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How can I get the gardening service at our townhouse complex to stop using gas-powered leaf blowers?

It may be worth trying to increase the number of people in your complex who are prepared to support your cause or contact the Body Corporate if you have one in place.

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The state is holding the biggest armed forces night shoot in 15 years in False Bay. Can it be stopped?

To hold the authorities to account, you have to be organised, so that they understand that there will be consequences for not consulting the community in future.

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