by Charles Jago, 3rd August 2023 In the last week, a new hot water system was installed in our house. Unlike the pre-existing hot water system (a 4.8 kW, 250 litre electric Rheem system which was showing signs of age), the new system uses a “heat pump” with reverse-cycle air-conditioning technology. Not only that, but …
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by Councillor Charles Jago Recently I visited Concord High School and was pleasantly surprised to see the upgrades that have been done in the last couple of years. I saw a new multi-use playing area, a new COLA (Covered Outdoor Learning Area), upgrade to the school tuckshop, new seating and tables, new toilets and much …
By Councillor Charles Jago Summary The Heath Street cycleway is a section of Canada Bay’s 7km East West cycle way which connects Concord to the Bay Run, running for two blocks (210m) from First Avenue to Henley Marine Drive. The Heath Street section was available from 22 November 2022 to 26 April 2023: it lasted …
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Since the 2019 election we’ve seen the rorting of government funds and community grant money to benefit the Coalition at unprecedented scale. Key examples out of many: The Coalition does not deserve to be re-elected. Greens policies on corruption include mandatory, independent scrutiny of all grant program allocations; strengthening protection for whistleblowers; tracking political lobbying; …
Yesterday I met with senior nurses Alison, Stephen and Mavi from Concord Hospital, where I learned about the difficulties nurses and midwives face because they are continually understaffed. I support nurse to patient ratios because they provide better patient care, they protect nurses and midwives from burnout and they ensure better mentoring of younger nurses …
Extract from Daily Telegraph article of Monday, 11th April 2022 …The Greens candidate for Reid, Charles Jago, attended and said this election provided a stark choice. “This government has been unresponsive on climate and their policies are going in the wrong direction,” he said. “We have an opportunity to go down a different direction in …
Charles Jago in Daily Telegraph
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By Charles Jago, the Greens candidate for Reid. I have received a lot of letters raising issues about transport in an email campaign from many individuals through a campaign organised by the Australian Automobile Association. These are important issues. Transport is a critical concern for many people living in Sydney. Key issues listed by people …
by Councillor Charles Jago A number of residents emailed me in my first term as a councillor with problems about trees, usually their neighbours’ trees causing them grief. Recently I found a great legal resource at legal publisher Lexology.com (originally written by Cordato Partners) which gives a really great overview of residents’ rights in regard …
By Councillor Charles Jago Now that the ABC has listed me as re-elected to Canada Bay Council, I would like to say thankyou to everybody who supported me in my election. Especially, thanks to everybody who helped on the campaign. For this election, the Greens have campaigned strongly on overdevelopment and the need for more …
Despite the very windy weather, Canada Bay Greens members and supporters turned out to meet and eat In Real Life at the launch of our Local Government election campaign. Cheering campaigners on was Balmain MP, Jamie Parker, who reviewed how his suburb transformed from being a working class Labor suburb to a Greens stronghold once …
