Post lockdown boost for a vibrant Wollongong night-life
"While Wollongong nightlife has been steadily improving, we still have a long way to go to have a truly vibrant night-time economy. Many places along the foreshore are popular in the day but deserted in the evening due to lack of food options"
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Greens call for improved Corrimal train service before coke works development proceeds
GREENS candidate for the Wollongong City Council elections in September, Bronwyn Batten has called for better train services for Corrimal before the coke works development proceeds.
“Even with the proposed reduction of dwellings from 750 down to 550 the size of the development cannot be justified merely because it is adjacent to Corrimal Railway Station,” Dr Batten said.
Reverse the TAFE cuts!
This Notice of Motion seeks to reassert councils commitment to TAFE through the economic development strategy, recognizing it as an essential training service.
It's really important that we have guaranteed funding for TAFE.
It's especially important in this time of COVID as TAFE is so strategically positioned to re-skill, re-train and re-deploy people.
Is the Tallawarra B power station ever going to be really sustainable?
Mithra Cox Greens Councillor and Mayoral candidate is concerned. Mithra speaks about this project on
Wollongong council's stance on shark nets welcomed
Wollongong City councillors have thrown their support behind a call to replace shark nets with other measures that would mitigate the risk of bites without the deleterious impacts on marine wildlife.
Cr Cath Blakey moved a motion at Monday's meeting that the council make a submission to a review into the NSW shark management strategy, in which it would oppose the use of nets in favour of drone and helicopter surveillance, listening stations, personal shark deterrent devices, and SMART drumlines.
The motion was passed unanimously.
Read the article by Natalie Coxon in The Illawarra Mercury, 20 April 2021
Read moreGreens announce fresh faces for Wollongong City Council tilt
Greens NSW Senator Mehreen Faruqi backed the team gunning for Wollongong City Council in the 2021 elections.
Public transport campaigner Bronwyn Batten and paramedic and environmental activist Jess Whittaker will join existing councillors Mithra Cox and Cath Blakey.
Ms Cox will lead the Greens team as Lord Mayoral candidate, as well as seeking re-election in Ward 1. Ms Blakey will again be the lead candidate in Ward 2. Priority candidates will also include Ms Whittaker as the lead candidate in Ward 3, and Dr Batten as the number 2 candidate in Ward 1.
Read the report by Zoe Cartwright in The Illawarra Mercury, 19 April 2021
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Do we need shark netting?
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Small fine for pollution by South32
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Council reverses 'fun police' decision on Thirroul basketball hoop
Last month the council wrote to the Craig and Sarah Rossignol to inform them that a fixed basketball stand opposite their Kilncar Crescent house was a footpath obstruction and had to be taken down immediately, or risk a $330 on-the-spot fine. After appeals from Keira MP Ryan Park and Greens Councillor Mithra Cox, the decision has been reversed and Thirroul families will not be penalised for the community basketball hoop.
Greens Councillor Mithra Cox said parents shouldn't be penalised for encouraging kids to play outdoors.
Read the report by Zoe Cartright in The Illawarra Mercury, 6 April 2021.
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