Park gift a 'lemon' (Inner West Courier)
THE NSW Government gave Leichhardt Council a money-sucking lemon when it handed over Callan Park , according to Liberal MP Rob Stokes.
Mr Stokes attended last Saturday's Friends of Callan Park rally on behalf of Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell, telling the crowd the government's decision reminded him of when his father gave him a notoriously bad Leyland P76 car.
Fourteen bus services to be dumped by NSW Govmt (Inner West Courier)
Fourteen bus services to the Inner West will be dumped under Sydney Buses’ proposed changes to the bus network.
According to Sydney Buses, the changes, which are part of its first review of bus routes in the area for 20 years, will provide residents with a more direct service to the CBD as well as between the Inner West and Sydney’s south.
One Degree Of Change - Saving Our Planet Is Up To Every One Of Us (Inner West Courier)
Program to save water, energy. Canada Bay and Leichhardt councils will join Sydney Water in a partnership program aimed at improving water and energy efficiencies for local businesses. The Inner West councils have received joint funding of $110,000 from Sydney Water to undertake a pilot partnership program.
Mayors call state's bluff on light rail (SMH)
Inner-City mayors have called the State Government's bluff, agreeing to help fund a feasibility study into light rail throughout the inner west.
The mayors, led by Sydney City's Clover Moore and Leichhardt's Jamie Parker, yesterday agreed to contribute up to $60,000 to examine the viability of extending the light rail from Lilyfield to Dulwich Hill.