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Dick Smith and the Population Debate
DUMB SLUMS RISE UP IN SYDNEY.
Government and Developers want 50% high density, but only7% of people
want to live in flats.
We dont want this in Melbourne - the Government must listen or go.
SOS Members
Under its Metrostrategy the NSW Government plans to force high-rise
onto communities so that 50% of dwellings will be high-density. This
is in spite of the fact that surveys show only 7% of Sydneysiders
would like to live in high-rise.
Last year I attended a Kensington/West Kingsford community precinct
meeting which was addressed by the local member and then Minister of
Planning, Kristina Keneally. The community was objecting to some huge
high-rise developments that were being planned and gave existing
Waterloo high-rise towers, known to many as "suicide towers", as
examples of what they do not want. Ms Keneally however said these
Kelvin Thomson: 2009 State of Australia’s Birds Report
Speech delivered to launch Birds Australia,
State of Australia’s Birds Report 2009
Saturday 29th May 2010
MINISTERIAL INTERVENTION IN 173 AGREEMENTS IN STONNINGTON
670 Chapel St. Sth Yarra has an extensive planning permit history going back to 2004 when a permit was granted for a 3 level development with basement parking.
Bushland devastated by freeway works
01 Jun, 2010 12:46 PM
A CHORUS of disapproval has met the destruction of Frankston bushland and its flora and fauna to make way for the controversial $760 million Peninsula Link freeway.
Bulldozers have cleared bushland between Skye and Robinsons roads, parallel to McClelland Drive, which is known as sectionC by Abigroup, the construction partner of road building consortium Southern Way.
Port of Hastings under Threat.
Windfarms
| Title | Wind farms: guidelines |
| House | COUNCIL |
| Activity | Questions without Notice |
| Members | KAVANAGH |
| Date | 27 May 2010 |
| Page | 34 |
Dr Tony Recsei, President of Sydney SOS, talks about the overcrowding of Sydney and the resulting loss of liveability.
Three pieces of positive news from the most recent newsletter of the Population Institute of Canada
The Center for Biological Diversity joins the effort to slow population growth
The Center for Biological Diversity is distributing 100,000 endangered species condoms in 50 states to highlight how unsustainable human population growth is driving species extinction at a cataclysmic rate. The species depicted on the condoms are the polar bear, the snail darter (fish), the spotted owl, the American burying beetle, the jaguar, and the coquí guajón rock frog. The condoms also have clever slogans (eg., Hump smarter, save the snail darter; Cover your tweedle, save the burying beetle; Wear a jimmy hat, save the big cat). You can learn more about the Center for Biological Diversity's efforts here < http://www.endangeredspeciescondoms.com/>.
Save the Children addresses population
VLGA News
Issues covered in this 17 May edition include:
· Feedback needed on draft report into local government regulation
