Sept. 23, 2014, 4:27 p.m.<\/p>\n
POLL: Wollongong City Councils controversial move to strip northern Illawarra dog owners of three off-leash beach areas was based on 25 complaints from just 15 households, campaigners have revealed. <\/p>\n
David Hurley, Candice Greenwood and Gus Doyle, 4, with dogs Arthur and Murray on Little Austinmer beach. Picture: KIRK GILMOUR <\/p>\n
Wollongong City Councils controversial move to strip northern Illawarra dog owners of three off-leash beach areas was based on 25 complaints from just 15 households, campaigners have revealed. <\/p>\n
Complaints about dogs on McCauleys, Little Austi and Sharkeys beaches represented less than a third of all complaints about dogs on beaches made to council between July, 2012 and March, 2014. <\/p>\n
Of those 25 complaints, more than half were made by the same three households, according to information supplied to the Illawarra Dog Community group under the Government Information (Public Access) Act. <\/p>\n
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Committee member David Hurley said it was worrying that a mere handful of complaints prompted councillors to propose sweeping changes to councils existing dogs on beaches and parks policy. <\/p>\n
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