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Newsletter 40 –  Pool Update

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On January 10, 2022
North Sydney’s Olympic Pool – is it on “time” and “budget”?   It was a year ago that I wrote on the pool – https://www.ianmutton.com/2021/01/17/north-shore-community-newsletter-23-olympic-pool/ . With a newly elected council it’s time for an update. Background The decision was taken in 2020 to go ahead with the rebuild of the pool The contract for […]
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Newsletter 39 –  Protecting Our Parklands

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On January 5, 2022
  • North Sydney Council election, North Sydney Mayor
A new term for Council and Councillors Things that I want to work with my fellow councillors to achieve during this term – one of the most important is to protect and add to our open green space as well as encouraging its use. Adding to and protecting North Sydney’s open green space. Sydney Harbour […]
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Newsletter 38 –  Council Finances

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On December 26, 2021
  • North Sydney Council election, North Sydney Mayor
Reporting Council’s Finances – Truth a Casualty in the Election Campaign In the campaign some references were made to Council’s financial reporting that were unfair and, to my mind, reflected badly on Council. It was inferred that information was being withheld from Councillors. It’s something that has weighed on my mind – I’m concerned that […]
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Newsletter 37 –  Candidate For Mayor

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On December 13, 2021
  • North Sydney Council election, North Sydney Mayor
Election of Mayor On 4 December our North Sydney community elected 10 councillors. On 10 January councillors will gather to elect a mayor. During this term Councillors will be called upon to: push back against the State Government’s: relentless attack on our open green space; freeway/tunnel plans that, if allowed to stand, will vastly increase […]
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Newsletter 36 –  Precincts

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On September 28, 2021
  • Bradfield Park, harbour bridge cycleway
Precincts – an exercise in participatory democracy. There’s – no better way to make Councillors aware of voters’ concerns Back in 1972 North Sydney Council first put in place the mechanism to foster participatory democracy. we called it the Community Precinct System; divided North Sydney’s local government area in to (now) 26 precincts (not all […]
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Newsletter 35 –  Bradfield Park

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On September 26, 2021
  • Bradfield Park, harbour bridge cycleway
Bradfield Park and a cycleway – a questionable process What do you do: When the Government announces a project that appears to violate the Auditor General’s guidelines  intended to ensure infrastructure projects: are actually needed; represent value for money; based on sound assumptions; with improved safety for all? When the project fails to meet its […]
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Newsletter 34 –  The HighLine and the TAHE

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On September 2, 2021
  • Sydney Harbour HighLine
A Community Asset Until 1932 the main rail line from Hornsby to North Sydney passed through Waverton and terminated on the harbour foreshore at Milsons Point (North Sydney) In 1932 the rail line was diverted from Waverton to North Sydney and then over the Harbour Bridge and on to the “City Circle.” The Waverton to […]
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Newsletter 33 – Cycle Walk Ways And Ramps

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On August 11, 2021
  • harbour bridge cycleway
Milsons Point’s Bradfield Park;  it’s under Attack by the State Government for no good reason with a $20m (2016 cost data) spend on a ramp. The State Government is planning to build a cycleway through iconic Bradfield Park at Milsons Point. North Sydney is one of the most densely populated areas of Sydney; it’s acutely […]
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Newsletter 32 – Berrys Bay – Time for the State Government to hand the western foreshore over to our community – as it promised

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On August 8, 2021
In April 2017 our Premier undertook to make the land on the western side of Berrys Bay available to our community – see map below A month later, the Member for North Shore (F Wilson) spoke in support of the Premier’s undertaking – in her maiden speech she said: I am committed to ensuring the […]
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Newsletter 31 – Waverton Park and the (former) Bowling Club Land

  • Posted by IanMuttonAdmin
  • On July 30, 2021
  • Waverton Park
North Sydney has just about the highest ratio of residents to parks and recreation areas compared to all metropolitan Council areas – 550 people per hectare compared to Ku-ring-gai’s 84, Willoughby’s 216 and Mosman’s 170. We need to take every opportunity to add to our parks and recreational areas. Back in 1923 it was proposed […]
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