Friends of Callan Park is a founding partner of the Alliance for Public Parklands group, which is a coalition of community representatives from all across the state who have come together to fight the Greater Sydney Parklands Trust Bill, which is currently out for consultation. Please …
[Read more...] about Kill the Bill: Act now to protect Callan Park
The Greater Sydney Parklands Trust Bill (GSPT) - currently open for public comment - includes three pages of amendments to the Callan Park (Special Provisions) Act. They cover pages 34-36 of the Bill which runs to 50 pages[i]. Here are the key reasons to reject those amendments. We …
The state government has now published its Greater Sydney Parklands Trust Bill for public comment. In summary, it would destroy key protections for Callan Park and open the site to privatisation and commercialisation. Callan Park would not longer be dedicated to health, education and community uses …
[Read more...] about What the Bill would do to Callan Park – two key protections to be abolished
A quick update. Yes, the state government is at it again - see Sydney Morning Herald story here. But resistance is already building to the Draft Greater Sydney Parklands Bill - including a Sydney-wide alliance to protect our parklands. Behind a smokescreen of spin, Minister Stokes is trying to …
[Read more...] about Rob Stokes bid to privatise Callan Park galvanises wide opposition
This week the Friends have written to the Greater Sydney Parklands raising concerns about key design features of the new Waterfront Green - principally a huge mound and a new amenities block where the veterans wards to be demolished now sit (see illustration below). Some improvements have already …
