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Subscriber only GYMPIE region councillors and staff have come under attack on social media over a controversial decision to repeal environment protection laws, with an inflammatory post by ex-councillor Dr Daryl Dodt going further than any other post. In the lead-up to and during debate on the laws, Facebook users fired away at those involved in the discussion with accusations of falsities and questions of integrity. A post on a Facebook page apparently run by Gympie GP and former councillor Daryl Dodt before the meeting yesterday pre-emptively took aim at those who would vote to overturn the laws introduced in February this year.
Protestors outside Gympie Town Hall on Wednesday - despite their efforts the temporary environmental protection laws were repealed.
When some of us inquired why we couldn’t attend the meeting, COVID precautions were cited by the young female pregnant council employee sent to face us. She is today reported as having been upset by her encounter with our representatives attempting to establish whether or not it was legal for us to be barred from the meeting.
I wonder how the council’s duty of care to its employees allowed that young woman to be delegated such a task; how long council is going to hide behind COVID to prevent members of the public attending meetings; and how much habitat will be destroyed now?