Category Archives: What The Papers Said!

Letters: MP’S Actions Prove Costly

Posted on April 14, 2016 by

Examiner – Letters to the Editor 12 April 2016: MP’s actions prove costly  This letter probably requires a  response from TRRA as well. Clr. Doohan should put on his boxing gloves and give himself an uppercut for drawing this conclusion from the … Continue reading →

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An Evening with Macka…………..

Posted on August 6, 2015 by

  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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Macka’s Sand To Increase Sand Truck Movements 200%

Posted on August 5, 2015 by

Examiner 18 March 2016: Macka’s Sand gains approval for additional 14 truck movements  Newcastle Herald 16 Feb 2016: Port Stephens mayor Bruce MacKenzie’s family sand quarry stands alone in compliance audit  Update From Community Forum – 08 August 2015 Examiner 11 August … Continue reading →

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Cabbage Tree Road Sandmine

Posted on July 25, 2015 by

Will The Port Stephens Ratepayers Ever Get the ‘Cabbage’ from the Cabbage Tree Road Sand Mine? Part 1 This story above was edited 01 August 2015 as further information was received. There is a fair bit of detail in this … Continue reading →

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Is Port Stephens Council As Financially Viable As They Would Like Us To Believe?

Posted on July 25, 2015 by

TRRA had a conversation with Councillor Geoff Dingle recently about the general state of the finances at Port Stephens Council. Council’s future strategy was outlined recently in its ‘Fit for the Future’ submission to the State Government in which it stated … Continue reading →

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Update On Tree Policy Changes

Posted on July 19, 2015 by

17 July 2015 Update on previous post: Reaction To Mayor’s Controversial Tree Cull Proposal Nigel, TRRA Planning Council’s proposed changes to its tree removal policy are on public exhibition, until 30 July. They take the form of a draft amendment to … Continue reading →

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Concern Re Commercial Development Of Donald Street Car Parks

Posted on June 5, 2015 by

As we mentioned in our last post  on Donald Street Car Park, TRRA Inc. has some history with the Council and the Donald Street East Car Park. We made extensive submissions to Council about a proposed Public Private Partnership with Coral … Continue reading →

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Reaction To Mayor’s Controversial Tree Cull Proposal

Posted on June 4, 2015 by

Our Port Stephens Mayor Bruce Mackenzie has once again ventured where angels fear to tread and proposed a radical new Dangerous Tree policy and called for a 12 month moratorium on the current Tree Protection Orders.   Nigel Waters made a … Continue reading →

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Has The High Court Killed ICAC?

Posted on April 18, 2015 by

  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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No – Shows Disappoint ‘Meet The Candidates’ Forum

Posted on March 10, 2015 by

The people came, but half the candidates did not bother……………… TRRA had a packed house, standing room only at the ‘Meet the Candidates’ meeting held in the ‘Crows Nest room’  last night at Nelson Bay Bowling Club.  Despite the negative … Continue reading →

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