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23.01.2022 Come along and have your say about the extensive marina and housing development that nobody wants!

23.01.2022 STOP WORK and JUDICIAL REVIEW REQUIRED Why is this catastrophe allowed to continue? Ocean Reef Community demand works to STOP and a Judicial Review be ACTIONE...D. It is time to STOP CONSTRUCTION NOW and undertake a REVIEW into the approval processes that are occurring as part of the marina development. The ongoing gaps that we are witnessing include development approvals behind closed doors, client driven environmental and aboriginal heritage reports that do not accurately reflect the situation, clearing permit appeals processes which are now considered a total waste of time plus government departments not prepared to take responsibility to protect the environment and are now just towing the party line. Our concerns include: No Public engagement as part of the JDAP breakwater construction approval process of April 2020. The nontransparent closed-door approval decision is unacceptable. So why was this allowed to occur? Work continues after 1 June to the detriment of the Abalone spawning season. The limestone plume from the breakwater construction has smothered over a kilometer of the inner reef system but work still continues? Of the seven reef surf breaks in the metropolitan area, two are located in Ocean Reef. One has just been bulldozed and one shortly to follow. This is totally unacceptable this day and age and for some reason is allowed to occur. It would not be allowed to happen in other Councils or locations such as Triggs or Cottesloe but is allowed in Ocean Reef. There is absolutely no community mandate for the destruction of the surf breaks to occur so why has this been allowed to happen? The refusal for the federal and state governments to support the registration or acknowledgement of aboriginal heritage sites including fossilised limestone cliff structures within the marina development footprint. The stunning artifact finds have simply been ignored by the authorities. The lack of a Public Environmental Review (PER) for the land component of the marina development and the impact on over 60 listed threatened species (including critically endangered) according to the federal EPBC list but only 28 were identified as part of the COJ environmental review process. So once again why has this been allowed to occur? The Joondalup Mayor would have you believe there is huge support for this project, this is not the case. The community needs to be properly consulted and not informed which is the case for the marina proposal. A tick box survey from 2009 does not cut it today. With over 5 million dollars spent to date and contrary to the Local Government Act requirements, where is the business plan showing detailed costs/benefit analysis for the development? It never eventuated, putting rate payer’s money at risk. The public are just now starting to realise what’s at stake here and the negative impact that this development is having. As a matter of urgency, we request the state’s Attorney General to intervene NOW and STOP works. Below showing construction at Big Rock surf break with workers at risk during recent storms. See more

21.01.2022 Our beautiful natural reef, location of the biggest Abalone fishery in Western Australia, is to be destroyed to make way for 292 concrete modules of artificial reef. What a crock!

21.01.2022 IT'S TIME, Many of you are rethinking your understanding of environmental impacts and doing your bit by recycling, avoiding plastic and installing solar panels. This is heartening to see; however, our natural environment is under siege from developers determined to change forever our natural coastline. With global warming, and coastal erosion now clearly visible it is imperative that we maintain our dune systems and natural ocean process that we are fortunate here in Western... Australia to still have. The only way to do this is to let the developers and government know that building in our dunes and into our ocean can no longer occur. On the Sunday the 22nd of November, the land developers of the Ocean Reef marina precinct will be down at the Ocean Reef Marina site. We need to be down there also, en masse to let them know that building houses in the dunes is not ok and destroying a whole reef system is not ok. You may think it won’t affect you, but this is just the start of development along the northern suburbs beach front, with many other developments in the pipeline. Western Australians value their pristine coastline and I urge you to make the time to COME DOWN AT 10:00 AM THIS SUNDAY 22 NOV, with as many people as you know to show the government how important our natural coastline is. If there is one thing you can do this year, to really make a difference to the environment this is it. Save it. See you there.

21.01.2022 A few of the 485 irreplaceable species in the ORM development site: Listed EPBC Endangered Australian Sea-Lion, Listed EPBC Threatened Crested Tern, Listed EPBC Threatened Caspian Tern, Listed DBCA Priority 4 Threatened Quenda, ... White winged fairy-wren, Little Eagle, with one chasing a Listed EPBC Threatened Osprey, Bobtail, Western Bearded Dragon, Western Limestone Ctenotus, Juvenile Dugite, Tawny Frogmouth family, White Breasted Robin, Pied Oystercatcher, Sooty Oystercatcher. See more

21.01.2022 Kind thanks to Michele Kwok for this photo of Salty the Sea-Lion taken at Ocean Reef

21.01.2022 This should have been another touristy hotspot in WA. Ancient limestone cliff, pristine snorkeling reef and popular surfbreaks as well as aboriginal heritage si...te. It could have been an upgrade of facilities without this scale of destruction. The natural assets that people have enjoyed for decades are being taken away. Today's discovery a coral swim through. See more

20.01.2022 DevelopmentWA have told us they have no knowledge of the other half of the Vergulde Draeck rock engraving which a renowned rock expert stated is authentic. Surely they have a responsibility to look into this and search for it before disturbing the ground with the works commencement?

20.01.2022 Our northern Perth coastline is very special and we're not going to give it up without a fight. Check out this amazing video here!

16.01.2022 #endangered #extinction #endangeredspecies

16.01.2022 Salty Endangered Australian Sea-Lion. Seeks out his favourite surfers and snorkelers to play games with. #SaveSalty #SaveOceanReef

16.01.2022 Thanks to Peter who continues to do a great job of documenting what's going on at Ocean Reef. Peter is an expert of the area and his knowledge, experience and understanding of the Fauna species there is outstanding.

14.01.2022 Please support our campaign and have your say about the decimation of our natural Ocean Reef coastline to make way for a marina as an excuse for a housing estate. CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW AND SIGN OUR PETITION.

13.01.2022 Lone Endangered Carnaby Black Cockatoo today. Trying to find food in Bush Forever 325. Thanks to City of Joondalup mismanagement of Bush Forever. ...Last council meeting they voted to sell the 24.4 hectare lot 1029 of Bush Forever 325 Carnaby feeding grounds to DevelopmentWA for $1 This is heartbreaking. Amber-Jade Sanderson Mark McGowan Rita Saffioti MLA Emily Hamilton MLA #extinction #SaveOceanReef #bushforever #BeforeItsGone #endangered #StopTheDamagePremier See more

12.01.2022 Thank you for your generous donations in helping progress our legal challenge.

12.01.2022 Thanks to Bass Tadros for interviewing Save Ocean Reef Spokesperson Jeff Fondacaro today and helping expose the Government’s mismanagement of this proposed development. Check out the interview below.

11.01.2022 "Local, State and Federal Government = FAIL A case study in CORPORATE CAPTURE; regulator working for the DEVELOPER and NOT the ENVIRONMENT." Greg Smith

10.01.2022 "Ocean Reef ECOCIDE. Developer = WA State Government" Greg Smith

07.01.2022 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IMMIGRATION POLICY IS DEPLETING PERTH’S UNIQUE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT: -Is there a connection between the overdevelopment at Ocean Reef Marina a...nd Australia’s rapid immigration policy? -Before the Covid 19 pandemic, immigration fuelled population reached unprecedented levels, threatening the natural assets and quality of life in Metropolitan Perth. -In 2000, Australia’s population was 19 million, by December 2020, the population had rocketed up by over 6.6 million, to 25.69 million people. An enormous increase of 35%. -Putting immense pressure on city infrastructure and environments (prior to the closure of the international border) over 60% of population growth in Perth was from net overseas migration. -This is exacerbated by WA government density policy which has locked 47% of population growth into established suburbs and conservation valued bushland and foreshores'. -The Federal election is approaching, time to pressure candidates about their immigration policies. pro-wa.com See more

06.01.2022 NO PLACE IN THE PLANNING SYSTEM FOR WEST AUSTRALIA CITIZENS: |WA’s planning set up is clearly flawed, taxpayers and ratepayers prop up the system but are treate...d with contempt by the politicians and bureaucrats that control it. |The McGowan government have complete control of the parliament. Their agenda is to enable higher population and housing density (applying the most unsuitable land-use such as Ocean Reef’s foreshore). |Local Government used to be the last line of defense for communities but no more. |In a proper planning system, a genuinely representative Local Government and their ratepayers should be able to appeal a DAP or WAPC decision, such as ORM. |In a long-term strategy it is critical to keep pressing for the introduction of Third-Party Appeal Rights for the community. |Community led reforms can occur when concerned citizens become LG candidates and win. pro-wa-com See more

06.01.2022 Our questions for the developers: Community Consultation 1. Ocean Reef is a very special place for so many people. The loss of beaches, surf breaks, abalone collecting, snorkelling, swimming, fishing, an extensive amount of the coastal shared path for cyclists and walkers, will impact many people. Why wasn't the social loss that will be brought about by the development considered at any time?...Continue reading

06.01.2022 How does an ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER like ORM Development happen? "The ghosts from WA Inc have possessed Mark McGowan and Rita Saffioti and the Grim Reaper is now in charge of the State Development Assessment Unit (SDAU) with, in my opinion the hanging Judges on the panel at the beck and call of greedy developers... WA is the only state without the mechanism to challenge unmeritorious questionable development approvals which is exacerbated by developers rights to challenge ref...usals." M. Johnson " Planning professionals cannot shape a well planned Australian future without 3rd Party Appeal Rights and a risk based approach to unrecognised and/or undeclared conflicts of interest in particular development outcomes. Without these reforms and MAYORS who UNDERSTAND PROBITY, there is no connection in WA between planning and development." Sandra Boulter See more

03.01.2022 Emily Hamilton (Emily Hamilton MLA) - how can you possibly want to take credit for delivering this disaster of a project. You were at Ocean Reef Sea Sports Club last night and heard the concerns of the members (most of whom are local residents) and the responses of Development WA Carl Williams (DevelopmentWA) and Department of Transport Justin Todd. Serious concerns were raised about the pollution from the boat repair precinct (dust, noise, toxic anti-fouling chemicals) drif...ting with the prevailing sea breezes across the proposed new clubhouse, the public beach, the ocean pool and then to the residences. Development WA had no answer for this and Dept of Transport conceded this type of pollution occurs at Hillarys but blows across the dunes to the north and onto surrounding boats in the boat pens. Further concerns were raised about the location of the boat re-fuelling jetty (being adjacent to the public beach and ocean pool) and the known issues with fuel spills that occur regularly at other marinas such as Hillarys. Development WA conceded this would be an issue but Carl Williams then quickly invented a fix - place what he called permanent "bunting" (presumably he meant bunding) across the outside of the beach area to catch the pollution. Hopefully Emily Hamilton is going to provide protective suits and breathing apparatus for her family because the water in the beach and ocean pool area is going to be toxic. Representatives from the coastal engineering consultants for the project M P Rogers were present and were asked about the key "Sea Wrack and Coastal Processes Report" which is a condition of the environmental approvals for the breakwater construction. Still not issued and Development WA have proceeded with contracts for the million tonnes of limestone and construction. Seems very risky from a project commercial and cost risk viewpoint. M P Rogers representative admitted that sea wrack entering the marina and depositing on the beaches, reefs to the north will be an issue but someone has budget for cleanup? Presumably City of Joondalup rate payers! Also admitted that the proximity of the Beenyup outfall to the marina entrance means that currents and tide will bring outfall to the marina (but M P Rogers brief did not cover water quality - so who is overseeing this Emily Hamilton? Lots of questions about parking and traffic management which seems to work in progress for Development WA (in other words "can't do much about it" so suck it up)

03.01.2022 Thank you so much for your donations to progress our legal challenge!

02.01.2022 Emily Hamilton MLA No wonder you’re getting a roasting about this destructive development. It’s about time you paid heed to what the community wants!