Media Release

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Contentious Mahon Pool Café Now Unlikely to Proceed

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The contentious Mahon Pool Café is unlikely to proceed now that Labor MP Michael Daley has echoed Greens Councillor Murray Matson’s lack of support for it.

Yesterday Cr Matson circulated a statement to the local Precinct Committee that he was not supportive of the proposal and today MP Daley is expected to hold a press conference to say the same thing.

Cr Matson said in yesterday’s statement to the Precinct Committee that,

“The way I see it at the moment, the value to the community of a café would be outweighed by the loss to local residents of their accustomed enjoyment of the headland. I await the end of the assessment process but I am not expecting that it will change my present view.”

Cr Matson said today,

“It appears that the local MP and I have come to a similar position on the need to not to commercialize the public land around Mahon Pool. I commend him on his stance.”

CONTACT: Greens Councillor Murray Matson