et al. 2013
An invasive daisy can be favourable to local pollinators — Prasad and Hodge 2013
Garden plants do not have to be native to help most pollinating insects — Garbuzov and Ratnieks 2013
From Dubos to the 21st century: Reconciling conflicting perspectives for biodiversity conservation in the Anthropocene — Kueffer and Kaiser-Bunbury 2013
“Green energy” vs nature and the environment – news from Germany, 2013.03.12
Germany: mutiny in the land of wind turbines – 2013.07.12
Wind turbines fiasco: the news from Germany — Dr Bittar, 2013.10.13
Why is Council in financial and management trouble ? — Short interview of Cr Walkom, 2013.09.29
Without feral cats, Kangaroo Island would be a Rat Island — Dr G. Bittar 2013.09.30
Councillors Liu and Walkom position has been unfairly represented — Knight, Shirley 2013.09.24
Council opts for handouts rather than fixing roads — Cr Walkom 2013.09.22
Penneshaw sewerage dam safety questions need an answer — Cr Liu 2013.09.13
Complaint against Kangaroo Island Council for failing to answer a question — Cr Liu 2013.06.28
Transparency and respect for community by Kangaroo Island council are at low ebb — Knight, Shirley, 2013.07.27
CWMS Management Committee meeting 2013.06.17
Penneshaw sewage dam location: why did the CEO omit an important document? — QoN Cr Liu 2013.08.14
Earthquake impact on a planned sewage dam overlooking Penneshaw — QoNs Cr Liu, 2013.07.10
Upgrade or downgrade of Kangaroo Island airport? A reality check and a letter to Min. Albanese — Cr Walkom, 2013.07.13
Your ruse is to suggest you do not understand the questions and pose hypotheticals which you then answer yourself in a vitriolic attack on me — Cr Walkom, 2013.07.01
Where is the “strong, respectful debate“, Mayor Bates? — Chirgwin, Rosalie, 2013.06.24
Penneshaw sewage plans: health, environmental and financial issues — QoNs Cr Liu 2013.06.12
The man-hours spent not seeing the obvious has been a drain on the finances of this council — Knight, Shirley, 2013.05.25
No benefit from drilling for Kangaroo Island, only possible catastrophe — Bittar G. 2013.05.13
Hands across the Sand 2013.05.18: say NO to offshore oil close to Kangaroo Island — Tillbrook, Lara
Council does not have the resources to identify and manage the bushfire buffer zones as defined within its own plan — Cr Walkom’s QoN 2013.03.13
Cygnet River fire: Council NOT interested in learning from it — Cr Liu’s QoN 2013.04.10
Penneshaw : the LGA CWMS committee (2013.03.25) is not prepared to subsidise the full scheme
Penneshaw planned sewerage dam, QoNs by Cr Liu 2013.04.10 — and sort of answers
Council shooting the messenger — Knight, Shirley, 2013.04.14
Aerodrome expansion debate — comment and QoN by Cr Walkom, 2013.04.10
Sewerage endless plans for Penneshaw: years later, the public is still kept in the dark — QoN Cr Liu, 2013.03.13
Fire plan ‘flawed’ — Black, Shauna, 2013.02.28
Penneshaw threatened by proposed sewage dam — Knight, Shirley, 2013.03.03
Bushfire risks: Sapphiretown/Island Beach Association demands Council action — Carey, Ian, 2013.02.22
Community support for bushfire concerns of Crs Walkom and Liu — Knight, Shirley, 2013.02.22
Time for a ministerial enquiry into Kangaroo Island bushfire matters — Dr Bittar, Gabriel, 2013.02.18
Council disregards bushfire expert opinion and votes: NO to community input, NO to improved communication, NO to Council responsibility, NO to improved fire safety – 2013.02.13
A bushfire expert comments on Kangaroo Island fire prevention situation — Fenwick, Roger, 2013.02.13
Ratepayers need questions and answers printed in the Council Agenda — Knight, Shirley 2013.01.28
Does Council understand its legal and moral fire obligations? – G. Bittar on Cr Walkom’s unanswered QoN, 2013.01.26
Victims of driving cars on beaches — debate, 2013.01.23
Council’s doors close on the last few shards of openness and transparency — Cr Gr. Walkom, 2013.01.16
Council administration censors Councillor’s Question on Notice — Bittar G. 2013.01.11
Major loss of large trees with cavities — Bittar, Gabriel 2013.01.07
The controversy over Codes of Conduct – Councils of Ceduna and Kangaroo Island — Bittar, G. 2013.01.07
The planned destruction of Penneshaw’s Aleppo trees — QoN by Cr Liu 2013.01.16
KI ‘Strategic Plan’: many items moved to operational – which ones? – QoN by Cr Walkom 2012.12.01
Finances of mooring facility at Christmas Cove marina — QoN by Cr Liu for 2012.11.14
Kingscote tap-water unsafe for drinking — Freedom of Information request from SA Water, 2012.10.15
Think local, act global! — McDonald, Scott, 2012.09.24
The three large Aleppo pines in Penneshaw should not be cut down — Shearman, Elizabeth, 2012.09.17; UPDATE 2013.06.10
Camping grounds net cost to Council: more than $130’000 pa – Cr Liu’s QoN, 2012.09.12
The worm woman and the wriggling politicians – A story by Shirley Knight, 2012.08.11
KIpolis’ objectives — questions to its founder, Gabriel Bittar, by Charlie Canning, 2012.07.29
About missing Penneshaw jetty timber — Cr Walkom’s QoN, 2012.08.08
Questions on Notice – a QoN by Cr Walkom, 2012.08.08, numbers-comments by the CEO… and KIpolis
KIFA usurping KI Council’s prerogatives? — Cr Walkom’s QoN, 2012.08.08
What about community land on the market? — CEO answers Cr Walkom’s QoN, 2012.08.08
Sewerage plans for Penneshaw — Cr Walkom’s QoN 2012.08.08
SeaLink Penneshaw terminal and the town’s future — Cr Walkom’s QoN 2012.08.08
Council watchdog association needed — Davis, Linda, 2012.07.30
Christmas Cove is threatened by unfinished council works — QoN by Cr Liu for 2012.08.08
About threatening someone with defamation case, then “forgiving” — Davis, Linda, 2012.07.23
Upcoming interviews on Kangaroo Island’s Community Radio Station, 90.7 KIX-FM, July 29th and Aug. 19th, 6pm
Plaque and statue commemorating French explorer Nicolas Baudin — Baudin Beach, 2012.07.15

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