In a hard-fought election campaign, Greens member Charles Jago has been elected to the City of Canada Bay Council to replace retiring councillor Pauline Tyrrell, who has completed three terms on Council. Overall voting trends in the Council area showed a swing away from the Liberals and Labor, while the Greens achieved a small positive […]
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Canada Bay Greens are fielding a diverse team of candidates for the upcoming Council elections on 9 September. Heading the team is Charles Jago who is also running as the Greens mayoral candidate. He is supported Alysha Hardy, James Okeby, Pauline Tyrrell and Steve Maxwell. During the 30 years Charles has lived in the Council
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Residents will go to the polls on September 9 to elect nine councillors to represent the community on the City of Canada Bay Council, despite uncertainty over the proposed amalgamation with Strathfield and Burwood Councils. Under the Local Government Act 1993, Councils where a merger is proposed but have not been amalgamated by April 10
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Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham launched the Earthball on its journey around NSW in Wollongong highlighting how climate change affects our whole planet. Getting a first-hand introduction to the size of the problem is Charles Jago who will be running in the Canada Bay Council elections to be held on 9 September 2017.
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The NSW Court of Appeal has ruled that the process used to support the proposed merger between Ku-ring-gai and Hornsby Councils did not accord with procedural fairness. At the heart of its challenge was a report by consultancy KPMG, which recommended Council mergers and which the government refused to release in its entirety, claiming it
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Following the rejection of the previous Delegate report by the Land & Environment Court, the Delegate has now issued his revised report recommending that the merger of Strathfield, Canada Bay and Burwood Councils proceed. The report is dated September 2016 but was only made public on 21 December 2016 and gives until 20 January 2017
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Pauline Tyrrell, Greens Councillor, City of Canada Bay Council Here is a summary of my activities over the past year: Environment: I participated in several community events in support of: the Parramatta River Catchment Group’s ‘Make Parramatta River Swimmable’ Campaign; a meeting of Sydney Water with residents; Clean Up Australia Day with CBG members; and
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Local council merger stalls after legal challenge The forced merger between Strathfield, Burwood and Canada Bay councils has been halted in the New South Wales Land and Environment Court as a result of a court challenge by Strathfield council. The Court determined that there were legal flaws in the report from the State Government appointed
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The NSW Government’s forced amalgamations plans for local councils have been announced. The forced amalgamations will cut the number of councils from 152 to 112. In Sydney, 43 councils will be reduced to 25, while 109 regional councils will become 87. NSW Premier Mike Baird has said the target population size for the proposed
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Over 60 residents attended a forum to hear a panel of speakers discuss possible Council amalgamations, the Canada Bay Council’s proposed merger with Burwood and Auburn Councils and to express their own concerns. David Shoebridge, MLC addresses the forum
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