Bring Mount Alexander Shire Council to the Talking Table

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#1

This is outrageous...surely you can camp anytime on your own land, especially in times like these, and especially a young family who are at risk of homelessness.

Shame on you Mount Alexandra Shire Council. Completely out of touch with the people who pay their wages.

Evonne Wildheart (SPRINGMOUNT , 2024-05-05)

#3

I can't believe that Mount Alexander Shire Council would rather push a family into homelessness than let them live respectfully and in harmony with nature on their own land. I hope somebody will wake up.

Diane Silberbusch (Sète , 2024-05-05)

#9

Nathaniel, Beck and their two children are looking after their land with respect and reverence. They should continue to live on their land, as they're looking after it so we'll. In this time when rental accommodation is scarce and expensive around Castlemaine, they should be allowed to live a frugal life on their own land. They don't disturb anyone.

Pascale Sameli (Castlemaine , 2024-05-05)

#23

Not only is this a creative solution to a very big housing problem in Victoria, but also because Nathaniel is not well, as he is recovering from 2 major illnesses. There needs to be some basic compassion and humanity here, regardless of any prior council policy. Let’s look after each other. That’s what being human is about.

Peter Burge (Melbourne, 2024-05-05)

#24

I sign this petition because Bek is a loving part of this community.

Carla Gallego (Vic, 2024-05-05)

#29

David Holmgren suggested that every council have a ‘housing innovation’ clause that exempts people from following current rules, because they are doing the ‘leading edge work on making a better world. Instead of outlawing what they are doing, they could be allocated scientists, and the benefits or damage of what they are doing be measured, for the evolution of our culture. What’s legal right now is damaging anyway.
Remember, water tanks were illegal until
The mid-90’s, and so was home water recycling.

Cecilia Macaulay (Kamakura, 2024-05-05)

#30

This is deeply important issue. This family have actually healed the land . I saw the transformation myself . Compromise for the land and the family sake

Natasha O’Leary (Mia mia , 2024-05-05)

#31

To disrupt the peaceful, safe and respectful living of these people on their own land is insanity and cruelty. Especially in the current economic and housing climate. I hope that council can work with individual cases such as this, not harmful black and white laws, to find workable resolutions. Such resourceful lifestyle solutions need to be encouraged and supported not demonised.

sonia shima (Hepburn Springs, 2024-05-05)

#34

I'm signing this petition because I believe at this time of housing and climate crisis we need to be allowing people to live in new (which are actually old) ways.
These people are not harming; but rather caring for the land. Their environmental footprint is much smaller than someone living in a house.
We need to be looking at solutions to how we live because the current way is not sustainable and the way this family is living is an example of a solution.

Eve WILLIAMS (VIOLET TOWN (VIC), 2024-05-05)

#44

I'm signing in support of beck Myers and her family to stay on their property. I ask this case be judged on its unique merit. I believe this is an opportunity to support our community and creative, sustainable solutions to our housing crisis. Beck and her family are integral members of community supporting its vision for a better future for all. More and more we need to support people who are taking care of country.

jem gay (castlemaine , 2024-05-06)

#48

Please allow them to stay!

Deanna Amato (Melbourne , 2024-05-06)

#49

People should be able to live as they can on their land. In particular this family who do so much to improve their land. They are not harming it, nor affecting anyone else, and we are in a time of a housing crisis. How can it possibly be ethical to prevent them from camping on their land?

Beck Lowe (Heathcote , 2024-05-06)

#50

To protect the livelihood of a beautiful family. There is a serious housing crisis in our town and it is important that we come together and work out how to adress it without making families homeless.

Sarah Hancock (Castlemaine, 2024-05-06)

#51

There is nothing wrong with how this family is living, quite the opposite in fact. The system that is broken and needs addressing. Hopefully this gives them the opportunity to do just that

David Sharples (Toowoomba , 2024-05-06)

#54

Common sense and humanity should prevail over the law.

Fan Ny (Cairns, 2024-05-06)

#55

Their land, their choice.

Karolina Cutler (McKenzie Hill, 2024-05-06)

#58

My heart goes out to Nathaniel, Beck and her two children who I all know and love deeply. They are such wonderful respectful people and deserve to live on the land they currently own and are living on. Please do not force them off their property. Please allow them to converse in a mutually respectful manner with the powers that be.

Nicola Eddington (Hamilton Hill, 2024-05-06)

#59

I care for the well-being of people who are doing their best to difficult times more than the rigid systems in place that don't consider the impact on a broader socio-economic and sustainability level.

Victoria Ferraiuolo (Guildford , 2024-05-06)

#60

I've stayed and visited in that property and it is so well taken care of. It's used exactly in the way it's asked for by ethical people who love living in the bush.

Tammy Ben shaul (Sunshine , 2024-05-06)

#64

As a single mother with a young child I have faced homelessness several times for extended periods in Castlemaine and Daylesford over the last 10 years. During one period I lived in a tent at Mount Franklin for 4 months. At a later time Beck and her lovely children generously made space for me and my child indefinitely in her small home. Without Beck's deep care and compassion, I do not know what I would have done. After several years on the list for public housing I was finally granted a unit in Daylesford. I was told it was the first social/public housing property to become available in 7 years and that I was among well over 50 applicants being considered for it. Beck's community building efforts and support of others is widely known and she a highly regarded and valued community member. It is my highest expectation that she, and her family, are not only given due consideration but that the council actively supports them to find safety and security on their land. Homelessness is something that no young family should ever have to face, let alone live with.

Devon Harris (Daylesford, 2024-05-06)

#66

I hope Nethanial, Beck and her children can live comfortably on their own land for years to come.

Lucinda Scott (BENDIGO, 2024-05-06)

#69

The concern for any public body should be the welfare of others, which laws generally are intended to provide for, however these laws must be tempered by the circumstances and the people's own desires. In this instance these actions are not in the public interest.

thoran -- (Belgrave Heights, 2024-05-06)

#71

This family should be able to continue living on their land. They haven't demonstrated any convincing reason why they shouldn't be there; therefore, it makes no sense for the land to sit there vacant while they face homelessness. Particularly alarming that this decision would be made by council when there are young children involved.

Emily Golub-Tawdros (Chewton, 2024-05-06)

#74

With the housing difficulties in this area, how is it humane to evict people from land that they own and are caring for?

Lisa Eastley (Campbells Creek, 2024-05-06)

#79

People should have reasonable access to housing and if they are causing no harm there is no negative impact.

Michaela Deacon (Melbourne , 2024-05-06)

#91

I'm signing because in this housing crisis, we need to support people who are actively problem solving, and creating safe and stable homes for themselves. Beck and her family have put in so much effort to create a home for themselves, while creating a reciprocal and nourishing relationship with the land. Please make time for a meaningful conversation, to listen together and find a healthy way forward.

Michelle Morgan (Thornbiury, 2024-05-07)

#92

I’m signing to urge the council to engage in a compassionate and genuine conversation with Beck and Nathaniel regarding their living situation and usage of their property.

Rachel Meyers (Fern Tree, 2024-05-07)

#95

I’d like them to be able to make their home on their land

Lorraine Montgomery (Castlemaine , 2024-05-07)

#99

Evicting families from land that they own during a housing crisis is completely appalling behaviour. You should not evict people when a change of law retrospectively denies them the home they’ve created.

Tamsin Channing (Brunswick, 2024-05-07)

#100

I was a resident of the Mount Alexander Shire for seven years and have personal and professional relationships with both Beck and Nathaniel independently. They have both been valuable and upstanding members of the community for a very long time and deserve to remain in Castlemaine on land that they own. The change in legal circumstances since their purchase of the property and their knowledge and practice of appropriate land management necessitate a review of this particular situation. Furthermore, it is unconscionable to eject a family into homelessness from their own property.

Alexandra Dixon (Brisbane, 2024-05-07)

#101

I’m signing because I live in the USA. We, also, have a housing shortage. It is shocking to me that the people who own their own property, who have improved their property, who do not want to burden society with being unhoused, who have created a lovely safe environment with which to live, are being asked to vacate. It doesn’t make sense! Their efforts to create their own safe space should be rewarded, not torn down. Please consider their genuine heartfelt request to stay on their own property.

Katherine Huish (Poway, 2024-05-07)

#102

I am signing because is Nathaniel and Beck’s family right to live on the land they have purchased in alignment with the conditions available at the time of purchase.

They are living respectfully, cleanly and safely. Council shall have no right to dictate one’s housing situation especially under these circumstance simply to leverage their profit.

Let their family stay!

Andrea Tindiani (Muckleford, 2024-05-07)

#104

These are lovely community minded people causing no harm to others. They regenerate their environment, live in a sustainable manor and should be allowed to continue to live the way they choose to.

Pete Weston (Newstead, 2024-05-07)

#105

It is astounding that at a time when Australians are experiencing unprecedented levels of homelessness that any council thinks it has the right to deny anyone shelter, especially when it’s on their own land This is a disgrace which is further being fuelled by the Labor Government’s unprecedented levels of immigration Let this family remain on their land

Amanda Evezard (Daylesford , 2024-05-07)

#114

I believe in Beck, her children and Nathaniel right to camp on their land including permanently. It is their land. They are careful and gentle caretakers of that land and cause no harm. They have no where else to go and would otherwise be homeless.

Dominique Plumanns (Alphington, 2024-05-07)

#115

It isn’t right that people can be evicted from their own land. Perhaps council can find ways to be more inclusive, the world is changing & humans need healthy habitats.

Jean Blyth (Murrindindi, 2024-05-07)

#119

I know this family very well, and I know that the laws the council are using to un home them are around environmental protection but that Nathaniel has worked so hard at regenerating the land and using waste water effectively so the laws are in appropriate in this circumstance.

Kathryn Reidie (Khancoban, 2024-05-07)

#122

It's outrageous that this community minded family has been forced to move!

Michael Chew (Castlemaine , 2024-05-08)

#124

I am in support of Beck Myers

S McKerrow (Daylesford, 2024-05-08)

#125

I am signing here because I have seen first-hand, the regenerative nourishment to personal well being, relationship, family and the natural world that living on this land provides. Such a thoughtful & caring symbosis. A meaningful life. Lets rejoice, not hinder. My best to you all.

Peter O'Mara (Hepburn Springs, 2024-05-08)

#130

Nathaniel, Beck and her children must be allowed to stay in their land. They are not causing harm to the land or any other residents. The council needs to move from a narrow minded focus on compliance with "regulations" and move towards compassionate, practical and innovative solutions to the housing crisis.

Michael Gersch (Campbells Creek, 2024-05-08)

#131

There are many people in the Castlemaine area who cannot find affordable accommodation. It is critical that the Shire meets and discusses the opportunity for Beck and Nathaniel to continue living on their land.

Elizabeth Woodroofe (Gower, 2024-05-08)

#133

Our local Council must take a humane and personal approach to their application of planning laws. There is a housing crisis and allowing people to camp in a responsible way on their land should absolutely be on the table as one measure to alleviate this pressure within our community. Many long term residents are facing homelessness.
In this instance Bek and Nathaniel are not disturbing neighbour's, managing their own waste, and caring for the land.
Council must support them.

Marion Yates (Campbells Creek, 2024-05-08)

#135

I support Beck & Nathaniel’s right to live on and nourish their own land

Sarah Hines (Wheatsheaf , 2024-05-08)

#138

It’s there land they have the right to do what they please especially if it means to keeps a roof over their family

Jett Pearson (Harcourt, 2024-05-08)

#141

The land was bought with the expectation and associated value of being able to live and camp on it!

Eldon River (Chewton , 2024-05-08)

#142

I strongly disagree with this eviction. A better solution needs to be found with some perood of grace to fulfil necesssry requirements.

Ruth Munro (Chewton, 2024-05-09)

#143

I am seriously ANTI punitive consequences for sensible self reliant action… WITHOUT any form of sensible further engagement by peak bodies.
Too much ‘computer says no’ and not enough guidance.

I believe that where people are responsibly self reliant in our community … council should get behind this behavior without the punitive approach.

Anna Winneke (Castlemaine, 2024-05-09)

#144

I’m signing because this is outrageous government overreach. Regulation has become a straight jacket in the name of safetyism. There’s no common sense! Beck, her partner Nathaniel and their children have every right to live on their land and to tend it. This is a matter of principle. It is Council policy that has fallen foul of right action here. This beautiful family should not have to live in a house with mod cons to enjoy their own property! That they are at risk of homelessness as a result speaks to the cruelty of the Mount Alexander Shire Council, and the madness of a world defined by regulations that have no relationship to common sense or ethics.

Petra Bueskens (Bullarto, 2024-05-09)

#146

If a change of law means that this lovely family becomes homeless then I am disgusted the law did not consider this situation and I'm also disgusted that the council cannot even face talking to them!

Dominic Crinson (Chewton, 2024-05-09)

#147

Because we must all survive best we can. Because this family is not burdening the housing system. Because they are not harming the environment or anybody.

Neville Warner (Shepherds flat , 2024-05-09)

#156

Where are these people supposed to go? They are safely living on their own property

Stacey Raselli (Castlemaine, 2024-05-09)

#160

Individual cases should be considered instead of a ‘one size fits all’. This family are making a go of hard times and they should be given leniency.

Audrey Mancor (Newstead, 2024-05-09)

#163

I believe in the need for alternative housing that has minimal impact on the environment in the current ecological end economical crises.

Samantha Rennie (Muckleford, 2024-05-09)

#169

Local council can be a part of the problem, or a part of the solution.
Overzealous enforcement of regulations that fly in the face of commonsense and decency serve nobody's interests.

Peter Yates (Maldon, 2024-05-09)

#174

Housing is hard to come by, homelessness is rife. Nathaniel and Beck are living carefully and considerately on their own land. Promote their choice, don't crush it.

Pauline Pope (Castlemaine, 2024-05-09)

#175

I support Nathaniel and Beck in their quest to come to an arrangement with Council that will support them to keep living on their own land.
We need to make these circumstances work- it is a reasonable request- and keep thinking outside the box during these difficult times.

Sally Foran (Castlemaine , 2024-05-09)

#179

I support the responsible land use by Nathaniel and Bec to house themselves on their land. The council should enter into negotiations to avoid the unnecessary social and economic cost of dislocation and likely homelessness.

Adam Forbes (Melbourne , 2024-05-09)

#180

Solidarity with my fellow campers, shameful that alternative lifestyles continue to be targeted.
This won't do.

Liam Carrucan (Elphinstone, 2024-05-09)

#190

These people need to be able to live on their own land. They pay rates so why not let them live there.

Cathy Thompson (Barkers Creek, 2024-05-09)

#194

Lost cost affordable housing options need to be provided by councils.

Doris Were (Woodend, 2024-05-09)

#195

I'm signing because I think that they should be allowed to live on their land especially as they are looking after it and there are no affordable rentals available.

Gillian Noulton (Kangaroo Flat, 2024-05-09)

#199

The council needs to work with people. Receiving no information or feedback on what the issues are sounds familiar. I speak from personal experience.

Kerri Clark (Taradale, 2024-05-09)



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