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 […]
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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
Re-elected! Thanks to everyone. Read More »
by Councillor Charles Jago My Notice of Motion on high school places – written with input from the Concord High P&C – was approved at last night’s council meeting. Councillors agreed that Council would investigate commissioning a study on high school places to provide the basis to push the NSW Government to take action to
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September 17, 2015 By John Kaye THE full and partial sale of Hunter TAFE campuses will raise more than $6million for the state government but potentially rob the region of a prosperous economic future, according to Greens MP John Kaye. ‘‘There’s no question theHunter has taken a fairly savage blow,’’ Dr Kaye said.‘‘For more
NEWCASTLE HERALD 15/9/15 – TAFE WARNING: SALE WILL “ROB REGION” Read More »
Low apprenticeship and traineeship completion rates, declining enrolments and rising shortages of key skills are warning signs that something is going badly wrong in a key sector of the state’s education provision. Department figures show there are 123,481 apprentices and trainees in NSW. Apprenticeships usually last between three and four years. Drop-out rates are high,
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