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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Save the Mintabie Town and Opal Fields From Closure
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty" data-source="post: 397633" data-attributes="member: 2976"><p>Looks like a bit of a murky story, far too much to delve deeply into. The review states that one business operator in the town was found by the Federal Court to be guilty of unconscionable conduct (and then presents every other argument possible for closing the place down and evicting everyone).</p><p></p><p>However, the review pre-dates the Federal Courts final decision on the matter, which appears to have been.....</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://asic.gov.au/about-asic/media-centre/find-a-media-release/2018-releases/18-047mr-full-federal-court-partially-upholds-book-up-providers-appeal/" target="_blank">http://asic.gov.au/about-asic/media-centre/find-a-media-release/2018-releases/18-047mr-full-federal-court-partially-upholds-book-up-providers-appeal/</a></p><p></p><p>So he broke the law by being an unlicensed motor vehicle credit provider (and was subsequently punished) but the court ulitmately rejected the notion that he was sytematically exploiting people. Even if he had been, I'm having some difficulty with the ethics of making every resident in a community pay for the actions of one through extreme measures and it appears that it's only the special legal circumstances surrounding the townships existence that make it lawfully possible to just snuff it out of existence. The review panel are probably taking the punt that nobody will care about the fate of a tiny community in one of the most remote and desolate parts of the country.</p><p></p><p>I have myself been the victim of politicking between various government departments when one department failed to inform another department that my mining claim was now inside "special vegetation protection zone" (erected in the middle of a century-old mining field <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> ) until it was too late.</p><p></p><p>Lets hope Mintabie is allowed to go on existing and those who wish to keep calling the place home can can do so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty, post: 397633, member: 2976"] Looks like a bit of a murky story, far too much to delve deeply into. The review states that one business operator in the town was found by the Federal Court to be guilty of unconscionable conduct (and then presents every other argument possible for closing the place down and evicting everyone). However, the review pre-dates the Federal Courts final decision on the matter, which appears to have been..... [url]http://asic.gov.au/about-asic/media-centre/find-a-media-release/2018-releases/18-047mr-full-federal-court-partially-upholds-book-up-providers-appeal/[/url] So he broke the law by being an unlicensed motor vehicle credit provider (and was subsequently punished) but the court ulitmately rejected the notion that he was sytematically exploiting people. Even if he had been, I'm having some difficulty with the ethics of making every resident in a community pay for the actions of one through extreme measures and it appears that it's only the special legal circumstances surrounding the townships existence that make it lawfully possible to just snuff it out of existence. The review panel are probably taking the punt that nobody will care about the fate of a tiny community in one of the most remote and desolate parts of the country. I have myself been the victim of politicking between various government departments when one department failed to inform another department that my mining claim was now inside "special vegetation protection zone" (erected in the middle of a century-old mining field :rolleyes: ) until it was too late. Lets hope Mintabie is allowed to go on existing and those who wish to keep calling the place home can can do so. [/QUOTE]
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