Council has partnered with the Bushfire Community Legal Program to bring community information sessions to Cummins, Coffin Bay, Dutton Bay and North Shields over September 6-8.
The program is a free legal service, aimed at assisting families/individuals, small businesses, and community organisations with their bushfire preparedness, relief, recovery, and resilience.
The focus is primarily on legal education – providing and empowering people with the information and tools they need to prepare for and, potentially, mitigate, their losses in the wake of a bushfire.
The service educates community members on legal issues such as insurance, replacing fences (i.e. the process to negotiate costs with neighbours), clearance of native vegetation under the regulations, late stage of life planning (wills, power of attorney and advanced care directive documents) and good governance.
Two types of sessions will be held based on Wills, and Insurance.
Sessions will be held at the:
- Cummins Hotel: 10am Wills session & 7pm Insurance session on Tuesday, September 6
- Coffin Bay Hall: 10am Wills session on Wednesday, September 7
- Coffin Bay Yacht Club: 7pm Insurance session on Wednesday, September 7
- Dutton Bay Woolshed: 10am Wills session on Thursday, September 8
- North Shields Hall: 7pm Insurance session on Thursday, September 8
Refreshments will be available.