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Greens Back Council’s Commitment to Ambitious Affordable Housing Program
The aggressive commitment to affordable housing by Newcastle Council has been heralded by Greens Councillor John Mackenzie as the defining achievement of this Council term to date. “Everyone needs a home where they can feel secure, live comfortably and be … Continue reading
Removal of Pedestrian Mall in Hunter Street No Solution to Choked City
Greens Councillor John Mackenzie says a move to turn the Hunter Street pedestrian mall into a road with a higher speed limit is the consequence of planning decisions “choking the city”. Newcastle City Council approved an “East End streetscape” plan on … Continue reading
Newcastle Greens Promote Cycleways as the Smart Money for a Smart City
The Newcastle Greens are getting behind a bold proposal for a 160km network of safe, accessible and interconnected walking and cycling paths linking key locations across Newcastle and Lake Macquarie. The proposal, dubbed the “Active Travel Transport Infrastructure Project 2016”, … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Federal
Tagged CBD Revitalisation, Cycling, planning, Public Transport, Urban Revitalisation
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Newcastle Planning Inquiry an Opportunity to Press Pause on Bad Planning Decisions
Greens by-election candidate for Newcastle Cr Michael Osborne has called for projects and decisions under investigation by the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Planning Process in Newcastle and the Broader Hunter Region to be put on hold until the inquiry reports. … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 By-Election, 2014 By-Election, Planning
Tagged Corruption, ICAC, Newcastle, Planning Inquiry, Urban Revitalisation
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Cr Osborne slams conflict of interest in Newcastle CBD planning
Cr Michael Osborne today has called on the state government to be open and honest and remove themselves from planning for the Newcastle City Centre. “The State Government has appointed their own state government developer UrbanGrowth NSW to coordinate the … Continue reading
Posted in Planning, Urban Renewal
Tagged Newcastle, Newcastle CBD, Newcastle Council, planning, Urban Revitalisation
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Newcastle will not be developed according to award winning strategy
The Newcastle Urban Renewal Strategy received a prize for ‘best large project’ from the Planning Institute of Australia last Tuesday night. The strategy was not quite the work of collaboration it was made out to be by the prize-givers, since … Continue reading
Posted in Planning, Urban Renewal
Tagged CBD Revitalisation, Local Government, Newcastle Council, planning, Urban Revitalisation
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Call for Extraordinary meeting of Newcastle City Council
Dear Lord Mayor Pursuant to clauses 7.1.3 and 7.2, of Newcastle Council’s Code of Meeting Practice, we, the undersigned, hereby request that you call an Extraordinary Meeting of Newcastle Council as outlined below. An extraordinary Council Meeting on the draft … Continue reading
Port support ignores residents’ concerns
WHEN Newcastle lord mayor Jeff McCloy offered ‘‘the support of the city’’ to the planned fourth coal loader in a glowing submission to the Department of Planning and Infrastructure, he did so without the authority of the council. And, in … Continue reading
Submission on Newcastle Urban Renewal Strategy
Dear Sir/Madam Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Newcastle Urban Renewal Strategy. The Draft Strategy: i) Includes no funding commitment for infrastructure necessary to the success of the strategy ii) Failed to take into account the increased … Continue reading
Greens reject Thatcherite austerity measures for Newcastle
The budget principles being pushed by the interim General Manager and senior staff are a pretext to sell community assets and slash services, said Newcastle Greens Councillor Therese Doyle and Councillor Michael Osborne. “The Lord Mayor and his conservative allies … Continue reading
