Lights back on

The Whyalla Council has turn the Point Lowly Lighthouse light back on with a dimmer yellow light

Council to debate Petrochemical moratorium as Santos leak continues.

The motion proposed by Councillor Jo-Anne Waters on behalf of the Whyalla Residents comes amid a continuing ground water contamination by Santos on the Point Lowly Peninsula. Cr. Waters says that the Local Government Act 1999 states that the functions of a council include the following;

(d) to take measures to protect its area from natural and other hazards and to mitigate the effects of such hazards;

(e) to manage, develop, protect, restore, enhance and conserve the environment in an ecologically sustainable manner, and to improve amenity;

(f) to provide infrastructure for its community and for development within its area (including infrastructure that helps to protect any part of the local or broader community from any hazard or other event, or that assists in the management of any area)

Cr. Waters will table the following motion at the Whyalla Council meeting on the 27th of January:

1 Petrochemical Moratorium.

That  the  Whyalla City Council call for a moratorium on all industrial proposals involving petrochemical products on the area we know as the Point Lowly Peninsula until such time as;

1. The EPA provides a full report on the current oil spill and the effectiveness of the interception trench; and

2. A full environmental impact study is done of the effects of increased shipping, petrochemical leaks and contamination of the Upper Spencer Gulf and the increased truck volume through Whyalla and on the road to Point Lowly peninsula.

2 Proposed Diesel Storage Facility and Refinery

That in light of the current oil spill at Santos where the source of the leak has yet to be identified and the efficacy of the intervention trench has yet to be proven as a successful means of preventing oil contamination of the Upper Spence Gulf, Whyalla City Council does not support the current proposal by Stuart Petroleum (or an associate) to build a diesel storage facility or petroleum refinery on the area we know as the Point Lowly Peninsula.

Council votes for Big Oil. Here See the Save Point Lowly Submission to the Whyalla Council here on YouTube.