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April Fools Easter Sunday!? Get Involved - Clean up Australia Day Use of Unmarked Mobile Speed Cameras Redcliffe Inflatable Water Park
A rare opportunity exists this year if you’re so All Australians can take action to help reduce The use of unmarked mobile speed cameras is just one You may recall hearing about an Inflatable Water
inclined to prank your kids on April Fools Day. the 8 million tonnes of plastic that is choking our of a suite of measures employed by the Queensland Park being trialled at Pelican Park in Clontarf during
The date of Easter Sunday is dictated by the moon oceans each year by signing up for 2018 Clean Up Police Service (QPS) aimed at reducing the state’s road the Summer holidays just past.
phase, it falls on the Sunday of the full moon after Australia Day. toll. The new attraction is part of the Redcliffe Foreshore
the Vernal (March) Equinox. The national event on Sunday 4 March 2018 is the opportunity There are 18 unmarked mobile speed camera vehicles in use across Master Plan, which was adopted by Moreton Bay Regional
You could consider setting several alarm clocks on someone’s for all Australians everywhere to bring family, friends, neighbours Queensland. Council. The good news is, the Water Park is still going ahead.
bedside table, they’re going to be awake early anyway, right? and colleagues together to take action to protect their local During the 2016-17 financial year there were 106,741 notices issued A spokesperson for Moreton Bay Regional Council said the
The last time Easter fell on the first of April was 1956 and the environment to remove rubbish before it damages our precious by unmarked mobile speed cameras in Queensland and 163,176 water park trial on Redcliffe’s foreshore would proceed and be
next Easter Sunday celebration that coincides with April Fools parks, bushland, waterways and oceans. notices issued by marked mobile speed cameras. scheduled once approvals are in place.
Day will be in 2029. 2018 Clean Up Australia Day is the ideal time to take action. All The QPS has no plan to phase out the use of unmarked mobile speed “Additional technical studies have been undertaken to ensure
you have to do is register your location, grab your volunteers cameras. the long-term sustainability of a water park within Redcliffe’s
and have fun on the day. Recent research (Monash University Accident Research Centre marine environment and seagrass beds.
According to Ian Kiernan AO, Chairman and founder of Clean (MUARC) – Cameron) has determined that the mixed use of both “Vote counting following the state election also caused an
Up Australia, participating in 2018 Clean Up Australia Day is the covert and overt mobile speed cameras would produce the best road extended ‘caretaker’ period, however this has been minimised by
time to take responsibility for all the small pieces of rubbish that safety outcomes due to the strong effect that covert cameras have on the State Government’s efforts to expedite the overall process
are dumped irresponsibly in the local environment. fatality crashes (as their unknown nature suppresses vehicle speeds since returning to office.
“The key is stopping litter becoming rubbish. If everyone took across the network thus reducing crash severity) combined with the “In fact just last week we received the first and most important
responsibility for the small stuff, it wouldn’t steamroll into the substantial general effect overt cameras have on casualty crashes. approval, a Marine Park Permit for the proposed tourist facility to
environmental disaster we are facing in the state of our oceans Results of the 2017 evaluation conducted by MUARC estimated that operate in the Moreton Bay Marine Park”, the spokesperson said
and waterways,” said Mr Kiernan. the Camera Detected Offence Program (CDOP) was associated with on the 19th of January.
“Signing up for 2018 Clean Up Australia Day is the ideal way for an overall reduction in police-reported casualty crashes of between “With the permit now secured, Council will lead the requisite
every Australian to take a positive position - lots of small actions 24 and 30 per cent from 2013 and 2015. This represents an annual construction and operational works approvals to finalise the
like picking up local rubbish can help reduce the 8 million crash saving of 3,900 police-reported crashes between 2013 and technical details for the project.”
tonnes of plastic entering oceans worldwide each year,” said 2015, translating to annual savings to the community of around
Mr Kiernan. “We can all play a part by simply caring for our local $1.6 billion per year. Over 98% of the saving associated with the
environment.” program are attributed to the mobile speed camera program with its’
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legitimate, however on closer inspection was spelled differently Date - 13 March 2018
to a legitimate payment site. Unfortunately the man lost his Time - 7.30pm
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