NSW approves V8 Street Car racing in Olympic Park over community objections. Key among the issues is the permanent damage to the park and to its world class reputation as an ecologically sustainable precinct. The Govt. plans to waste upto $90 million on this event over 5 years. Problems include the loss of 489 trees with upto 1000 tress under potential threat, demolishing and rebuilding of 3.5 km of road and causing unnecessary disruptions and road closures for upto 10 weeks.
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Join your concerned neighbours in a walk for renewable energy and a safe climate future for our children. With vital decisions being made this year, please join the Walk Against Warming to ensure the Australian Government supports strong, urgent action and justice for developing nations affected by global warming. Look out for the Greens stall to pick up a placard. Sydney Walk: www.walkagainstwarming.org Parramatta Walk : http://www.parracan.org/page4.htm
The nation’s leaders are abandoning public vocational education and training without community consultation. Under a Council of Australian Governments (COAG) proposal, the TAFE system would be starved of funds and eventually replaced by a series of private providers, increasingly funded by fees through HECS-like loans, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye. Read more here on John Kaye’s web site
