Issues questions

a Why is our attention drawn to the Tandanya

issue?

b What is the issue?

c Where would the human activities proposed

for the site be located precisely?

d What are the site's biophysical elements?

(Refer to figures 5-31 and 5.32 on pages 144

and 145.)

e Who uses this place at present?

f Who may use it in the future?

g Who are the people involved in the issue?

h What conflicts are involved in it?

i When do these events mostly occur there?

(Refer to table 5.3 on pages 139 and 140.)

j What are the elements of the proposed de­velopment?

k What impacts would each one have?

1 What advantages or disadvantages would

result if the project went ahead?

m What points of view have been included in

or omitted from the proposal?

n How is the issue likely to be resolved?

o How should it be resolved?

p What is your opinion on the Tandanya

'bushland village'?

q How would you justify this opinion?

Investigating a tourism issue

Activity 5

As an individual, a small group or a whole class, prepare a submission that resolves a local tour­ism issue. Prepare it with the intention of pre­senting it to a public meeting, a government inquiry or an investigative journalist. Read in­structions a to d on page 146 before commenc­ing.

Activity 5 continues on page 146.

Figure 5.30 Comments (Adapted from the originals)

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Figure 5.32 The area of the proposed Tandanya development (scale 1:100,000; Borda Sheet 6226, Edition 1, Series R641, 1971) (Royal Australian Survey Corps)

Legend

X Site of proposed Tandanya development Area shown in Figure 5.31 on page 144

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Activity 5 (continued)

Instructions

a Choose a tourism issue that is attracting a lot of attention in your local area or state. Make sure it attracts a variety of opinions held by a variety of groups and individuals.

b Make sure enough information about the various opinions is available - check out metropolitan or regional newspapers, jour­nals, government reports, brochures and advertising material, as well as the usual resources used in a geographic inquiry, such as maps, statistics and aerial and other types of photographs. As a first task, analyse the resources by distinguishing between the fact and opinion contained in them.

c Whoever you intend to present your sub­mission to, make sure you cover the issues questions considered throughout this book. These are specifically listed in Table 5.1 in Activity 2 on page 126 and in Activity 4 on page 143.

d Use the information listed in Figure 5.33 on this page and page 147 as a guide in pre­paring the submission.

SUBMISSIONS - WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW YOU PREPARE THEM

Where do you ask or search in order to find out whether a submission is wanted?

●Ask at your local government (council or shire) office

● Ask your local Member of Parliament (state

or federal) for relevant information about Bills (Acts-of Parliament) or issues that are being investigated by parliamentary committees.

● Ask at the state-government offices of de-●Apartments such as_: 'Environment', 'Local Government ' ‘Tourism', and 'Lands'.

● Search for issues in metropolitan and local newspapers.

How do you get the submission started?

● In most case it is a groups. ●After, reading as much as possible of the relevant 'information about the issue on which you wish to make a submission, have a 'brainstorming' session. During this, every group member should put down on paper,

in rough note form, any ideas about the submission.

• Everyone should read everyone else's notes.

• As a whole group, decide on the main points you wish to include in the submission.

• Divide the submission into sections based on these points, then choose a pair of peo­ple to write each section.

• Decide on a uniform length for each section.

• Circulate the submission's written sections to all the other writing pairs. Treat these writings as a first draft.

• Ask for written or oral comments on each section to be submitted by a specific date.

• If no comments have been submitted by the date, assume that all the other writers are happy with the sections.

• If comments have been submitted, incor­porate them in a second draft where they are sensibly required.

• Treat this piece of work as your final draft.

• Choose a pair of people to edit the final draft.

How do you present the final draft of the submission?

• When possible, use a typewriter or wordprocessor.

• Remember to use headings and subheadings.

• Type on one side of the paper only.

• Number the paragraphs and keep them concise.

• If you are making points within each para­graph, commence the points with full-stops or bullets (•).

• Allow on 2-and-a-half spaces between each line and three spaces between each paragraph.

• Duplicate (photocopy or print out) the number of copies required by the authority to which the submission will be presented.

• Use maps, diagrams, tables and photographs in order to illustrate the points you are making.

What does a good submission contain?

● It contains a title page,

● It contains a contents page.

● Each page should be numbered.

● In an introductory sentence, state how pleased you are to have the opportunity to make your submission.

● Briefly outline who you are or what your group represents.

● If you are a group, state your main purpose

and how many members you have, and describe the membership.

●State what your interest is in the issue

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under consideration.

• Summarise your submission's main points in one paragraph.

• List each point in turn, elaborating on it and providing backup material such as maps, statistical tables and research findings from reports.

• Deal with each major point in one paragraph.

• Summarise your main points in a conclud­ing paragraph.

• If appropriate, add a sentence stating that you or several members of your group would like to discuss the submission in person.

How do you make a submission to a public meeting?

• Take two or three people from your group in order for them to support each other.

· Decide whether one person or several peo­ple will speak and which points each per­son will make.

• If you are asked to read your submission, 'make' the reading short and forceful and

keep to the main points. Prepare yourself beforehand in order to make the best use of the opportunity.

• At the end, state that you wish to emphasise some points, and repeat a few main points.

• If you are asked questions, do not be afraid to pause for a moment in order to consider what you have to say.

• Always make it clear that you are easily contactable care of a provided address and phone number, if your submission requires more explanation.

Figure 5.33 A guide for preparing submissions

^{Towards an ecotourism strategy}

A country's citizens sometimes have the opportunity to influence policy. In 1994, the federal government offered funding for individuals or groups to conduct inquiries or implement innovations in order to plan, develop and manage natural environment tourism in a sound way - see the newspaper advertisement in Figure 5.34. Citizens may be considering an ecotourism development at a site such as that shown in Figure 5.35 on page 148.

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