Announcing an inquiry into last month’s landslide,Jacinta Allan says too many questions remain unanswered. She has demanded the council take back responsibility of the site.
Home owners in McCrae are in a legal battle with the council over who is responsible for a landslide that has forced them out of their houses.
The landslide in McCrae happened in a part of the Mornington Peninsula locals once called Spring Hill,owing to the extensive underwater flows in the area.
Former Monash Uni chancellor and Australian of the year Simon McKeon lives uphill from the McCrae house destroyed this week. He hopes the landslip finally spurs authorities to act.
The Age has obtained a recording of a meeting the Mornington Peninsula Shire council held with affected residents,at which authorities said work to identify the source of the landslide was ongoing.
Seven homes have been evacuated in the area near Penny Lane in McCrae amid warnings other properties could be in danger.
With the roads to Jenolan Caves closed for 18 months,one option being explored is a technology dating back to the 15th century.
Authorities fear a second landslide and a disease outbreak are looming at the remote scene of Papua New Guinea’s mass-casualty disaster.
The death toll in Papua New Guinea is expected to rise following a catastrophic landslide that destroyed a village in remote Enga province.
More than 50 homes,many with people still asleep inside,were buried when the landslide hit Kaokalam village around 3am.