Issues of queue jumping, the allocation of Tweed Shire Council’s resources in both time and money, and responding to the ‘squeaky wheel’ were all raised during the debate about disability beach access at Casuarina.
Cr Warren Polglase and Deputy Mayor Reece Byrnes brought a motion to provide public toilets at the Icon building, allocate $40,000 for two showers at beach access points six and eight and pursue a ‘viewing platform and disabled access at beach entry 6’.
Cr Polglase argued that the viewing platform and disability beach access were ‘visionary’. He said that with the Kings Forest development on its way that Council ‘need to provide the necessary [facilities for] all types of people including those with disabilities’.