We Need Your Help in 2025
“There is no power greater than a community discovering what it cares about” Margaret J Wheatley
UPDATED JUNE 2022 - New Information from EPA
Let The Minister Know Your Thoughts
The Planning & Environment Ministers will be crucial in determining if the developer is allowed to bypass the current planning laws and approves that protect Smiths Beach.
Let them know what you think of this situation where a government has created legislation that ‘Fast-Tracks’ approvals for the largest and most controversial project in WA.
Planning Minister John Carey - Minister.Carey@dpc.wa.gov.au
Environment Minister Reece Whitby - Minister.Whitby@dpc.wa.gov.au
Email the Ministers
Make your voice heard by writing to the Planning & Environment Ministers.
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We at Smiths Beach Action Group are raising are raising a $50,000 fighting fund due to the fact the developers and investors of the Smiths Beach Project, combined, are worth a reported 1 billion dollars. And with that kind of power comes the use of hundreds of consultants and influence in the development process.
The Smiths Beach Fighting Fund will be use in the following ways:
PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
The Smiths Beach Action Group’s primary task has so far been to organize the community and raise awareness through events, workshops and info stalls about the proposed development. This work must continue given Hesperia’s failure to do so.
MEDIA & ADVOCACY STRATEGY
Hesperia has so far been able to keep the public in the dark about their plans and their strategy.
The Smiths Beach Action Group is advertising in the local media to ensure there is transparency and local democratic accountability in this process and to ensure that local community is properly informed.
CONSULTANCY COSTS
Hesperia, who is fronting this development, is one of Perth most prominent property developers with a large bank account and a large team of consultants working on this project, creating an inequality of arms.
The Smiths Beach Action Group wants to engage independent consultants to assess the proposal to inform our advocacy and campaign and the official community response in any future development proposal.
