The masterplan notes that “residential developments adjacent to airports and under flight paths may lead to complaints about aircraft” and recommends no such developments within the footprint of an airport. Well, too late for that. Unfortunately there don’t appear to be flight path maps in the exhibited document so it’s difficult to know which suburbs (existing and new) will be impacted and to what degree.
Sticky
Cohn keeps demergers on the agenda
Resilient and tireless community advocates from Canterbury‑Bankstown to Bombala, from the Central Coast to Tumbarumba, and more, have worked for the last seven years to undo this mess without success under the provisions of the Local Government Act as it stands.
New ways to support The Point ESG News Site
Our new Buy Me a Coffee page is a great way to support our journalism and publishing and we even offer rewards if you are prepared to become a monthly or annual subscriber. Buy me a Coffee supports CREATORS those of us who write or make or paint or sing, […]
Safe haven with peer support a huge step forward for acute mental health care
We need teams who can address the human aspect of mental health…We stand in the vulnerabilities of our own experience… we drop the armour.
Opinion: We are passing the ice sheet tipping point
We must prepare for metres of sea level rise in the longer term beyond 2050 by planning now for a safe and efficient transfer to higher ground.
MLC enters battle to restore local democracy in NSW
Whilst the forced mergers were the brain child of the former Coalition Government, the Minns Labor Government, despite a policy of giving communities a say through a plebiscite, has shown no political appetite to address any of the lingering problems.
CEN urges community to use submission guide for Deferred Matters planning proposal
The draft planning proposal, if adopted, would undermine the planning principles at the heart of the Conservation zones within the NSW Standard Instrument.
Webinar: restoring local democracy in NSW
Central Coast Friends of Democracy and The Point ESG News Site will present a state-wide webinar at 7pm on Wednesday, 15 November to discuss what lies ahead for the councils that were forcibly merged in 2016. Special guest speaker will be Dr. Amanda Cohn, Greens MLC, who is currently proposing amendments to the NSW Local Government Act […]
If a tree falls in the forest
and when all the creatures come out at night
to see their home decimated , piled up , no longer upright
the empty forest gaping like a wound bathed in moonlight
Deep ecology weekend coming up
Experiential deep ecology workshops have helped thousands around the world experience profound connections with the more-than-human world. Many of you will know, or know of, John Seed. Founder of the Rainforest Information Centre, he has been devoted to the conservation of nature for more than 40 years. His experiential deep ecology workshops […]