Housing – Canada Bay Greens

Huge planning rules changes will create problems across Canada Bay LGA

Councillor post, Heritage, Housing, Local-Canada Bay, Planning / webcoordinator

By Councillor Charles Jago The new programs The NSW Dept of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) has issued two major changes to planning rules in recent months. These include: The problems in brief: these programs, intended to start this year, bring a huge and destructive change to existing planning rules. The major problems include: For […]

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Government over-reach on housing – let Council do it properly

Councillor post, Heritage, Housing, Local-Canada Bay, Planning / webcoordinator

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

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What kind of development do we need?

Councillor post, Housing, Local government, Local-Canada Bay, Planning, Sustainable living / webcoordinator

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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Councillors back Bushells developer not the community

Councillor post, Housing, Local-Canada Bay, Planning, Sustainable living / webcoordinator

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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Best economy managers? Not these Liberals!

Economy, Education, Housing, Transport / webcoordinator

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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NSW state government stops councillors determining development approvals

Leave a Comment / Councillor post, Environment, Housing, Local government, Local-Canada Bay / Charles Jago

As of 1 March, the NSW state government has stopped councillors in Canada Bay from determining the outcomes of any development approvals (DAs). The excuse is to stop corruption. The “solution” is to remove the democratic influence of councils on development across Canada Bay, with the NSW government grabbing control and planning laws made even

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Candidates for Canada Bay Council election announced

Leave a Comment / Elections, Housing, Local government election, Local-Canada Bay, Sustainable living, Transport / Alice Mantel

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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VULNERABLE APARTMENT OWNERS SERVED UP TO BIG DEVELOPERS

Leave a Comment / Housing / Alice Mantel

July 16, 2015 By John Kaye Proposed changes to NSW’s strata title laws would see many elderly and vulnerable apartment owners turfed out of their homes to fatten up the profits of developers and other residents, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye. Innovation and Better Regulation Minister Victor Dominello released draft legislation yesterday that would allow

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