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Town plans big concern
to object to Lake Macquarie City Council’s draft development control plan (DCP). T e draft DCP proposes to increase
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the town centre from 23,000 square metres to up to 300,000 square metres and to replace the free John Street car park with a development involving retail, commercial, residential space and underground parking. T e business development
manager of Warners Bay Village, Richard Manning, said the DCP would destroy the unique village feel of Warners Bay. “Over-development and loss of
on-street car parking will destroy the unique, village feel of Warners Bay and threaten the sustainability of local businesses,” he said. “Residents and visitors come to
Warners Bay because it has a special village feel, which needs to be enhanced. “Future development at Warners
Bay should include a market place in the heart of the town centre with pedestrian links so that people can walk between parks, streets, buildings, car parks, open space and community facilities. “It should also include a real
connection from the shops to Lake Macquarie, with more landscaping, cafes and specialty shops. “We all want our local businesses
and local economy to be sustainable.” Business owners and residents who
object to the council’s draft DCP are encouraged to make a submission before the exhibition period ends on June 4.
arners Bay business owners, business groups and community members met last week
Living with landmines Filming the lives of post-war victims
JEAN SOMERVILLE-RABBIT H
unter documentary maker Hayley Mackay has made it her mission in life to highlight the plight of people aff ected by the
brutality of war. T e University of Newcastle graduate
had always dreamt of working as a diplomat, but when she was off ered a job in television in the US, she found her passion really lay in making documentaries. “T ere was always that side of me that
wanted to get more involved in world aff airs and, through making fi lms like this, it’s kind of like being a diplomat – you’re negotiating and you’re making a diff erence,” she said. Ms Mackay recently returned from a
trip to South East Asia where she spoke to people whose lives had been aff ected by landmines. “T ere was one guy who, when he was
fi ve years old, the Khmer Rouge came and shot his whole family in front of him and made him become a soldier with their army,” she said. “His job during the war was to walk in front of the soldiers, so that if a landmine went off , it would kill him and not the soldiers. “He survived, and now he’s made it his
life’s work to clear landmines.” Ms Mackay’s documentary focuses on
the work of West Australian police offi ce Tony Langer who has assisted in ridding numerous areas across Cambodia and Vietnam of landmines. She said she was touched by the
support she received from locals throughout the documentary making process. “T e Vietnam War was over 50 years
ago, but these people are still living in a warzone and young children are dying
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HAYLEY MACKAY, CENTRE, ABOUT TO GO INTO A LIVE MINE FIELD IN CAMBODIA WITH DIRECTOR TOM SPARK, RIGHT, AND A CAMBODIAN DE-MINER.
on a daily basis, losing arms and losing legs,” she said. “T ese people are not angry, they’re
not bitter at anyone, that’s just life, they don’t know any diff erent. “T e saddest part for me was seeing a
young child who knows nothing about the war and has no knowledge of what went on and yet is still aff ected by it.” According to a recent report by the
United Nations, it will take at least another 100 years to clear all of the landmines across South East Asia. “To me, that’s another 100 years of
deaths, another 100 years of children losing their arms and legs, it’s crippling to think that it is going to take that long,” MsMackay said. “T e main point of making this
documentary is to show what is going on over there, so that hopefully people will want to do something to try and make it better. “People just wanted their stories to be
told, they were so happy that fi nally they were able to have a voice.” One school Ms Mackay visited in
Vietnam requires $300 a month to feed, clothe and educate its children. “We can do something to help, it’s not one of those things where the problem is too big – yes, it’s a big problem, but with a tiny amount of money and a tiny amount of resources a lot can be achieved.” T e documentary is due to be released
later this year and for more information, go to
84productions.com.au/production .html.
LOCAL NEWS
The Newcastle Post
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
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