Tickets cross party lines
On Monday, The Greens Member for Balmain Jamie Parker visited Fairfield with Mayoral candidate Bill Cashman, calling for a ban on property developers in council.
BEMP rings the bells at NSW Parliament
Tina Perinotto |12 August 2016 | The Fifth Estate
Many if not most of the people capable of creating the change we need in Sydney’s built environment – in affordable and social housing, better infrastructure, value capture, and more sustainable cities – were in the same room on Thursday for the Built Environment Meets Parliament conference.
Calls for review into capacity of stations as figures show a sharp rise in passengers during peak hours lead to highly stressful situations
Inner West Courier, August 9th 2016
INNER West morning peakhour trains are so crowded some commuters are fearful they will get hurt.
Monthly passenger numbers at Erskineville and Macdonaldtown stations have risen sharply this year, prompting calls for a review into the capacity of Inner West stations.
Save the Greyhounds
Will you sign our open letter to the Labor leader, urging him to reverse his position on the ban and save thousands of greyhounds from death?
Jules Sebastian's plan to help domestic violence victims: renovate rooms to rebuild lives
A new proposal to overhaul refuges and rebuild them as clusters of self-contained units to shelter women and their children has been put to the Baird government as a "common sense" solution to one of the biggest issues facing domestic violence victims: housing.
Crackdown on dogs in pubs in Sydney’s inner west leaves pet owners barking mad
The fur is flying in Sydney’s inner west, where angry residents are howling in protest at their newly merged council’s crackdown on dogs in pubs.
University of Sydney terminates art school merger with University of NSW
The University of Sydney has terminated the proposed merger of its art school with the University of NSW barely one month after it was announced.
However, the Sydney College of the Arts will still be forced to move out of its Callan Park campus and faces an uncertain future.
Merger decision welcome, but SCA still needs defending
After the announcement today by the University of Sydney that the Sydney College of Arts will move to the main Sydney University campus rather than going ahead with its planned merger with UNSW Art and Design, Greens MP for Balmain Jamie Parker has called on the University to ensure it maintains the unique art practice offered at the SCA.
