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From memory the media got on board, they rolled with dumbassed statements from misinformed greens bench sitters, at one stage they were asking for a complete ban on sluicing (all types) all together, plus idiotic statements associating sluicing with 'hydraulic sluicing' from yesteryear, which is why a lot of us jumped on board to make a noise before some politicians back door'd the ban, all this is in 'Prospecting Rules and Reguluations', I often flick back every now and then and stroll through those old posts, man, they were some good days, we just about had the whole forum in on support, letters being sent to ministers of parliament, local and state, everyone was banding together, brings a bloody tear to my eye it does! 8.(Marked said:I remember this - wasn't it all a bit of hoo-ha because the proposal was only ever to do with those new areas being opened up in National Parks only and a blanket ban on the whole state was never mentioned anywhere?
What was worth chasing up and clarifying was the greens senator's misconception that "sluicing" meant "hydraulic sluicing".
Or am I confusing two seperate issues?
Swinging & digging said:The proposal put forward was to ban sluicing and high banking in National Parks including areas its currently aloud like Reedy Creek, Eldorado to Beechworth.
The greenies were never happy about the VEAC review into allowing new areas for prospecting and in those areas only panning was to be allowed. Though we had a change of state government and the whole proposal has been sunk, the new state government wants to undo all things done by the previous government so will not allow the new proposed prospecting areas. I think its only a matter of time before they ban sluicing and high banking within National Parks and no matter how many people sign the petition they will get their way as prospecting does not sit well with conservation and the general publics perception of allowable activities within reserves.
Goldtarget said:Swinging & digging said:The proposal put forward was to ban sluicing and high banking in National Parks including areas its currently aloud like Reedy Creek, Eldorado to Beechworth.
The greenies were never happy about the VEAC review into allowing new areas for prospecting and in those areas only panning was to be allowed. Though we had a change of state government and the whole proposal has been sunk, the new state government wants to undo all things done by the previous government so will not allow the new proposed prospecting areas. I think its only a matter of time before they ban sluicing and high banking within National Parks and no matter how many people sign the petition they will get their way as prospecting does not sit well with conservation and the general publics perception of allowable activities within reserves.
Just to add the greens candidate was Jenny O'Connor. She's thrown her hat in the ring a few times as a political candidate on several platforms (read would get into power any means available) and made a totally misinformed statement about sluicing in a news report about the ban put forward in the Veac report on television at the time. She continued to bury herself (defend what she said) on social media.
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