Blogawler

How very short-sighted and disappointing that Minister Holloway has decided not only to extend the urban growth boundary but throw in an extra 79 Ha at Evanston Gardens without any consultation whatsoever!

We read with amusement yesterday that Mike Rann is aiming to make his state cabinet ‘carbon neutral’. He is quoted as saying that cabinet ministers produce an estimated 3,000 tonnes of greenhouses gases a year. Hang on a minute – what about all the extra carbon emissions emanating from their decision to allow thousands of fringe houses which will only be accessible by car?

If the state government were seriously concerned about carbon emissions they would have calculated the ‘true carbon cost’ of extending the urban growth boundary into areas like Concordia and Gawler East, where houses will be far from the city and unserviced by public transport. How different would that decision be with some ‘carbon-transparency’ involved?

‘Consultation’ without asking the public what they think, ‘Carbon Neutrality’ divorced from the consequences of cabinet decisions – At the moment it’s all just empty rhetoric and media spin from Mike Rann’s brigade of ‘Carbon-Neutral Pretenders’ aka State Cabinet.