Let the community decide

Join our Campaign to bring back our local councils!

Dear NSW Parliament,

We call on every NSW MP to commit to legislation that allows residents to vote in a binding de-merger plebiscite in any council that has been forced to merge by the Baird Government.

If a majority of residents support their council standing alone, then the law must provide for a council to be reinstated and a de-merger to occur at the soon as possible.

We make this demand because we believe that the community -- residents and local businesses-- not Mike Baird,  should decide the future of their local councils.

Who's signing

Peter Owens
Margaret Reynolds
Lindsay Faber
Bernice Melville
Barry Power
John McGill
Jodie Morrison
John Weston
Rex Mathers
Josie La Spina
Simone Meskauskas
Jo Hobson
Gabrielle Brown
Stephen Conaty
Geoff Walker
Steffi Leedham
suzanna szabo
Jane Kirton
Karen Collier
Lois Katz
Ricci McArthur
Ghislaine Barbe
Jennifer Jenkins-Flint
Julie Inhelder
Brian Nickless
Alice Pierce
Jenny Templin
1,340 SIGNATURES
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  • Peter Owens
    signed 2016-05-30 17:37:26 +1000
  • Margaret Reynolds
    signed 2016-05-30 16:48:02 +1000
  • Lindsay Faber
    signed 2016-05-30 16:46:40 +1000
  • Bernice Melville
    signed 2016-05-30 16:42:57 +1000
  • Barry Power
    signed 2016-05-30 16:34:02 +1000
  • John McGill
    signed 2016-05-30 14:48:09 +1000
  • Jodie Morrison
    signed 2016-05-30 14:27:29 +1000
  • John Weston
    signed 2016-05-30 14:18:00 +1000
  • Rex Mathers
    signed 2016-05-30 14:15:02 +1000
  • Josie La Spina
    signed 2016-05-30 13:45:01 +1000
  • Simone Meskauskas
    signed 2016-05-30 13:22:46 +1000
  • Jo Hobson
    signed 2016-05-30 12:12:04 +1000
  • Gabrielle Brown
    signed 2016-05-30 10:05:00 +1000
  • Stephen Conaty
    signed 2016-05-30 07:24:34 +1000
    I think an inner west council could work but this whole process was rigged, imposed and undemocratic.
  • Geoff Walker
    posted about this on Facebook 2016-05-30 06:28:49 +1000
    Sign the petition: Let the community decide
  • Geoff Walker
    signed 2016-05-30 06:28:25 +1000
  • Steffi Leedham
    signed 2016-05-30 04:45:04 +1000
  • suzanna szabo
    signed 2016-05-30 01:28:56 +1000
    I cannot believe the audacity of the Liberal government, in NSW and Federally. This is no longer a democracy.
  • Jane Kirton
    signed 2016-05-29 23:44:31 +1000
    Am appalled and angered by the lack of planning and consultation Mike Baird and his bevy of private consultants have foisted on all of us who live in the Inner West of Sydney.


    Am demanding that Mike Baird publically explain why citizens only see a plan AFTER each major construction (and destruction) decision is made.and contracts awarded to highly paid developers.


    Why have the majority of government departments been decimated by staffing cuts?


    Why have so many historic government buildings in Sydney and other areas in NSW been sold or leased at peppercorn rents


    Who is advising Mike Baird?

    Why are the majority of Mike Baird’s advisors, representatives/members/leaders of fundamentalist Christian churches who do not represent the views of the majority of those who live as owners or renters in the Inner West?


    The adverse impact on so much of the Inner West’s citizens, their housing, roads, shops, parks, recreation and green areas in Glebe, Foest Lodge, Annandale, Haberfield, Dulwich Hill, Marrickville, Earlwood , Ultimo, Surry Hills, Redfern, Waterloo, Alexandria, Balmain and other inner city suburbs has to be urgently investigated, documented and publicly displayed by independent and qualified Town and City Planners .


    Why has Mike Baird been given the power to destroy our neighbourhoods to a few developers who will all financially benefit from these outrageous, environmentally dangerous and ugly constructions which will and are already destroying the inner West


    Where are Mike Baird’s Plans to develop the Glebe foreshore near the Fish Market? build Chimney Stacks in Jubilee Park? etc etc
  • Karen Collier
    signed 2016-05-29 22:05:57 +1000
  • Lois Katz
    signed 2016-05-29 21:40:35 +1000
  • Derek Hodgkins
    posted about this on Facebook 2016-05-29 20:24:24 +1000
    Sign the petition: Let the community decide
  • Ricci McArthur
    signed 2016-05-29 20:13:34 +1000
    Plans for West Connex eand other projects should not go ahead without our elected representatives having a say. Otherwise the democratic process is obviously and seriously undermined to the detriment of all.
  • Ghislaine Barbe
    signed 2016-05-29 19:21:41 +1000
  • Jennifer Jenkins-Flint
    signed 2016-05-29 18:30:49 +1000
    Jennifer Jenkins-Flint
  • Julie Inhelder
    signed 2016-05-29 18:27:00 +1000
  • Brian Nickless
    signed 2016-05-29 15:20:29 +1000
  • Alice Pierce
    signed via 2016-05-29 13:55:24 +1000
  • Jenny Templin
    signed 2016-05-29 10:53:17 +1000
    JENNY TEMPLIN
  • Megan Hitchens
    posted about this on Facebook 2016-05-29 10:34:59 +1000
    Sign the petition: Let the community decide