Pups in Paradise

Council Law Change Outcome for Dog Walkers in Point Cartwright

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 06:38:00 GMT

The council has voted and the decisions have been made. This post shows the final results, and what the new rules are.

Tags: La Balsa,Pt Cartwright,Dogs,Off-Leash,Cr Thompson,Council,Cafes

Category: Council Laws

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Category: Dogs Exercise Areas

Council Meeting to decide fate of Dog Walking in Point Cartwright is Wednesday 26th October

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 06:26:00 GMT

The council meeting where the decision will be made on the future of off-leash dog walking at Point Cartwright will be held at 9:30 am, 26th October 2011.

Members of the public are free to council sessions, including this one.

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Category: Council Laws

Category: Dogs Exercise Areas

Keeping the public campaign going to save Point Cartwright off-leash areas

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 03:11:00 GMT

The council submission period has closed, and our campaign to get people to put in their submissions has been a great success, with hundreds of submissions being given to council in support of keeping the existing off-leash laws. But more can still be done. Read on to find out what you can do.

Tags: Dogs,Exercise,Council,Sunshine Coast Daily

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Pups in Paradise Press Release 2nd September 2011

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 05:48:00 GMT

This post contains the press release provided to Sunshine Coast Media for the weekend of 3rd/4th September.

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Cr Chris Thompson's push for leash ruling - Sunshine Coast Daily

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:32:00 GMT

An article in the Sunshine Coast Daily about the current proposal to reduce the off-leash dog exercise area by 70% in Point Cartwright, and to ban off-leash walking at any time in La Balsa park.

www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2011/09/04/thompsons-dogged-push-for-leash-ruling/

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Category: Council Laws

The Proposed Law Changes for Off-Leash Exercise Areas in Pictures

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:59:00 GMT

A picture tells a thousand words. See what the proposed changes by the Sunshine Coast regional council will mean for you.

Tags: Dogs,Maps,Exercise

Category: Dogs Exercise Areas

Submission against the Proposed new Laws affecting Dog off leash walking at Point Cartwright Reserve and La Balsa Park

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:26:00 GMT

This post contains the proposed submission to council by Pups in Paradise. Please feel free to add comment either throught the comments feature or through the contact form on the 'About Us' page.

This Park is used by hundreds of dog walkers from all over the Shire, many on a daily basis. It works brilliantly – it is as though the whole park has been sprayed with happy gas and is the perfect snapshot of the happy Australian family out with their children and dogs HAVING FUN!!

Tags: Off-Leash,Dogs,Submissions,La Balsa,Point Cartwright

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Category: Dogs Exercise Areas

All About Voters and Voting in Sunshine Coast Council Division 4

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 23:03:00 GMT

Cr Chris Thomson is behind the push to severely reduce and restrict the walking of dogs in the Pt Cartwright area. This post takes a look at the voters and voting in the Division 4 area in the 2008 elections to see how much support Cr Thomson has.

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View the Proposed Council Law Changes for Point Cartwright and La Balsa Park

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:09:00 GMT

Not many people know, but the draft changes for many Sunshine Coast council laws are approaching the end of their 'proposed' status, and will to become law. The period allowable for submissions ends on the 11th September, and realistically, submissions need to be put in by the 9th September.

This post contains the details and information for the changes with regards to Dogs in the La Balsa/Pt Cartwright reserve area. Read on to see what is proposed to be changed, and how you can put your submission to council in response.

Tags: Dogs,Pt Cartwright,La Balsa,Cr Thompson

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Community Consultation Meeting for Draft Council Laws

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:36:00 GMT

The Sunshine Coast council is running a series of community consultation meetings. One was held today in the Kawana Library, with Councillor Chris Thompson and several council staff in attendance. The consultation meetings are in response to the law changes brought in under the guise of consolidation of laws between the former Noosa, Caloundra and Maroochy councils.

Cr Thompson looked a little surprised to find many passionate people attending the consultation meeting, who all were very concerned about the proposed law changes which would reduce the amount of area to exercise a dog off leash to completely exclude La Balsa park and most of Point Cartwright reserve.

There was one lone dissenter who wanted greater control over dogs on the basis that they are a danger to children.

Cr Thompson said that he had come up with the draft changes to restrict exercising dogs off-leash to the very end of the breakwater and surrounding beach and forest area. While he admitted he was the one proposing the changes, he didn't seem to be able to satisfy the gathered (and vocal) crowd as to why the changes were necessary, only obliquely referring to 'complaints'.

Cr Thompson agreed that it was a bad look that the council had already erected permanent signs in accordance with the draft laws. It was put to him that the fact these signs had been commissioned, built and installed made a mockery of the community consultation, as it appeared the community would be ignored anyway.

The helpful council staff in attendance were there to provide feedback forms, pre-paid envelopes and to provide guidance as to how people can most effectively lodge their feedback.

Pups in Paradise will be creating a draft submission for comment amongst the community, but anyone should feel free to create their own submission for council. The draft submission and suggestions will be posted on this website very soon.

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