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Ellen White, candidate (Councillor)

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13-10-2016

treglison3@bigpond.com
Cc: McLEAN, Murray Thomas murrayt3525@gmail.com
VIS, David John visdavid36@gmail.com

Re: Councellor Ellen White, etc

Madam,
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In the ballot paper statement you conclude with:

I will advocate for the implementation of engagement process that
ensures that everyone in the community has a voice that is heard.
QUOTE 8-5-2015 correspondence

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Cr Reid Mather (Mayor) MALLEE WARD Mobile:

0438 306 259 crmather@buloke.vic.gov.au
Cr David Pollard (Deputy Mayor) LOWER AVOCA WARD Mobile: 0458 918 638 crpollard@buloke.vic.gov.au
Cr Leo Tellefson MOUNT JEFFCOTT WARD Mobile:
0427 320 166 crtellefson@buloke.vic.gov.au
Cr Stuart McLean LOWER AVOCA WARD Mobile: 0439 327 839 crmclean@buloke.vic.gov.au
Cr Graeme Milne MOUNT JEFFCOTT WARD Mobile: 0419 126 911 crmilne@buloke.vic.gov.au
Cr Gail Sharp MOUNT JEFFCOTT WARD Mobile: 0437 090 172 crsharp@buloke.vic.gov.au
Cr Ellen White, MALLEE WARD, Mobile: 0417 560 706, crwhite@buloke.vic.gov.au
END QUOTE 8-5-2015 correspondence

I now refer to my 8-5-2015 correspondence that as shown below was also forwarded to you,
25 upon which you never even to my knowledge bothered to respond. Subsequently the Magistrates
Court of Victoria at St Arnaud fined me with legal cost about $3,300.00 albeit I was not in
personal attendance due to ill health. On appeal Counsel for Buloke Shire Council claimed that
Buloke Shire Council spend more than $18,000.00 on legal cost litigating against me. His
Honour Carmody J of the County Court of Victoria on 30 May 2016 set aside the Magistrates
30 Court of Victoria orders, and refused to order any cost against me. Albeit I am not a lawyer I as
a CONSTITUTIONALIST and (now retired) Professional Advocate represented lawyers in legal
proceedings.
As I submitted to the court that the lawyers representing Buloke Shire Council made a host of
violations to legal requirements. I cross-examined Mr Wayne Wall (Municipal Fire Prevention
35 Officer )and he admitted to His Honour Carmody J (upon the images I had submitted) that along
the Calder Highway there was a fire danger and that nothing was done to deal with that other
than that he wrote a letter to VicRoads. As such leaving the lives of volunteer fire fighters and
that of the local community at the peril of fire danger. Also during cross-examination it appeared
Mr Wayne Wall as Municipal Fire Prevention Officer never appeared to have been properly
40 trained while in employment with Buloke Shire Council lacked proper knowledge about his
duties and obligations within the legal provisions of the Country Fire Authority Act 1958. Gave
false and misleading evidence when examined in chief by Counsel appearing for Buloke shire
Council that in cross-examination I stated to him I put it to you that you are not telling the truth,
are you? And when he insisted he was, I then referred to an image Counsel for Buloke shire
45 council had filed as evidence against me and pointed out that this was not at all of my property.
His Honour Carmody J then himself asked Mr Wayne Wall if this was true, and upon this Mr
Wayne Wall agreed it was not of my property but didnt know which property it was from.
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I also raised the issue that noxious weed and the nature strip listed in the Fire Prevention Notice
was not within the provisions of the Country Fire Authority Act 1958.
Further, that remove all combustible material was in violation to the Country Fire Authority Act
1958, this as this act specifically excludes buildings and its content.
5 What clearly had happened was that the magistrates court of Victoria at St Arnaud was deceived
by Mr Wayne Wall and lawyers representing Buloke Shire Council and this I view had been
possible to have been avoided had indeed you as per your statement been more pro-active and
had investigated why such a disastrous case was pursued at considerable cost of taxpayers.

10 Mr Wayne Wall evidence was that he couldnt present evidence as to any inspection when he did
the Fire Inspections due to the computer wiping out the records when a subsequent inspection
eventuated. His Honour Carmody J himself raised the issue that while the photos filed by
counsel for Buloke Shire Council indicated the GPS was not working Counsel nevertheless filed
an extract (plan layout) indicating where the GPS claimed photos were taken.
15 It is my understanding that Mr Wayne Wall (his evidence was he issued about 500 Fire
Prevention Notices a year of which about 20 are prosecuted) that he sits in his office and without
even inspecting any properties issues Fire prevention Notices, and only when the time of
compliance has passed then he inspect. I understand from citizens in Buloke Shire that they
receive Fire Prevention Notices year after year and ignore them and that is the end of it, because
20 they simply have nothing growing on their housing block. As such, it appears to be clear that Mr
Wayne Wall is issuing unduly numerous Fire Prevention Notices perhaps as some way to fill the
coffers of Buloke Shire Council while leaving the real fire danger along Calder Highway and
other places unattended. Because it is all being on court records, were any fire erupt along Calder
Highway and then people may become injured or even die then the fact that councillors blatantly
25 disregarded my warnings may place themselves in financial jeopardy to be sued.
Mr Groves. Was the second witness and immediately in evidence in chief stated he supported
whatever Mr Wayne Wall had given as evidence, this eve n so he was outside the courtroom at
the time and so couldnt have known what evidence Mr Wayne Wall had given unless they had
colluded (conspiracy) to give false/misleading evidence. In the end he too admitted that the photo
30 of a property indeed was not of my property. To me this is a serious matter because it means that
Buloke Shire Council employs staff who perverted the course of justice by obtaining originally a
court order for ab out $3,300.00 against me where clearly the court then never was informed of
their gross deceptive conduct.
I understand many other citizens within Buloke Shire Council are subjected to the same but
35 generally may lack the decades of litigation experiences I have to expose the rot.
Regretfully you as a councillor to my understanding didnt care one of iota and disregarded my
warnings and as result ratepayers now lost more than 418,000.00 on incompetent litigation
against me. One has to ask who if anyone at all is ensuring rates are not misused in such manner.
I had obviously written to the Emergency Service Commissioner that I view Buloke Shire
40 Council above the rate cap increase in future should be more scrutinised as to how it waste
ratepayers monies and nothing was done to even try to stop this.
Any litigation can blow out to hundreds of thousands of dollars if the matter goes all the way to
the High Court of Australia, and I always knew that Buloke Shire Council was in the wrong.
Engaging incompetent lawyers also is not particular helpful. While this may go undiscovered
45 against most ratepayers, in my case it didnt!
We now had that absentee landholders were advised that inspections as to fire danger would be
done in September2016. I just returned from Berriwillock (an about 700 kilometres round trip) to
find sinking into the ground due to the water and even having part of a road flooded, etc.
50 Slashing this wet growth is about impossible and this in October! As such I view that Mr Wayne
Wall as Municipal Fire Protection Officer ought to have notified absentee landholders that the
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inspections for September 2016 was not to go ahead due to the weather conditions and at a later
time he would notify absentee landholders when such inspections were due.
No one can control the weather but that is no excuse for Mr Wayne Wall to cause absentee
landholders to proceed with seeking to clear their lands at a time when it makes no sense. Those
5 landholders then can face fines where a reasonably Municipal Fire Protection Officer could have
communicated about the change in circumstances, etc.
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I have had also a dispute with GWMWater for about 25 years about the lack of quality of Safe
Drinking Water. In the end the then Minister for health Mr Daniel Andrews in 2003 submitted
10 the Safe Drinking Water Bill to the Victorian Parliament noting that all Victorians are entitled to
safe drinking water and this bill was passed mandating by 2004 safe drinking water. I am
however aware that GWMWater misled the Minister at the time to obtain (years later) some
exemption. I understand from an elderly citizen of Berriwillock that they voted against
improving the water as legally required because of the higher cost of water. This means crops in
15 the Mallee are sprayed with untreated water. I did notify Buloke Shire Council in the past about
this also, and this too was blatantly ignored. If in the end (and considering the advised of the
Victorian Department of Health) that untreated water should not be used for consumption, that
someone fell ill or even died due to the consuming of untreated water then councillors who
blatantly disregarded this could be held personally liable for damages. Because I fell ill again
20 during my visit to Berriwillock I have now taken water samples which I anticipate to be checked
in a laboratory. As such, more to come about this! Consider that if by some inspection it was
found that the grain from the Mallee was too much contaminated because of the use of untreated
water then this could also cause a severe backlash upon local farmers.
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25 While your political statement appears to be one of inclusion your lack of appropriate conduct
where it ought to have been was more than of exclusion. Do you have any children and are they
perhaps unknown to you affected with the consumption of untreated water? Would you be proud
having been a councillor when you could have avoided that if just you had been doing your job?
30 I am now given the understanding that Buloke Shire Council so to say went on a spending spree
purchasing new vehicles and well the feedback I got was citizens are very displeased about it.

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For the record on 19 July 2006 I comprehensively then defeated the Commonwealth upon the
issue of compulsory voting in both appeals and as such not a stranger to defeat opponent lawyers.

This correspondence is written upon the basis as I understand it that you are the candidate Ellen
White who is the current councillor standing for re-election
In my view you have shown to me to lack the understanding and ability to represent
residents appropriately. It is against the interest of residents where to ignore any
40 appropriate action, as to request an investigation where this may have avoided an
$18,000.00 or more legal bill. How many other such like cases are going on against innocent
landholders, I wonder.
For your information a copy of this correspondence will be also published on my blog at
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Awaiting your response,

G. H. Schorel-Hlavka O.W.B. (Gerrit)

MAY JUSTICE ALWAYS PREVAIL

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Our name is our motto!)

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