So many sayings can be applied, like;
- What's good for the goose is good for the gander,
- No one is above the law,
- Ignorance of the law is no excuse.
You may as well throw all those sayings under a bus when it
comes to the authorities, especially in Australia.
Some people (meaning a minority) should know that the
'authorities' have not been all that honourable since they took possession of this continent
way back on the 28th of April 1770.
In fact they've been misbehaving so much that the imperial
government had enough of the lawlessness of the 'authorities' that it installed
the Colonial Laws Validity Act in 1865.
Not much has changed since then, apart from the serfs now
communicating via Apple and Google powered devices, instead of whispering into each others ears as the 'guvna' strolls past, where corruption, cronyism and
cover-ups are all part and parcel of a normal business day.
An article in the public news media by the ABC, shed some
light to the illegal asbestos dumping by the Cooma-Monaro Shire.
What was not mentioned is always interesting, where the
local MP John Barilaro happens to be the deputy premier of the state of New
South Wales, where he was part of the cover-up as the Mayor and councillors at
the time were national party aligned.
"John Barilaro is part of
the protection racket that exists across NSW that allows all councils to act
with absolute impunity", as quoted by one source.
Just another corrupt 'city
council' that should be thrown under a bus, as was done to the Brimbank council
in Victoria in 2009.
If you are interested in curbing
the misbehaviour of people in 'city councils' see the following link:
See article from 5 Jul 2011 by
abc.net.au of the headline:
Questions over Council asbestos dumping
A Nimmitabel property owner is calling on the Cooma-Monaro
Shire Council in the New South Wales south east to explain why it dumped
contaminated material at a work site.
An assessment by WorkCover and a Government
hygienist has confirmed asbestos in crushed concrete at the town's Clarke
Street bridge.
Andrew Thaler says the rubble is inappropriate for
use as landfill, and contains weeds the shire is struggling to control.
He says he is also concerned the material has been
dumped elsewhere.
"The stockpile at Polo Flat has got asbestos
all the way through it, and from my observations, about a third of the
stockpile is now missing," Mr Thaler said.
"I am wondering where else this is being used
in the community, because they took 60 or 80 tonnes to Nimmitabel and dumped it
on the side of the road to use in a creek fill.
"Where else have they done that similar
action?"
"The Cooma-Monaro Shire Council says the
discovery of asbestos has come as a surprise.
The Director of Engineering Services, David Byrne,
says staff will remove the material as soon as possible, but he doesn't believe
there was a safety risk.
He says the Council has responded appropriately.
"As soon as we got the advice, council sought
advice from both WorkCover and the Office of Environment and Heritage," Mr
Byrne said.
"Council also organised for a hygienist to
come to site, and do an inspection there and take some samples away to confirm
that there was some asbestos present."
WorkCover says it has outlined a number of steps
Council is required to take to ensure safety at the Nimmitabel site, and within
its industrial area at Polo Flat.
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