Archive for August, 2007

Circus comes to town

Just when you thought that the whole APEC hoo-ha could not get any more like a circus - now it has become a zoo with a special Australian wildlife display planned for the participants’ wives and girlfriends. Private of course - no one else allowed- as are the fireworks display with us ordinary citizens banned [...]

Community facilities for new areas under threat

Again we have the State Government playing up to big business - with citizens the big losers.
Planning Minister Frank Sartor has riled councils with his announcement that he might look at the obligation of developers to pay for infrastructure and essential services for residents in their housing developments.
Called Section 94 funds, this money is paid [...]

Govt Spent $25 Million To Hide Traffic Horror

In the proud tradition started with the Sydney City Tunnel fiasco, our esteemed state leaders are about to reveal just how much they have dudded us in their cosy arrangements for the Lane Cove Tunnel.
The NSW state government has been paying Connector Motorways a cool $5 million a month to defer bottle-necking the traffic to [...]