Newsletter 63 – Bradfield Park

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On April 4, 2024
Sydney Harbour Bridge Cycle Ramp Complete Story – when government won’t listen It starts back when the Sydney Harbour Bridge was completed. The disruption to North Sydney was so great that Bradfield caused land that was resumed for the Bridge and no longer required to be put in a trust for the benefit of the […]
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How Councillors Have Voted

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On November 6, 2023
Does Council support community consultation? We hear a lot about community consultation – North Sydney Council says it does a great deal of it. Ever wondered whether consultation influences Councillors in how they vote? Council’s ambivalent attitude to cars is instructive – voting for more roads in the east (Neutral Bay village) but less parking […]
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Newsletter 61 – The State Government

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On October 9, 2023
Government needs to be transparent + people in Government should be accountable. Perrottet out Minns in – what could it mean for North Sydney? The Minns’ Government seems set to:  have a shot at addressing the housing shortage with heavy reliance of the private sector (expect an avalanche of applications for development approvals), ignore the […]
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Newsletter 55 – Parks For Money

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On March 14, 2023
  • Cycle Ramp Milsons Point
Our Community has proposed a ramp between the bridge and Alfred Street that does not destroy Bradfield Park – Transport for NSW just won’t have a bar of it North Sydney Council has repeatedly opposed Transport for NSW’s (TfNSW) proposal to build a linear ramp through Bradfield Park and supported the community’s alternative fold back […]
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Newsletter 54 – Luna Park

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On February 10, 2023
  • Luna Park
Peter Kingston, a great protector of Luna Park, feared for its future – his feared vision   Back in 1990 the Greiner Government ended the Abe Saffron chapter in the Luna Park story, (one that is remembered for the Ghost Train tragedy) with the passage of the Luna Park Site Act (the Act). The Act’s […]
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Newsletter 53 – Land Rights And Open Green Spaces

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On February 2, 2023
  • land rights, waverton bowling club
Aboriginal Land Rights In NSW 53,861 Aboriginal Land Rights claims have been made since 1983. 38,257 await assessment and determination (by the Minister for Crown Lands). Between 1983 and 2021 determinations covering around 163,900 hectares had been made and transferred, with, at start 2022, claims covering 1.12 million hectares remaining to be determined. There is a register […]
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Newsletter 52 – Waverton Bowling Club – Next Step

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On December 28, 2022
  • waverton bowling club
What is to become of the Waverton Bowling Green? Waverton Park: Comprised, when established back in 1943, the land between Woolcott Street and the north shore of Berrys Bay; between 1967 and 2019 the section fronting Woolcott Street was leased for use as a bowling club; in 2020 North Sydney Council pressed the State Government […]
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Newsletter 51 – Broken Promises and Fading Dreams

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On December 12, 2022
  • waverton bowling club
Dealing with the State Government – experiences that remind me of Peter Finch (the newsreader) in the (1976) film, Network Just like Peter Finch “I’m as mad as hell ..” .. but for me the cause is being ignored by the State Government; watching it plunder our open green space – even worse, watching our […]
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Newsletter 50 – Waverton Bowling Club

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On December 7, 2022
  • waverton bowling club
What is to become of the land once occupied by the Waverton Bowling Club – the Waverton Bowling Green? In short: The state Minister administering the Waverton Bowling Green ruled against a claim made by the Aboriginal Land Council (ALC). The ALC appealed the Minister’s decision to the Land and Environment Court. The Court sided […]
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