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Anglesea Futures

The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) and the Surf Coast Shire Councilhave been consulting the community to understand its views on the future use of the Alcoa Anglesea lease area.

This fact sheet summarises community feedback received from an online survey and from the three Anglesea Futures Community Conversation sessions held on the 19 August, 26 September and 26 November 2015.

Main conversation themes

  • Participants value highly the natural environment in and around Anglesea.
  • The majority of participants don’t want Anglesea tobecome over developed valuing it as a place “where the bush meets the sea”.
  • The Anglesea Riverhas historical values and is used for a variety of recreational purposes including swimming, fishing and boating.
  • Participants areparticularly concerned about the health and future management of the Anglesea River.
  • The community wants to be informed and have a voice in the final decision on the future use of the area.
  • The final outcome needs to ensure that the Anglesea heath and surrounding bushland is also protected.

What information does the community want?

  • Information on the decision making process including how and when decisions will be made and by whom.
  • The costs involved with implementing the decisions and who will cover these costs.

Community Consultation

  • Participants expressed support for the community conversations to continue.
  • That the meetings need to be advertised widely including throughlocal papers and on social media and with appropriate lead times.
  • Concern was expressed about how to ensure that all segments of the community are consulted, such as the 20-30 year old bracket, and that the community conversations will need to be broader than the current format and utilise on-line engagement.
  • Strong support for the development of a web page on Anglesea Futures Community Conversations.

When should future community conversations be held?

  • There was no consensus on the best day to hold the conversations (either week days or weekends).
  • There was a preference for the meetings to be held in the afternoon or evening.

The full reports on Anglesea Futures Community Conversations one, two and threecan be accessed at the DELWP webpage.

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