All-night Maccas clears first hurdle
A CONTENTIOUS 24-hour, seven-day-a-week McDonald’s at a proposed $30m shopping centre on Hobart’s Eastern Shore has been recommended for approval.
The proposal for the Glebe Hill Village development at Howrah has drawn the ire of some local residents, who say the proposal will lead to an increase in crime.
The application is recommended for approval by planning officers for Monday night’s Clarence City Council meeting. Proponent Tipalea
previously said in a letter to council that the Macca’s car park would employ more safety measures than any other store in Hobart, with full CCTV coverage, car
counters and number plate recognition at the entrances.
The council received 30 public representations on the application, of which five were in support, while the remainPartners ing raised concerns such as the impact of the hours of operation on residential amenity in terms of noise, anti-social behaviour and traffic.
“The behaviour of future customers or others that might be attracted by the development is not a relevant consideration under the [planning] scheme, and therefore of no relevance to the determination of this application,” the council report said.
“Notwithstanding, the proponent has proposed a security and operational management plan which would address some of these concerns.”
THE Queen has made a stand against anti-vaccination groups, saying that people hesitant to have a coronavirus jab need to “think about other people”.
In a remarkable intervention, the 94-year-old monarch encouraged those with doubts about the vaccines to follow her example to get “protected”.
The Queen, who supported the polio vaccine in 1957 by allowing Prince Charles to be jabbed, said that people who were wary of the vaccine needed to think of the greater good.
“I think the other thing is, it is obviously difficult for people if they’ve never had a vaccine,” she said. “They ought to think about other people rather than themselves.”
Britain has so far vaccinated 19 million people, including the Queen, with the current rate of more than 400,000 per day.
The Queen, whose husband Prince Philip, 99, remains in hospital for an unrelated health condition, said she felt reassured since her vaccination in January.
“Well, once you have a vaccine you have a feeling of, you know, you’re protected, which is I think very important,” she said.
“It was very quick, and I’ve had lots of letters from people who have been surprised by how easy it was to get the vaccine. And the jab — it didn’t hurt at all.”
Britain remains on track to offer all adults a vaccine by
July 31. The Queen told leaders from the National Health Service staff in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland of her gratitude for their work.
The decision to release the video of the Queen’s call comes as Britain has a sprint of vaccinations ahead of the reopening of schools on March 8, and non-essential shops on April 12.
People will also be able to have a beer outside at their local pub from April 12, as Britain inches back to normal following more than 120,000 coronavirus deaths.
Both of Australia’s chosen vaccines, the Oxford AstraZeneca jab and the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, have been used in the British program.