WATERSHED VICTORIA - New Group

YOUR WATER YOUR SAY ACTION GROUP INC. - FUTURE FOCUS.

As a result of the inability or unwillingness of the Federal or State Governments - Peter Garrett & Tim Holding respectively - to make a decision as to whether to pursue YWYS for court costs or not, YWYS is now unable to continue to "trade" or campaign against the desalination plant proposed for the Bass Coast.

As an incorporated group we have legal obligations under the Corporations Act and as a result of having potential debts that we cannot service we need to ensure that we are not 'trading whilst insolvent'. If we were then there is a chance the individual directors or committee or management could be held liable and obviously this is not a course of action that we can sanction.

YWYS will continue to exist up until a time when the court cost issue is resolved either through a negotiated settlement with the Governments or through a winding up if the Governments decide to pursue costs that we do not have. YWYS can continue to campaign against the court cost issue and we believe this is a very important issue that has implications for all community groups across Victoria. We will not be challenging the cost order through legal channels as we believe this would be very unlikely to succeed so we will pursue this issue through the court of public opinion.

We are continuing to work through our lawyers - Arnold Bloch & Leibler - to try to resolve the issue so it is hoped I can update everyone on a successful outcome at some point in time but there is no guarantee.

As a result of this the community decided last week to start a new community group to continue to fight the campaign and they are:

WATERSHED VICTORIA.

I believe they are putting together a new website which might be up and running urgently.

A dedicated and enthusiastic team is working hard to get the group up and running and as a result your support is needed to continue this campaign. Due to privacy issues it is necessary for YWYS subscribers to resubscribe to the new group so PLEASE send your contact details to dominic.gilligan@bigpond.com who will be setting up the database etc. for the new group.

YWYS and I thank you for your support and urge everyone to email dominic.gilligan@bigpond.com to continue to support the campaign as without your support the Government will build whatever monstrosity, at whatever cost and sustainable water options for Melbourne's water supply will be discarded to the waste bin.

Kind regards

Andrea Bolch
President
Your Water Your Say Action Group Inc.

abolch@austarnet.com.au