Tag Archives: 2013

Bush Fires – Councillor’s Concern

Updated 12 December 2013 December  Newcastle Herald 12 December 2013: Firefighters Between A Rock And A Hot Place Daily Telegraph 12 December 2013: Environmental Rules Slammed – Port Stephens Area Under Flames was About To Be Back Burned PS Council Version … Continue reading

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Mackas Sand _ PAC Approval

The Mackas Sand proposed sand mining access route onto Nelson Bay Road has been approved by the independent Planning Assessment Commission on Monday. The two-man Commission found that a previous report from the Department of Planning had sufficiently addressed concerns raised … Continue reading

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TRRA Inc 2013 Annual General Meeting

Dear Members  We hope that you and your families will attend this important meeting, and if you feel you can make a contribution, nominate for a position on the Management Committee, we need all the help we can get!  For … Continue reading

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Mackas Sand Trucks PAC Hearing

Controversy at Cowsh-t Corner** **(The local name for corner adjacent to the proposed alternate access for the Mackas Sand mine, so named because a dairy farm drove it’s milking cows across the road here in the past, and it was notorious for … Continue reading

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Shoal Bay – Foreshore Revitalization

Update From Newcastle Herald 20 Dec 2013 HERE Posted Sept 20 2013 The revitalization of the Shoal Bay waterfront promised by Port Stephens Council Mayor Bruce McKenzie is certainly well under way. The old  unsafe wharf has been demolished, the new one … Continue reading

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Maccas Sand PAC Hearing Notice

WILLIAMTOWN residents will make a last-ditch attempt to stop an access way to a sand mine in their area and bring an end to a seven-year saga. a href=”http://ad-apac.doubleclick.net/N6411/jump/onl.fairfaxregional/newcastleherald/news/localnews;ctype=article;cat=newcastleherald;cat1=news;cat2=localnews;cat3=1757278;region=newcastle_hunter;locstate=nsw;pos=1;tile=2;sz=xxxx;ord=13642510?”><img src=”http://ad-apac.doubleclick.net/N6411/ad/onl.fairfaxregional/newcastleherald/news/localnews;ctype=article;cat=newcastleherald;cat1=news;cat2=localnews;cat3=1757278;region=newcastle_hunter;locstate=nsw;pos=1;tile=2;sz=xxxx;ord=13642510?” /></a>      At least six residents will speak before the NSW Planning … Continue reading

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Soldiers Point – Reclassification

 Update: Examiner 26 Nov: Track Battle Looms Planning Proposal – Various Council Owned Lands On exhibition from Thursday 1 August 2013 to Monday 9 September 2013 : HERE  Port Stephens Council has resolved to prepare and exhibit a planning proposal … Continue reading

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PSC Dog Exercise Area Review

TRRA Inc Meeting – 12 August – Port Stephens Council Dog Exercise Area Review – Consultation The Dog Area Review for Port Stephens was on the agenda for the TRRA meeting held on Monday 12 August. Brendan Callander and Emma Shanks … Continue reading

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Would you have Approved this 53 Lot Subdivision Under a Defence Force Flight Path?

Here is a map published in the Examiner by the Defence Department (Apologies for the quality) 5 Councillors – MacKenzie, Dover, Morello, Tucker and Le Motte approved this subdivision  at Halloran Way/Richardson Road, Raymond Terrace on 14 May 2013 despite … Continue reading

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What is Happening at the Port Stephens “Gateway” – Nelson Bay Road/Cabbage Tree Road/Lavis Lane entry

Here is the submission from TRRA Inc objecting to the additional “tourist development” on the corner of Cabbage Tree Road and Nelson Bay Road (right across the road from McDonalds) and the recently approved Lavis Lane “Tourism Facility” TRRA Submission Objecting … Continue reading

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