Category Archives: Litagation

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

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Lawyers Picnic at Lagoons Estate 2016

 Press Clippings Updated to 20 May 2016.  I wonder what the new ‘City of the Hunter Coast Council’ will make of this when they get the multi-million dollar bill next year???  Posted 07 April 2016. 12 Years of litigation, and the only winners are … Continue reading

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McCloy High Court Challenge Fails

McCloy High Court Challenge Newcastle Herald 07 October 2015: McCloy’s challenge rejected  Newcastle Herald 07 October 2015: ANALYSIS: How the donation penny dropped  Newcastle Herald 07 October 2015: OPINION: Power of corporate patrons  Newcastle Herald 08 October 2015; OPINION: No risk … Continue reading

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An Evening with Macka…………..

  Examiner 13 December 2016: Tomaree Ratepayers and Residents Association issues apology to mayor Bruce MacKenzie And in a parallel universe: Examiner 26 December 2016: OPINION: Port Stephens Council and residents united in 2016 to fight to state government on merger … Continue reading

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Ratepayers Millions Down The Drains?

Update 05 April 2016. TRRA have been monitoring the developments in this story for some time. A full report soon! Newcastle Herald 5 April 2016: Port Stephens Council has until 5pm Wednesday to withdraw a key document from a legal case … Continue reading

Posted in 2015, Council Decisions, Council Financial, Council Meetings, HOT ISSUES, Litagation, PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT, PORT STEPHENS COUNCIL, STATE GOVERNMENT | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Has The High Court Killed ICAC?

  Opinion: Dick Appleby As a person who has taken a keen interest in the ICAC proceedings throughout 2014 – 15, attended one of the public hearings in Sydney, taken the time to read a lot of the transcripts and … Continue reading

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Write Off Unrecoverable Debit…..!

This little Gem was on Page 131 of the Papers  for the 28 October 2014 Ordinary Council meeting. CLICK HERE. We  are still scratching our heads about this one.  What happened is clear in the report but we have never … Continue reading

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ICAC – Local Govt. Minister: Please Finish The Job!

ICAC Appearance, Craig Bauman Port Stephens MP – Ex PSC Mayor and Councillor Thank you Peter Lewis, you have nailed it again! – Newcastle Herald Cartoon Gallery -13 September 2014 TRRA Inc. is deeply concerned at further revelations of questionable behaviour … Continue reading

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ICAC – Operation Spicer – Who is in the Cac At ICAC?

‘The Grim Reaper’  NSW disease has now mutated from the Labour Party and it appears that a particularly virulent strain has taken hold in the Liberal Party with Premiers, Ministers and MP’s going down like nine pins with Council Assisting … Continue reading

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