UNITED CAMPAIGN WILL WIN “SPACES TO PLAY”

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MEDIA RELEASE - December 1, 2015
Jamie Parker MP, Member for Balmain, attended today’s sporting facilities’ summit with representatives from a number of Inner West sporting associations and peak groups, as well as UrbanGrowth NSW and Leichhardt Council.

“I would like to thank Leichhardt Council and the Mayor for hosting this event, which is an important next step in the “Spaces to Play” campaign,” said Mr Parker.

“Whilst neither Labor nor Liberal committed the seven new sporting fields in the run up to the March 2015 state election, I am confident we can work constructively to deliver a minimum of seven multipurpose sporting fields and indoor recreation centre in the Bays Precinct.

[Image courtesy of Jenny Templin]

“As the local MP, I have undertaken to convene a meeting with the Planning Minister and Sports Minister. I am absolutely committed to the “Spaces to Play” campaign which calls for a minimum of seven fields and I look forward to leading a delegation of sporting associations to ensure these facilities are delivered.

“It is disappointing that first major project in the Bays Precinct Transformation Plan announced by UrbanGrowth, the renewal of White Bay power station, did not include any new sporting facilities.

“It is unacceptable that UrbanGrowth and the government have failed to commit to recreation facilities in the biggest urban renewal project in the world considering the current and projected shortage of sporting facilities in the immediate area,” said Mr Parker.

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FERRIES AT ANNANDALE AND WEST BALMAIN

Imagine hopping on a ferry at Annandale or West Balmain and being in the heart of the city within minutes.

In 2020, we won the campaign for a Glebe ferry. Now, we have the opportunity to connect more of our area to the ferry network. New ferries at Annandale and West Balmain will provide a faster, smarter route into the city without adding to the traffic on our roads.

Both Labor and the Liberals want to build more polluting and destructive tollways across Sydney. But we have costed a comprehensive plan for a world-class public transport system that makes getting around our city fast and easy.

Dear Transport Minister,

New inner west ferry services would provide efficient, fast and environmentally sound travel to and from the area for workers, tourists, students, pensioners and the general public.

I therefore ask that the Government build on the success of the Blackwattle Bay ferry and establish a ferry service at Rozelle Bay for the Annandale area and reinstate the ferry at West Balmain.

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