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Lawyers Picnic At Lagoons Estate 2017
This is our annual roundup of the Lagoons Estate saga, we covered this in 2015, 2016, and now in 2017 it is still a Lawyers Picnic. On 12 September 2017 Justice Pembroke set down a further hearing date May, 2018. … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Council Financial, HOT ISSUES, Litagation, Planning Issues
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Meet Our New Council
The final Council election results were made available at 11:38 am today on the Electoral Commission website HERE Mayor: Ryan Palmer Central Ward: Steve Tucker, Sarah Smith, Chris Doohan East Ward: Glen Dunkley, Jamie Abbott, John Nell West Ward: Giacomo … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, ANNOUNCEMENTS, Council Elections, PORT STEPHENS COUNCIL
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Questionnaire to PS Council Election Candidates
The Port Stephens Greens have sent a comprehensive 24 Question survey to all lead candidates in the 2017 Council election. Twelve of the candidates completed the questionnaires. Some of the responses are quite interesting and can be viewed HERE. Please … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Council Elections
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‘Meet the Candidates’ – The Video……!
On 15 August 2017 TRRA Inc. held a very successful ‘Meet the Candidates’ forum for the 2017 Port Stephens Council elections at the Nelson Bay Bowling Club, attended by about 240 people and most of the candidates. We have been … Continue reading
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Recent Council approval of ‘Flood Mound Developments’
Recent Council approval Of ‘Flood Mound Developments’ Against the recommendations of Council Staff In an otherwise appalling Council meeting on 28th March 2017, attended by 4 TRRA members and a huge gallery, we witnessed a welcome turnaround on voting on DAs … Continue reading
Posted in 2017
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Ngioka Centre, can it survive?
Port Stephens Council will reconsider its financial support of horticultural services at the Ngioka Centre, Little Beach. Update-June 28 2017 <a”>Little Beach Ngioka Centre Native Plant Nursery Program Reprieve for Nelson Bay 08 June 2017: Ngioka – Council reviews investment … Continue reading
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A High-rise Nelson Bay? The story so far.
Port Stephens Council’s recent approval of a high density high-rise apartment building at 11-13 Church St – at 33 metres more than twice the official height limit for the site, may be a game-changing move in the long-running struggle to … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
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Thou shalt not ‘impute’!
Impute: to say that someone is responsible for something that has happened, especially something bad, or that something is the cause of something else. – Oxford Dictionary. Words are defamatory when they convey a meaning (or “imputation”) about a person … Continue reading
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Lifting the Lid on Mental Illness Forum
Don McDonald, a TRRA member who attends most of our meetings, has played a significant role in raising funds and awareness for mental health research, particularly with respect to schizophrenia, an illness which has directly affected his family for over … Continue reading
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Dysfunction highlighted at PS Council Meeting 28 March 2017
“Bearing in mind that now we have an Council election imminent on 09 September, TRRA strongly urge you as Port Stephens residents and ratepayers to attend a Council meeting and witness what the Councillors that you elected to represent you actually do at these meetings. Get a carload together for something different to do on a Tuesday evening. We can assure you that the entertainment provided is just as good as what is available on TV on a Tuesday nights and it is part of your civic duty to be properly informed before you choose your representatives.” Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Council Meetings, PORT STEPHENS COUNCIL
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