Friends of Callan Park meet with representatives and government ministers on a regular basis to discuss ongoing issues of governance, management, maintenance and security at Callan Park. Relevant reports and correspondence feature here when there is news to report.
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 …
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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
