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WHILE we are hammering the Labor Partv. let us also take State Transport Minister Rachel Nolan to task over jet-ski laws. For four months her department has been sitting on a coroner's recommendations to improve jet-ski safety. Yesterday, after a woman lost her leg in a jet-ski accident. We asked when the State Government was going to put the recommendations into law.
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ONE jet-ski rider has died and several others have been seriously injured in the four months since a coroner handed down recommendations after a 2008 death on the recreational vessels. Despite the mounting toll. which includes a 43-yi.'ar-old Nerang woman who lost her leg in an incident on Sunday, the State Government says it is still months away from releasing a preliminary report into coroner John Hutton's safety measures.
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City could make ramp a marine zone to ban jet-skis THE battle over a busy Labrador boat ramp between the Gold Coast City Council and jet-skiers could flare again after it was revealed a marine zone was on the cards for the area.
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THE jet-ski industry has vowed to weed out 'bad seeds' with an on-water behaviour program on the Broadwater over summer. Courtesy riders, sponsored by jet-ski distributors, will patrol the water over the next two months handing out advice to anyone causing a disturbance.
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Residents upset at jet-ski noise will be told to whinge to the State Government after the Gold Coast City Council yesterday voted to wash its hands of the problem.
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Riders all aboard for protest over council's ban threat SITTING by the Harley Park boat ramp at Labrador, looking out for the hooning, noisy jet-skis' which prompted the council to try to have them banned, a loud, revving noise cuts through the air. There are four jet-skis close by but the noise from these craft can barely be heard above the wind on the Broadwater.
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The Gold Coast is a major tourist destination. Australians from all walks of life come here to live, work and play. That is the beauty of the area in which we live.
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A bid by the Gold Coast City Council to ban jet-ski riders has hit a dead end.
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There are fears that cramming jet-skis into restricted areas will cause accidents and chase away tourists.
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NO-GO zones on the Broadwater could funnel all jet-ski riders into just a few areas. The Southport Parklands and Harley Park are two areas being considered for marine zones. Cr Grant Pforr said while the council 'did not want to do it', a marine zone banning personal water craft could be enforced around the Southport Broadwater Parklands.
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JET-ski riders have been banned from one popular Gold Coast boat ramps and wider bans may follow. The city council will vote next Monday to shut the boat ramp at Harley Park, opposite the Grand Hotel, to jet-skis, following complaints from nearby residents who say they are too noisy.
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