Contemptible
The Beagle Editor, The recent Beagle posting, The peasants ARE revolting, provides an astute and important reminder to your readers that...
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Peter Cormick has long been a watcher and commentator of Eurobodalla Shire Council and is one of the few in the community who actively informs himself of the plans, the meetings, the reports and the determinations of Council.
Peter will provide Beagle readers with commentary in relation to each meeting of council, firstly by bringing attention to the agenda - and then a commentary of the determinations following the meeting.
- Jun 11, 2019
Presentation: Peter Cormick June 11th 2019
VIDEO: Ordinary Meeting of Eurobodalla Council Date: June 11th 2019 Presentation by Peter Cormick. Under MOU with Eurobodalla Shire...
- Sep 26, 2018
Council Presentation: Peter Cormick
VIDEO: Peter Cormick addresses Council Sept 25th 2018 PUBLIC FORUM, 25 SEPTEMBER 2018 - PETER CORMICK AGENDA ITEM NOM18/013 WEBCAST OF...
- Apr 25, 2018
Presentation to Council: Animal Cruelty and the live export industry - Peter Cormick
Public Forum 24 April 2018 – Peter Cormick Item NOM18/006 ANIMAL CRUELTY AND THE LIVE EXPORT INDUSTRY Rarely if ever has it been truer...
- Apr 25, 2018
Presentation to Council: Webcasting of the Public Access session - Peter Cormick
I attended the previous meeting of council on the 10 th of April because I had been told that there were to be some particularly...
- Jul 1, 2017
Dargues Gold Mine, Majors Creek – Progress Report
Dargues Gold Mine, Majors Creek – Progress Report Peter Cormick, 1 July 2017 On Wednesday 28 June, the regular quarterly meeting of the...
- Jun 15, 2017
Council matters
Last Tuesday’s meeting of council was one of great significance for our little shire. The public learnt that the General Manager’s...
- Jun 12, 2017
Council Matters
A massive agenda with a most secret matter The agenda and associated papers for tomorrow's meeting of council comprise more than 600...
- Jun 3, 2017
Council matters
The need for an Efficiency/Performance Audit of council Effective from 1 October 2016, the NSW Auditor-General is to be the auditor for...
- May 29, 2017
Council matters
Ordinary but not altogether At one level, last Tuesday’s Ordinary Meeting of council met expectations and was indeed just another...
- May 21, 2017
Council Matters
The tide is turning – maybe! Before getting onto tomorrow’s agenda, I have a good news story to share. A week or so ago council’s...
- May 14, 2017
Council Matters
In viewing the archived record of last Tuesday’s meeting I saw that, but for the first agenda item, it was just another meeting. It was...
- May 7, 2017
Council matters
The agenda for next Tuesday’s meeting of council is yet another voluminous and significant one. With its associated papers it comprises...
- May 3, 2017
Council matters
The ongoing battle – and costs - of information extraction In Monday's Council Matters I mentioned that on Tuesday, 2 May, a telephone...
- May 1, 2017
Council Matters
Yesterday I attended a meeting of 30 plus members of the community who came to listen to and exchange views on a wide range of...
- Apr 24, 2017
Council matters
The next council meeting won’t be held until Tuesday 9 May and so we are without the usual fortnightly agenda to look through. It is...
- Apr 16, 2017
Council Matters
It’s rather late in the piece and most of what took place – and how it took place – at last Tuesday’s meeting has already been said by...
- Apr 10, 2017
Council Matters
Councillors have an agenda (with associated papers) of just 340 odd pages to look through for Tuesday’s meeting; being far less than the...
- Apr 3, 2017
Council matters - Delegations
Delegation of functions to the General Manager The agenda for the meeting scheduled for 11 April – being the only meeting for April – can...
- Apr 2, 2017
Council Matters
Although last Tuesday’s meeting included some significant items, such as an amendment to the LEP (as it relates to Broulee) , it was the...
- Mar 29, 2017
Peter Cormick on the ESC General Manager's performance review
During Council's Public Forum on Tuesday March 26th, 2017, Peter Cormick addressed the composition of the General Manager’s Performance...
- Mar 29, 2017
Current Code of Practice for the Licensing of Public Reserves is at best deeply flawed and must be r
The Council chambers were hushed and the gallery was more than surprised when Councillor McGinlay introduced his Notice of Motion to...
- Mar 26, 2017
Council Matters
The agenda for Tuesday As far as the volume of material is concerned, the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting is as big as they come. Along with...
- Mar 19, 2017
Council matters
The contributor who goes by the name of “Comments Please” is quite right in suggesting (asking) that we stop with the “happy clappy...
- Mar 17, 2017
Council matters
Council matters 17 March 2017 (St Patrick’s Day!) Heads and brick walls – and anger After quite some thought, it would seem, the highly...
- Mar 13, 2017
Council matters
As a reminder, the previously scheduled 14 March meeting was cancelled at the 28 February meeting because four of the nine councillors -...
- Mar 5, 2017
Council Matters
LAST TUESDAY’S MEETING Last Tuesday’s meeting of council was, again, a very smooth, even staid, affair. Mayor Innes continues to show...
- Feb 26, 2017
Council matters
On this occasion I address: Matters arising from the last edition of Council Matters – and from elsewhere : The Mayor’s role in debate...
- Feb 19, 2017
Council Matters
On watching the video of last Tuesday’s meeting, I can see that it was a very civilised, even chummy in parts, gathering of councillors....
- Feb 12, 2017
Council Matters
On the whole, the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting of council is relatively straightforward. There are however a number of items that are...
- Feb 3, 2017
Council Matters - Feb 3rd, 2017
Council Matters | Peter Cormick The first meeting of council for 2017 will take place on Tuesday 14 February – and given the numerous and...
- Jan 27, 2017
Council Matters - Jan 26th
Council Matters| Peter Cormick 26 January 2017 YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR COUNCIL KNOWS If there’s one thing that we can all agree on,...
- Jan 14, 2017
Council Matters - Huntfest
Huntfest and public health – time for a rational debate The recent SAFE media release draws attention to the Australian Medical...
- Jan 11, 2017
Council Matters
On this occasion I want to address the following matters: The role of a councillor – an extension of what I had to say on this subject...
- Dec 31, 2016
From the Council Chamber - Dec 31st 2016
From the Council Chamber – by Peter Cormick [Some light holiday reading – in between meetings] Roles and responsibilities The context:...
- Dec 17, 2016
In Council Chambers - Dec 17th
From the Council Chamber by Peter Cormick Last Tuesday’s council meeting – being the last for the year – has given rise to disappointment...
- Dec 12, 2016
Eurobodalla Citizens Jury report to Council - Dec 13th
The verdicts are in: The Eurobodalla Citizens’ Jury’s 86 recommendations will be presented to councillors tomorrow. Their report...
- Dec 10, 2016
In Council Chambers - Dec 11th
In Council Chambers, 11 December 2016 – from Peter Cormick As I reported on 6 December, I expected the agenda for council’s meeting this...
- Dec 6, 2016
In Council Chambers - Dec 6th
In Council Chambers – by Peter Cormick The new Council has been in place for almost three months and have so far met on four occasions -...
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