Dumping in Gungahlin

“Your Newstart Allowance”

Not only illegal dumping but putting financial records out with the trash. Suggest harvesting the details off that form, bluffing your way with Centrelink over the phone and getting them to reassess eligibility. That’ll learn them.

Anyone know how to report such jerks? Found someone dumping stuff in our communal skip bin but all I have is a rego plate.

if it’s any consolation, when the Newstart Allowance letter dumper is identified, s/he will be considered unfit to serve in the armed forces when conscription returns.

IP

oh yeah – and rubbish dumping derros not in the building industry are bad too. Just thought i’d clarify my position

This only reinforces my view that the building industry in this town is basically the glorified mafia, with a few cashed up ute driving bogans thrown in.

Sadly, the ACT government only encourages them by creating huge demand for their services (all the big road and construction projects, as well as land releases which, on a per capita basis, far exceed anything in other Australian capital cities), meaning they can charge just about anything, take their sweet time building anything because they promise more than they can deliver, and flout the law if they feel like it. And they know that lobby groups like HIA and Property Council will protect them, and the govt will listen to these ahead of common sense or the public.

I actually think if the govt staggered its construction projects a bit more, and pulled back on the land releases and associated infrastructure, this would actually have the effect of reducing the cost of construction (inc of new houses), while also making builders more well behaved as they’d be forced to compete for contracts. Alternatively they could just get the police to crack down on these hoodlums. End or rant.

Had some illegally dumped stuff cleared up really fast one time. Outside the gate to our horse paddock was a regular dump spot.
A few years ago someone had dropped off three large garbage bags. Couple of riders decided to check if the dumpee had left any incriminating identification.
End result was we got the police to remove it same day.
Three full bags of marijuana.

How do you know the basketball ring belonged to a dead kid?

Gungahlin Al said :

Testing out the Gov 2.0 commitment, I tweeted @ESDD_Comms, and have had this reply:

Thanks @GungahlinCC. EPA is onto it and it has also been referred to TAMS.

Al, the large site in the first photo has been “handled”. They simply fenced the area and put signs up declaring that illegal dumping is, well, illegal. If I could find the job number they gave me, I’d pass it on.

Testing out the Gov 2.0 commitment, I tweeted @ESDD_Comms, and have had this reply:

Thanks @GungahlinCC. EPA is onto it and it has also been referred to TAMS.

DUB said :

That bag with dolebludger’s letter-steal his identity!!

Should be enough info on there to call up and cancel his dole… Or at least report that he has begun a long term relationship with a man named Dave who makes $200k per year (that will seriously reduce his payment, and be damned funny when he tries to sort it out). 🙂