Hi all just another reminder to sign on as a complaint for the ombudsman case. Updated instructions below

A group case is now with the Ombudsman - they do not accept petitions.  To join the case each resident needs to individually send their authority.  Please let other Knox residents know too, cat-owners, cat-lovers, supportive good neighbours - all who wish a fair go, consultation and healthy community.

Please copy this sentence: I give authority for Knox AdvoCats to act on my behalf with regards to the complaint to the Victorian Ombudsman case no: C/21/19177   (adding your name, address Or suburb, postcode and email address, and phone number - two methods of contact are needed: phone & email or mail address. Please add your signature if sending by post.)

with Case number C/21/19177 in the email subject line. Please email to: complaints@ombudsman.vic.gov.au or by mail to Victorian Ombudsman, Level 2, 570 Bourke St, Melbourne, Vic 3000

I have requested that all names and contacts will be confidential to the Ombudsman, not to be shared. Formal Complaint can be read on academia.edu (free to join and download.) https://www.academia.edu/52471373/24_hr_Cat_Curfew_Knox_Council_Trajectory_and_Formal_Complaint  or email me to send it to you. 

We need many impacted Knox residents to be successful.  Thank you if you have already sent in.   
Cat Lives Matter! Ashlley email: morganshae@ihug.com.au

Trajectory of Law made without democratic process (partial)

Proposed law of 24-hour Cat Curfew is not advertised. 

October 2019 - 2021  Advertising is only for 2020’s dusk-to-dawn cat curfew pilot, and an online feedback survey: Have Your Say on Cat Curfew.  Residents are unaware of Council’s proposal of 24-hour Cat Curfew, as it is not advertised.

2020  In and out of pandemic lockdowns, few residents know of the survey.  Even respondents think the survey is feedback for the dusk-to-dawn trial that ended in December.  The survey is open to anyone, anywhere, and allows a person multiple responses, without names and addresses.   Over six months the survey garners 724 responses, of which 580 are anonymous, less than 0.7 (zero point seven percent) of registered voters.  Children can also complete and there is no verification of residency.  

June 2021  Domestic Animal Management delivers Council a sales pitch for ‘recommended 24-hour’ Cat Curfew Order.  This Agenda report contains flawed data, without scientific evidence to support claims against cats, or the efficacy of cat containment in meeting Council-stated goals.  It includes many pages of unverified charges against cats, urging Council vote.  Cat-owners are not informed. 

Council votes, the dusk-to-dawn trial is not even considered, not tabled for discussion, only strict hours are motioned, with the Council’s ‘recommended 24-hour’ lifetime lockdown passed.  Councillors state this law is for cat ‘protection’, that cat-owners need an ‘education’.

Knox Council declares Law.  Residents are not informed, most only learning from news reports.