Ergon and Jondaryan Shire listen to the community ...

... while Toowoomba City Council says "shut up and drink your bottled water".

Both Ergon and Jondaryan Shire have bowed to community pressure:

Feedlot proposal withdrawn

AN application for a controversial 400-head cattle feedlot proposed for Westbrook has been withdrawn.

Jondaryan Shire Council Mayor Peter Taylor said he had been informed plans for the feedlot on McAuluy Road have been dropped after heavy lobbying from neighbours.

However, relieved residents say they will continue with a new fight to alter Jondaryan's town plan to exclude feedlots from the area so no future applications can be lodged.

See - Feedlot proposal withdrawn.

Ergon moves substation site

ERGON Energy will spend an extra $1 million to ensure the site of an electricity substation at Kearneys Spring is more acceptable to the suburb's residents than the original planned site.

In late 2004 Ergon planned the substation to go on the corner of Kearney and Nelson streets, but nearby residents' protests prompted the rethink.

After negotiations with a subcommittee representing residents, including Toowoomba City councillor Regina Albion who lives opposite the original site, a new site has been chosen 200 metres south in Kearney Street. [Always nice when a Councillor has a personal interest!]

See - Ergon moves substation site.

And yet still the Toowoomba City Council remains "hell-bent" on its controversial recycled sewage proposal ...