Mayor of Leichhardt, Cr Jamie Parker today called on the Minister for Roads the Hon. Michael Daley MP to stop playing politics over the Iron Cove Bridge duplication and blaming Leichhardt Council for the planning problems caused by the RTA. The Minister for Roads said on Channel 7 news last night that I’m calling on [...]
Read more →Leichhardt Council is looking for feedback from the community regarding holding an ‘Eco Festival’ event at White’s Creek, Lilyfield in 2010. At the April 2009 Ordinary meeting, Council adopted a resolution to investigate holding an environmental/sustainability focused festival at White’s Creek in 2010 as part of the events planning process for the 2009-2010 year. The [...]
Read more →Greens MP and roads spokesperson Lee Rhiannon says it was disappointing that the government voted in the NSW Upper House to block debate of a Greens motion calling for the Iron Cove Bridge project to be suspended until a cost benefit analysis of different transport options is conducted (motion in full below). The motion was [...]
Read more →The state government’s push to hand control of the state’s planning system to the development industry has taken another step with the removal of three senior planning department staff who were credited with standing up to the developer lobby (SMH 11/5/09 p.2). “Ever since Aaron Gadiel, former chief of staff to Joe Tripodi and Eddie [...]
Read more →NSW Greens spokesperson on Housing, Sylvia Hale MLC, today called for new affordable housing options as rising rents in Leichhardt increase the financial pressure on tenants. “Rents have been rising at more than the rate of inflation. Year after year renters are paying more in real terms for the roof over their families’ heads,” Ms [...]
Read more →SMH May 4, 2009 THE CBD Metro will run as much as 87 per cent empty during the height of the morning rush hour when it opens in 2015, the Transport Minister, David Campbell, has conceded. Although the $5.3 billion metro between Central Station and Rozelle will have a capacity of 30,000 passengers an hour, [...]
Read more →In scenes reminiscent of a George Orwell tale cutbacks and reductions at Balmain Hospital have been described by the NSW Health as an expansion of services. In a letter presumably sent out to all residents in the electorate the General Manager of Balmain Hospital details that ‘Sydney South Area Health Service has decided to expand [...]
Read more →The Gleb, April 17, 2009 MORE than 720 people sent letters opposing the duplicate Iron Cove Bridge to Leichhardt Council recently. Leichhardt Mayor Jamie Parker said he would forward them to NSW Premier Nathan Rees to show the strength of local opposition to the $150 million four-lane bridge. He said he had not been surprised [...]
Read more →The State Government has yet to respond to questions in State Parliament regarding Toxins on the Harbour floor that may be disturbed by the proposed construction of the duplicate Iron Cove bridge. This follows on from the Governments recent decision to block debate in the upper house on a motion calling for the Iron Cove [...]
Read more →Leichhardt Council has welcomed last week’s decision by the Regional Traffic Committee (RTC) to approve the actions of Leichhardt Council to remove new bus zones on Lords Road, Leichhardt due to serious safety concerns raised by the community. The RTC, an independent appeals committee of the RTA , acknowledged in its determination today that the [...]
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