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MEDIA Damning high-level planning report on Newcastle buried by Council and...
A high-level independent report prepared for Newcastle Council that is highly critical of the State government’s controversial rezoning of Newcastle’s East End has been hidden by the Council and State...
View ArticleGovernment opens Local Government tendering to corruption
The NSW government is proposing legislation that will remove key anti-corruption provisions from local government tendering processes. As reported in the Sydney Morning Herald: The NSW Government has...
View ArticleCouncil of the City of Sydney Elections [Question Time]
This speech was delivered on 12/08/2014 This speech was delivered on 02/07/2014 in the NSW Upper House. You can read the original contribution here Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE: My question is directed to the...
View ArticleNSW Rural Fire Service 10/50 Vegetation Clearing Code [Question Time]
This question was asked on 11/09/2014. You can read the full debate here Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE: My question without notice is directed to the Hon. John Ajaka, representing the Minister for Police and...
View ArticleCity of Sydney Amendment (Elections) Bill 2014 [Legislation Debate]
This debated occurred on 16/09/2014. You can read the original contribution here Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE [8.33 p.m.]: On behalf of The Greens I oppose the City of Sydney Amendment (Elections) Bill 2014,...
View ArticleNewcastle East End Development Project 2014 [Motion Debate]
This debate was delivered on 16/10/2014. You can read the full debate here. Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE [10.00 a.m.]: On behalf of The Greens I support the motion and the call for papers. We were not aware...
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10/50 clearing laws put stop on planning decisions
A Land and Environment Court decision (Johnson v Hornsby Shire Council [2014] NSWLEC 1215) delivered on the 21 October 2014 has found what opponents of the 10/50 clearing code of practice have long...
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Councils and environmental groups protest at eco-damage from 10/50 tree cutting
As reported in the Sydney Morning Herald, the devastating impact of the 10/50 clearing code is being felt right across the state with councils from Ballina to Bankstown and Wollongong to Wyong raising...
View ArticleChaos at Canterbury Council – The Minister needs to act
The internal fighting and breakdown of order at Canterbury Council requires two immediate responses. The first is the Local Government Minister must intervene to issue performance improvement orders to...
View ArticleHawkesbury Council fails to come to the Mardi Gras party
At least 11 Sydney local councils have decided to fly the LGBTI Rainbow Flag, but the Hawkesbury City Council last week voted down a motion to fly the flag during the Mardi Gras season. The motion was...
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Fit for the Future? Fit for the dustbin.
The Greens NSW are committed to grassroots democracy. This means we support local councils being active, vibrant and genuinely local. This means we won’t support the Coalition’s ‘Fit For the Future’...
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MEDIA EVENT Sydney Mayors call to keep local government local
NSW Mayors and MP’s will be joining together to speak against the Coalition’s ‘Fit For the Future’ package which seeks to amalgamate councils across the state. The 26 Sydney Metropolitan Mayors have...
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Government shows its true colours on forced amalgamations
The Coalition has today opposed a Parliamentary motion moved by the Greens in support of local government and the rights of community members to determine the future of their own councils. The...
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Fit for the Future? Fit for the dustbin: THE FACTS
Across NSW local councils of all political persuasions have been successfully resisting the NSW Government’s Fit for the Future (FFF) forced amalgamations agenda. In doing so, they are defending...
View ArticleStrong support delivers Parliamentary Inquiry into council amalgamations
Strong support delivers Parliamentary Inquiry into council amalgamations The Greens today strongly supported the establishment of a Parliamentary Inquiry into the Baird Government’s Fit for the Future...
View ArticleIPART rubber stamps Coalition’s political agenda for super-sized councils
Today IPART has effectively rubber stamped the government’s forced amalgamation agenda with their uncritical acceptance of the Coalition’s ‘Fit for the Future’ plan to super-size Sydney councils and...
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IPART shows lack of distance with council merger support
As reported by the Sydney Morning Herald: The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal has been criticised for its “uncritical acceptance” of the state government’s methodology for assessing whether...
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Save our Councils launch with cross-party support to keep local government local
The ‘Save Our Councils’ community group launched a campaign today to keep local government local, supported by every political party in the NSW Parliament except the Coalition. Save Our Councils are a...
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FOI – Freedom’s just another word for ‘nothing here to see’
The agency which plans to remake Newcastle, UrbanGrowth, refused to produce key documents to Greens MP David Shoebridge under Freedom of Information laws because they said they aren’t required to...
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‘Fit for the Future’ creating turmoil in local councils
Canada Bay Council is the latest victim of the Coalition government’s ham-fisted attempts to force unpopular mergers on local councils, a process which is causing division, distrust and dysfunction...
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