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 …
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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 …
Click here to download the FOCP Submission White Paper REVEALED: The state government is splitting up Callan Park and planning to hand it over to an agency dominated by people from the big end of town… There is a better alternative. We have some disappointing news about Callan Park to alert …
So what's not to like? Rob Stokes, the Minister for Planning, has announced that the first stage of the Landscape Structure Plan will focus on the foreshore areas of Callan Park. (See here for the final LSP.) This is in line with what the community and Friends of Callan Park have recommended. …
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