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 …
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What the Bill would do to Callan Park – two key protections to be abolished
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 …
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Rob Stokes bid to privatise Callan Park galvanises wide opposition
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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Blights on the Callan Park landscape?
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 …
