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1. 22 dwellings on a 900sqm land? This cannot be true.
   Must be a typo somewhere, or else this is outrages.

2. Things are getting worst…when will the limit of 2 on a block be signed ?
   Wake up Matthew Guy…sign that paper …or I won't be voting Liberal ever again !

3. The problem is that most people think we live in a democracy where local people can have some influence over life in their locality. The reality is that bureaucrats wield a lot of power and make the consultative and appeals process cursory or difficult and often expensive. We should institute ostracism so that any citizen can challenge any politician or public servant to a vote, which results in the loser being permanently exiled from the country. This would help to restore the concept of accountability to the people.

   When we went to VCAT for the second time to oppose a developer, despite massive local support the VCAT member simply concluded that his decision would not be based on a "popularity contest". Essentially all he was doing was trivialising the strongly felt opinions of local residents and forgetting that "popular" means "relating to the People"' which is what democracy is supposed to be all about. Unfortunately we do not have a "popular" democracy (the People did not elect the VCAT member) and so I was unable to line him up for ostracism and exile! So we ended up with 17 units on a 1000 m block in a small side street in Balwyn. So for 22 units on 900 m on Balwyn Road (a main road) I would abandon all hope now and save some citizens time and money believing there is some promising democratic recourse that could prevent this happening. This sort of thing is routine now!

   So follow Billy Connolly's polite advice about Australian democracy - "don't vote, it only encourages the b.........s!"

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