Newsletter 21 – The Sydney Harbour HighLine

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On September 19, 2020
  • sydney harbour high line
Many readers will know that I am President of the Sydney Harbour HighLine Association. The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting the importance of public space to people’s mental, physical, and social wellbeing. Sydneysiders have flocked to parks and other domains sparking a call for people to devise new ways to re-imagine public spaces. This has led […]
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Newsletter 20 – Affordable Housing

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On September 3, 2020
  • affordable housing
Affordable Housing is housing made available to very low to moderate-income households at low rents. Affordable Housing comes at a cost – who should pay? Governments that don’t deliver avoid accountability – they make a myriad of their departments share the responsibility, provide inadequate funding and set confusing measure – that’s Affordable Housing in a […]
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Newsletter 19 – Luna Park Lavender Green Development Application

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On April 21, 2020
  • Lavender Bay Lavender Green
Key points Residents are NOT “killjoys”, residents support Luna Park Lavender Green is NOT part of the historic Luna Park as claimed in the DA. Lavender Green was added in 1997 Lavender Green is located in one of the most densely populated areas of Sydney North Sydney is acutely short of green space with more […]
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Newsletter 17 – Parks and Sports Fields

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On March 25, 2020
  • Parks
Are our Liberal Governments hell bent on the reindustrialisation of North Sydney and the destruction of parklands? Two years ago, the State Government announced the dedication of $290m to gain more green and open spaces. Our Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, said that “people want more than jobs and infrastructure, they want livability”. Was she serious? Or […]
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Newsletter 16 – Olympic Pool

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On January 21, 2020
  • Olympic Pool
North Sydney’s Olympic Pool – we’ve been talking about its replacement for 6 years. Why? Today, the pool is leaking; its foundations and grandstand are crumbling – simply put, they need to be replaced (with the preservation of the heritage brickworks, plaster castings and signs) before the deterioration sees them lost forever. Along with the […]
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Newsletter 14 – Luna Park Exempt From Planning Regulations

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On December 2, 2018
  • Luna Park
What’s does Luna Park and Crows Nest have in common – a State Government hell bent on imposing development on our community. This week Luna Park. Perhaps, 100 years ago, Norman Lindsay, when he penned The Magic Pudding, saw what was in store for Luna Park. There’s a Magic Pudding. It’s: • Sydney’s Luna Park; […]
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Newsletter 13 – Proposed amendment to legislation regarding Luna Park

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On October 26, 2018
  • Luna Park
The State Government is planning to remove planning controls from Luna Park.   Why does the multinational property developer Brookfield/Multiplex’s subsidiary lease Luna Park? Brookfield/Multiplex has completed 950 projects worldwide with a value of USD80 billion. It doesn’t lease or operate any other amusement parks around the world. Why is the Agreement(s) between Brookfield/Multiplex’s subsidiary […]
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Newsletter 12 – Luna Park

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On August 19, 2018
  • Luna Park
Who decides what can be built – the Government or the lessee (Multiplex’s Luna Park)? The question was put to the Land and Environment Court to decide. Luna Park: is one of Sydney’s great icons (along with the Bridge and the Opera House); heritage significance caused the Government to declare it Crown Land and establish […]
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Newsletter 11 – Luna Park

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On July 24, 2018
  • Luna Park
What did the Court say about Luna Park? It said the Government, through the planning process, is responsible for the ongoing protection of Luna Park. Facts: In recognition of its heritage significance to New South Wales, on 12 October 1990, the Luna Park Site was vested in the Crown and the Luna Park Reserve Trust […]
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