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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Newsletter 49 – Crows Nest

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On October 27, 2022
  • crows nest
We need to plan for North Sydney’s future. Crows Nest North Sydney’s larger villages all formed around transport hubs – Cremorne, Neutral Bay, Cammeray, North Sydney and Crows Nest. What happens to a village when the hub moves – what happens, for example, if it moves from the intersection of the Pacific Highway, Willoughby Road […]
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Newsletter 48 – Olympic Pool

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On October 17, 2022
Newsletter 48 – 17 October 2022 There’s a lot of talk about the cost of North Sydney Olympic Pool (NSOP) rebuild and what it might cost – nothing like getting the facts sorted first. North Sydney Olympic Pool was originally built in 1936; it has three major elements: 50-metre “Olympic Pool”; 25-metre pool; and Grandstand […]
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Newsletter 47 – Tall Buildings

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On October 17, 2022
We need to plan for North Sydney’s future. Let’s talk about tall buildings. North Sydney hosts more than 100 buildings with more than 12 storeys. The community has over time had the need to provide amenities the cost for which were beyond its capacity to pay. One funding device was to allow developers to build […]
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Newsletter 46 – Cars and Parking

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On October 17, 2022
We need to plan for North Sydney’s future. A future, like the past, where disruption be an on-going reality? Electric light and the lengthening of the “working” day. Internet and the change in the nature of “work” and the places where it’s carried out. Let’s look at cars and parking. The Toyota vision – it […]
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Newsletter 45 –  Luna Park and Lavender Green

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On May 30, 2022
  • Lavender Green, luna park noise
Voices in the wilderness – Protecting our Open Space at Lavender Green First the losses of large swathes of Cammeray Golf Course (to the Western Harbour Tunnel) and Bradfield Park (to cycle/e-bike tracks) now Lavender Green is at risk. Back in July 2021 I asked – Is Luna Park a case of regulator capture? Yes, […]
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Newsletter 44 –  Luna Park Noise

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On May 27, 2022
  • luna park noise
Noise levels at Luna Park are on the rise – what does this mean to our community – we asked Brookfield Asset Management (one of its subsidiaries operates Luna Park) for its thoughts given its present promotion. Our letter   Mr J. Bruce Flatt Chief Executive Officer Brookfield Asset Management   Dear Mr Flatt   […]
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