I was spitting chips when I read this article of Council being forced to take over Crown lands and the financial risks of compensation.
Oh dear, my very point for Council has been how much compensation has been taken from our rate base because of the ignorance of the importance of major necessities of fit for purpose infrastructure, namely storm water and sewage.
Do the people think it’s only the developers who get refusals that take Council to court? Think again please. Many years ago Crown Lands became the responsibility of Reflections in Brunswick Heads.
Reflections took over Council-run caravan parks there, and the responsibility of keeping Crown Lands in good order. The idea was to prevent compensation claims.
If Council are unable to refuse the status of being liable for Crown Lands as proposed by state government. This is my go to.
Let’s ask for an audit of just how much compensation claims have cost state government from Crown Land claims. Just like I have asked via email for councillor Jack Dodd to give me a figure on just how much council has had to payout for compensation claims from insurance companies because the infrastructure has caused damage to private property? Yes this goes on and with no funding to fix major infrastructure to fit for purpose status this will continue to deplete our rate base.
Is it possible that and I believe that this continuing trend of overloading systems when they already are unable to cope and causing damages is just unacceptable but very costly to council.
How much is just too much all this needs to be exposed needs transparency.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
