Pollyana

Wildlife, dirty backyards, mobility scooters targeted by Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games organisers

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/q...-1226677299116

(as it may be subscriber access I'm posting most of the article)

THE raft of new laws proposed for the Commonwealth Games include giving the green light for the killing of protected animals that stray into venues during competition.

Possible amendments to Environment and Heritage legislation proposed in a review prepared for Commonwealth Games Minister Jann Stuckey include ``allowing moving or destruction of protected fauna in urgent circumstances (eg a snake on the mountain bike track).''

Protected species on the Gold Coast include koalas, the giant barred frog and the squirrel glider.

There could be a clampdown on the number of mobility scooters around the Commonwealth Games sites along with more police powers to move on undesirables.

A ministerial briefing note to Ms Stuckey, who is also the Tourism Minister, obtained under Right to Information laws, revealed that if passed, the new laws would also force householders living within camera-shot of the Games' telecast to clean up their properties, increase police ``move on'' powers to clear up riff-raff, and ban unauthorised broadcasts.


A possible answer was to pass a law requiring property owners to clean up or cover their ``mess, graffiti etc'', but there is also recognition such a law could cause problems.

``Forcing private owners to clean their properties at their own expense would be controversial,'' the papers says.
A ban on unauthorised broadcasting, a crackdown on ticket scalpers and a widening of police powers to allow officers to pick up people and release them ``some distance from the event site'' are also being examined.

But a potential invading army of mobility scooters as our ageing demographic demands a seat at the Games is one scenario with no easy answer.

The Government is considering putting limits on the number of scooters entering each venue.

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The mere thought of an invasion of mobility scooters is terrifying!!!

roaringmouse

They've heard that Bernieboy was intending on going.

Pollyana

That thought had crossed my mind.....

Alfresco

Indeed!

carolinephillips

Beware the invasion of the hells grannies, swigging from their lucozade bottles, running pedestrians off the pavements and shouting loudly "what'd he say???" thus disrupting our enjoyment of the games. Shocking.

Will the police get powers to tow them some distance from the venues before releasing them back into the wild, or will they be shot??

RedDragon2008

False advertising




just saying

The Bloke

Another example of Joh MkII. At least everyone knew that Joh was a crook not a complete tosser.......

moneypenny20

Jann Stuckey is my MP. She's a moronic media whore. Patronising cow to talk to as well. It's all bull anyway. None of the venues are Koala areas apart from anything else.

Pollyana

So the wildlife issue is probably just a smokescreen and really she is all out just to harass the drivers of mobility scooters

eddie007

Probably trying to sneak in pro euthanasia legislation ...under the general clean up campaign..... No need for a mobility scooter if yer dead now is there

moneypenny20

No she just wants her face on the TV and in the papers, the subject matter is irrelevant. Her time would be better spent sorting the roads out around the coast and ensuring the new hospital is open with enough beds and staff to make it worthwhile.

Rant over.

Pollyana

Useful stuff for the community you mean? Naaa this is a Queensland politician you're talking about