The Greens believe that housing is a basic right for all Australians. How to ensure that everyone has a home that’s affordable, safe and secure? The reality is that we have a housing crisis, made worse by past government “solutions” which included withdrawing from building social housing and leaving almost all new development to private […]
Why has housing affordability become so difficult? Read More »
Updated 8th October 2024. by Charles Jago Thanks to all of our great members and volunteers for a huge effort on this campaign, especially in the last few days. This has probably been our best campaign ever in several ways, as shown by our best council results ever. Here are some details on the final
Results on council election 2024 Read More »
Sunday 16th June Come to our “Meet the candidates” campaign launch on Sunday, 16 June 2024 at the Concord Community Centre, Gipps Street, Concord, starting at 4.30pm for 5pm. Speakers at the event will be Sue Higginson MLC (Greens NSW Planning spokesperson), Charles Jago and Dr Tailoi Ling. Please register for the event. Also see
Meet the candidates Council election campaign launch Read More »
Note that this page is now quite out of date, with information that is now incorrect. For more recent information, go to the 2026 rezoning update. New density programs by the NSW government 2023 & 2024 By Councillor Charles Jago Contents The NSW Dept of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) has issued two major changes
Huge planning rules changes creating problems across Canada Bay LGA Read More »
By Councillor Charles Jago We all want to see new housing measures that will put a roof over people’s heads, expanding the quantity of quality housing accessible to everybody. At the council meeting on Tuesday night (20/2/2024), councillors unanimously supported my motion supporting the aims of the NSW government’s package of housing changes, but calling
Government over-reach on housing – let Council do it properly Read More »
by Councillor Charles Jago I support an increase in medium rise development across Canada Bay, provided that the infrastructure is in place to support it. For environmental, economic and social reasons, medium rise offers more benefits than high density. Medium rise will still provide enough additional density to provide a very large number of new
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by Councillor Charles Jago Conservative councillors in Canada Bay argue that we have no choice but to approve many bad development proposals. The argument that councillors need to support oversized development has constantly showed up in previous council debates on developments, leading to acceptance of many oversized developments. The argument says that rejecting the motion
The racket of approving bad development proposals Read More »
by Councillor Charles Jago 7/12/2023 I was disappointed this week that Council was unable to agree on formally requesting that Angelo Tsirekas, resign from his position as Mayor following a finding of corrupt conduct by ICAC. The Council meeting this week considered a motion proposed by Councillor Ferguson that noted that the Independent Commission Against
Calling for Mayor Angelo Tsirekas to resign Read More »
By Councillor Charles Jago 4th December, 2023 The future of one of the last significant blocks of industrial land in Concord West is about to be determined, with a focus that ignores the future community needs of the area. In tomorrow’s (Tuesday 5th December) council meeting, councillors will consider a planning proposal for the development
Proposed development of 1 King Street Concord West Read More »
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
Submission to the NSW Planning Inquiry Read More »
