Clairy Browne and the Bangin' Rackettes
BENDIGO’S residential Strategy will be reviewed because of greater than expected growth.
The State Government has announced a grant of $50,000 to carry out the review.
The review is needed because, according to the State Government, 40 per cent of the forecast growth between 2006 and 2031 had already been realised.
Regional Development Parliamentary Secretary Damian Drum made the announcement this morning.
Mr Drum said the Bendigo Residential Strategy Review would deliver greater community and investor certainty, helping the region grow.
“The Bendigo Residential Development Strategy was adopted in 2004 and is currently being audited because of the faster than anticipated growth that has occurred in Bendigo in recent years,” he said.
“Strong residential growth has many flow-on economic benefits and having a clear framework for future development will position Greater Bendigo City Council to undertake more detailed, place-based planning in the future.”
Deputy Premier Peter Ryan said about 40 per cent of the forecast growth between 2006 and 2031 had already been realised.
The Residential Strategy impacts directly on where and how property developments use “infill” parcels of land, range of housing styles and also on housing affordability.
“This project will review the strategy, assess current and estimated land supply and demand and consider various legislative and policy changes,” Mr Ryan said,
“It will also consider the latest demographic data and establish a new strategic framework to guide the long-term residential growth of Greater Bendigo.
“The project will result in a revised residential strategy that will give developers, the community and service providers greater surety and confidence about where land can be developed for residential purposes, and that sufficient land is available to accommodate the City of Greater Bendigo’s future growth.”
Mr Ryan said a contemporary strategic planning framework was essential to the economic development of a large regional centre like Bendigo.
“Clearly identifying future growth options and supporting infrastructure needs will enable the Greater Bendigo City Council and other infrastructure providers to plan their capital works programs well in advance,” he said.
“Identifying long-term growth areas will enable the council and other service authorities to start planning for the delivery of services, thereby minimising the lag time between when residential development occurs and when the services need to be in place.”
Ben Cameron | Bendigo Weekly | 26-Jan-2012 3.50pm
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The charismatic Clairy Browne (centre) is a woman of heartbreak.
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Clairy Browne wears her heart on her sultry sleeve.
“I’m definitely a woman of heartbreak,” Browne admits, the leading lady of nine piece the Bangin’ Rackettes, whose rich layers of northern soul, jump blues, doo-wop, ska and gospel, are winning a “shit tonne of buzz” according the street press.
“There’s a lot in the pot.”
While the influences abound from yesteryear (Etta James probably being the most obvious when you hear Browne’s pipes) there’s still some modern day R n B (Cee-Lo Green, Salt 'n' Peppa) to be found too.
“We try not to limit it to any particular decade or era,” Browne says, of a style of music that speaks directly to her heart.
“I just feel really alive when I listen to that (genre of) music.
“It’s that crackle, it’s that authentic thing that grabs you.
“A lot of the songs are so free and cathartic, a lot of singers are singing from a place of absolute loss or sorrow, or a wild freedom.
“It’s an assault on your heart, and I’m into music that grabs the heart, sad songs, songs of yearning.
“Writing and singing from that place is the most effective I think.”
Other tunes are a touch more bold, like current single She Plays Up To You, which takes aim at maneating women in bars across the country.
“I don’t put up with that shit,” she laughs.
“I guess a lot of women have experienced this.
“It’s that broad jealousy of your lover... when somebody comes stalking around. Everybody knows that type of person.”
Since forming in 2009, the band have done Golden Plains, Melbourne Festival and thrived in the unique atmosphere that is the Big Day Out’s Lillyworld.
“It’s a wild little party town... I saw so much strange stuff in there,” she laughs.
“It was like on big acid trip.”
Browne is a full time Rackette.
“There are nine of us... so it’s kind of hard, it’s not easy to make money,” she admits.
“But dedication and persistence is the key... we’ve been at it for three years and we’re only now starting to pay ourselves which is cool (laughs).”
Clairy Browne and the Bangin' Rackettes play the Echuca Riverboats Festival on Sunday, February 19.
BENDIGO’S residential Strategy will be reviewed because of greater than expected growth.
The State Government has announced a grant of $50,000 to carry out the review.
The review is needed because, according to the State Government, 40 per cent of the forecast growth between 2006 and 2031 had already been realised.
Regional Development Parliamentary Secretary Damian Drum made the announcement this morning.
Mr Drum said the Bendigo Residential Strategy Review would deliver greater community and investor certainty, helping the region grow.
“The Bendigo Residential Development Strategy was adopted in 2004 and is currently being audited because of the faster than anticipated growth that has occurred in Bendigo in recent years,” he said.
“Strong residential growth has many flow-on economic benefits and having a clear framework for future development will position Greater Bendigo City Council to undertake more detailed, place-based planning in the future.”
Deputy Premier Peter Ryan said about 40 per cent of the forecast growth between 2006 and 2031 had already been realised.
The Residential Strategy impacts directly on where and how property developments use “infill” parcels of land, range of housing styles and also on housing affordability.
“This project will review the strategy, assess current and estimated land supply and demand and consider various legislative and policy changes,” Mr Ryan said,
“It will also consider the latest demographic data and establish a new strategic framework to guide the long-term residential growth of Greater Bendigo.
“The project will result in a revised residential strategy that will give developers, the community and service providers greater surety and confidence about where land can be developed for residential purposes, and that sufficient land is available to accommodate the City of Greater Bendigo’s future growth.”
Mr Ryan said a contemporary strategic planning framework was essential to the economic development of a large regional centre like Bendigo.
“Clearly identifying future growth options and supporting infrastructure needs will enable the Greater Bendigo City Council and other infrastructure providers to plan their capital works programs well in advance,” he said.
“Identifying long-term growth areas will enable the council and other service authorities to start planning for the delivery of services, thereby minimising the lag time between when residential development occurs and when the services need to be in place.”
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