by Councillor Charles Jago, City of Canada Bay Council Density and infrastructure The government has set planning targets for each council in Sydney to approve new dwellings, so future population growth is locked in. However, the government has neglected the infrastructure that residents need – public transport, public schools, hospitals and more. Key examples of […]
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by Councillor Charles Jago, Canada Bay Council On Tuesday, 19th September 2023, I introduced a “Notice of Motion” to ban the use of gas cooking and space heating appliances in new buildings in Canada Bay, which was supported by all councillors. “Natural” gas, mostly composed of methane, is widely used in NSW for cooking, space
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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
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by Councillor Charles Jago At this week’s council meeting (20 June 2023), Council adopted an updated delivery plan, operational plan and budget, which included the rate increase (special rate variation – SRV) which was recently approved by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART). This rate increase is an important issue which directly affects the
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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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By Councillor Charles Jago Summary: For the Bushells site on Burwood Road Concord, councillors approved a development that was roughly twice the scale of surrounding developments, and strongly opposed by the community. Their argument was that if they did not approve it, the government would approve the same or worse. But they have never been
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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;
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Liberal politicians always say that their party are the best economic managers. As this quick review of their past 10 years in power, both federally and in NSW shows – actually that is not the case. They just spin a better line and are better at hiding the truth. Money into roads The Liberals used
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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
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