We don’t want to live in a sardine city: Primavera
Camillo Primavera says people are being forced into sardine suburbs while council “virtue signals about climate emergency”.
AN advocate for the homeless has warned against sardine cities and poorly planned developments in his pitch for a spot on the Sunshine Coast Council.
Camillo Primavera, a candidate for Division 10 and founder of a homeless charity in his former home patch of Maryborough, called for a stop to overcrowding at a Nambour Chamber of Commerce Meet the Candidates event.
He referred to a statement by Redcliffe City Council mayor Karen Williams warning that “a state-imposed housing strategy to shrink the size of home blocks could allow residents to pass toilet paper to their neighbours through the bathroom window and turn this city, fastest growing area, into a sardine city”.
“This could happen on the Sunshine Coast if we don’t voice our concern,” he said.
Mr Primavera said there needed to be more regulated growth and planning.
“We don’t need to live in a sardine city,” he said.
Mr Primavera said better support and solutions were needed to address homelessness, which he described as a humanitarian crisis.
He said he wanted inclusive governance involving consultation with people, by people, for the people.
“We, the people, have the power to make the changes. People power is what makes a difference and if enough people voice their concerns and ideas and take interest in how councils run, then that’s when change happens,” he said.
Mr Primavera called for more services and infrastructure, particularly in rural areas, support for local businesses, an independent audit of the council’s finances, a better transport system connecting all, and caps on council rates fees and salaries.
He also spoke of removing fluoride from water, a re-examination of the 15-minute city agenda, the risks of electromagnetic radiation, and council virtue signalling about climate emergency.
Mr Primavera grew up in a migrant family, joined the navy, and has been a medic, nurse and naturopath.
Readers Question on ‘west of the Bruce’
Mel asked: West of the Bruce Highway is the forgotten land. When will council start paying some attention to the beautiful Hinterland and its rate-paying residents?
Mr Primavera:
In order to protect the hinterland the SEQ planning project is promoting the urban corridor as everything east of the pacific motorway. My question is where are we proposing to house the influx of population that is being predicted (85,000 in the next 10 years)? Are we going to force people into high rise, six-level minimum, apartments. If you choose to live in a hinterland community like Yandina, Mapleton, Kenilwoth etc., that’s your choice. But don’t expect to have good sealed roads or others services. This is all part of the World Economic Forum (WEF) agenda to push people into the urban corridor smart cities with high radiation and multiple surveillance systems. This is not my idea of a relaxed lifestyle promoted for the Sunshine Coast. We are not the Gold Coast! I would like to see this reversed, people have a choice of where they live and pay rates – just like the city folk – and deserve the same services, waste collection and sealed safe roads etcetera.