What The Papers Are Saying !
2017 Clippings
02 June 2017: Dungog Council expected to hold extraordinary meeting on poll questions
01 June 2017: Michael Johnsen MP reassures Dungog Council staff
02 June 2017: Press Release – Dungog Council – Irresponsible Resignations
Meltdown at Dungog Council…….
02 June 2017: Dungog mayor and three councillors walk out, calls for state government to act after day of chaos
01 June 2017: Dungog general manager Craig Deasey and councillor Neville Bale have resigned
16 May 2017: Dungog says no, again, to a merger with Port Stephens More HERE
11 May 2017: Developer Rod Salmon ready to build apartments on stalled Donald Street ‘holes’
28 April 2017: Mayor Bruce Mackenzie’s Salt Ash BMX track plan has ended with a deadline
17 April 2017: Church Street apartments on hold in Nelson Bay after rescission motion
12 April 2017: Ascent apartments amended for Church Street site but Urban Design Consultative Group still not happy
08 April 2017: Port Stephens mayor Bruce MacKenzie’s family company has pleaded not guilty to waste dumping
05 Apr 2017: Port Stephens councillor Geoff Dingle questions code of conduct case
29 Mar 1017: ‘Enough already’ with code of conduct
17 Mar 2017: Port Stephens’ controversial Gardenland composting project is approved – but with strings attached
17 Feb 2017: Port Stephens Council agrees to $6m loan for Yacaaba Street extension – (Webmaster: We are in ‘Election Mode” already………!)
17 Feb 2017: Port Stephens Council rejects umpire’s decision on code of conduct case
14 Feb 2017: Calls for an apology after case review
11 Feb 2017: Port Stephens Council sees monsters in the dark
01 Feb 2017: Eagleton Rock Syndicate revives plans for hard rock quarry within Grahamstown Dam drinking water catchment
18 Nov 2016 – Editorial: Premier Mike Baird’s changes to ICAC are a bad look for this government More HERE
2016 Clippings
11 November 2016: Government accused of using Trump as cover for controversial bill
08 Oct 2016: ‘Wholesale Gutting’: Opposition warning as environmental bills introduced
23 Oct 2016: Warnings of Crown land ‘fire sale’ by Baird government
30 May 2016: Administrator finds new Chinese buyer for Birubi resort (Story Here)
26 May 2016: Gloucester protesters stopped the inaugural meeting of their new merged council
25 May 2016: Inner West Council’s new administrator spat on during rowdy meeting – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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???
20 May 2016: Port Stephens Council paid a developer $750,000 for an agreement that didn’t hold water (Story Here)
27 April 2016: Boomerang Park plan of management approved at Port Stephens Council meeting
12 April 2016: Call for Medowie venue to “go for a beer together and watch sport”
28 March 2016: Port Stephens Council is under challenge over a Nelson Bay development (Story Here)
23 March 2016: Mayor, Bruce MacKenzie and Cr Geoff Dingle in heated council debate
18 March 2016: Room for growth at Williamtown (read Comments!)
27 Feb 2016: Port Stephens mayor Bruce Mackenzie’s alligator weed plan has the EPA recommending boundaries
16 Feb 2016: Port Stephens mayor Bruce MacKenzie’s family sand quarry stands alone in compliance audit
“Beauty is in the eye of the Beerholder” Jan 28 2016: Port gift gaffe sparks Australia Day storm
Jan 28 2016: The stubby holder and a timely message
21 Jan 2016: Peter Kafer calls to reinstate webcasting of council meetings
19 Jan 2016: Kate Washington Promoted to front bench
17 Jan 2016: Banned Aid – NSW Electoral Commission investigates banned Hunter developer donations to the Liberal Party
13 Jan 2016: Mayor to ‘shirtfront’ Chinese President Xi Jinping…….! Birubi Resort a ‘blight’ on Chinese relations
13 Jan 2016: Holiday Parks Thou Walla and Trescapes in financial difficulty
Examiner 07 Jan 2016: Strategy the key for Nelson Bay business
Newcastle Herald 10 Jan 2016: Macka’s quarry plans queried
Newcastle Herald 04 Jan 2016: Dingle asks state to stop Port’s spend
Examiner 01 Jan 2016: Lime solution to fix Salt Ash BMX stockpile
Port Stephens Council prepares ‘Exemption to Development Standards’ policy to govern clause 4.6 applications.
Port Stephens Examiner 11 April 2018 – Click Here
19 Sept 2017: Confidence in a bright Port Stephens Future
18 Sept 2017: The buck always stops with the Councillors
18 Sept 2017: Mayor-elect congratulates his new team
14 Sept 2017: Dungog decision time looming after vote
12 Sept 2017: Port Stephens Council Mayor-elect Ryan Palmer says he’ll be dedicated full time to the role
12 Sept 2017: Who’s who at the horseshoe
12 Sept 2017: Voting turns physical in Port
09 Sept 2017: Port Stephens mayor: Ryan palmer clinches 2017 Council elections
09 Sept 2017: Newcastle, Port Stephens, Maitland, Dungog local government elections 2017
Sept 09 2017 – Editorial Comment: Democracy might be messy, but it’s vital
09 Sept 2017: Palmer in box seat to become Port Stephens Mayor
11 Sept 2017: Washington mayor-elect after Labor’s mixed showing
09 Sept 2017: Palmer in box seat to become Port Stephens Mayor
08 Sept 2017: 2017 PORT STEPHENS COUNCIL LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION COVERAGE
05 Sept 2017: Meet the Central Ward Candidates
05 Sept 2017: Meet the East Ward Candidates
05 Sept 2017: Meet the West Ward Candidates
05 Sept 2017: Lords Prayer evokes heated pre-poll exchange
05 Sept 2017: Flyers sent in bid to sway voters ahead of Port Stephens local government elections
05 Sept 2017: Council ‘how to vote’ material accidentally bundled with candidate promotional materials
16 August 2017: TRRA confident a new Port Stephens Council will resume live webcast of meetings
16 August 2017: TRRA Letter to the Editor -Live Webcasting Fears Unfounded
14 August 2017: Cr Geoff Dingle to run for Port Stephens mayor but won’t seek re-election as central ward councillor
16 Aug 2017: ‘Sexist, homophobic’ posts haunt mayoral candidate
09 Aug 2017: Independent Ryan Palmer draws ballot place number one in mayoral race for Port Stephens
09 August 2017: Macka announces retirement ahead of council election
08 Aug 2017: Geoff Dingle seeks the Port Stephens Council’s top job
Des Maslen leads the ALP ticket in race for mayor
08 Aug 2017: Peter Kafer takes on the heavyweights in mayoral election
08 Aug 2017:Ryan Palmer is youngest of Port Stephens mayoral candidates
08 Aug 2017: Candidates to face questions
04 Aug 2017: BMX soil almost a ‘windfall’
03 Aug 2017: Dover says ‘lets finish what we started’
02 Aug 2017: Council Changes tact on Salt Ash BMX track
02 Aug 2017: Council brings forward Koala Facility planning
01 Aug 2017: Final Port Stephens Council to tackle 900-page agenda
15 Aug 2017* Opinion – State’s neglect of peninsular getting old**
This is a Must Read! Phillip O’Neill is professor of economic geography at Western Sydney University.
30 July 2017: Jamie Abbott takes a shot at Port Council Spot
28 July 2017: Port Stephens ratepayers to help foot the bill for defamation cases
28 July 2017: OPINION: Time for real change in Port Stephens this election year
26 July 2017 – (Video): Port Stephens Council Walkout
26 July 2017: Hunter and Central Coast local government elections are a chance for change
26 July 2017: Councillors walk out over 900 page agenda
25 July 2017: Mammoth Port Stephens Council Meeting falls short
25 July 2017: Monster final Port Stephens Council agenda panned
25 July 2017: Dingle bid as Port Stephens Mayor
15 July 2017: Port Stephens defamation case to test Macka’s teflon talents
07 July 2017: Labor candidates under Des Maslen want council meetings broadcast live if elected
05 July 2017: Councillor Nell to run again for Port Stephens Council after 30 years of service
01 July 2017: Port Stephens residents go polls council elections
27 June 2017 TRRA Opinion – More consultative council is what’s wanted
27 June 2017: Fuse is lit on September council elections
27 June 2017 Opinion: Port Stephens Council shows there’s more to local government than meets the eye
27 June 2017: Port Stephens Councillor Ken Jordan slams Labor’s ‘party politics’
26 June 2017: Port Stephens Labor Candidates Revealed
23 June 2017: Desmond Maslen to lead Labor team in Port Stephens local government election
22 June 2017: Councillor Dover Declares She Will Run in Upcoming Port Stephens Council elections
16 May 20017: Like a Boomerang Jillian Lye is back but this time she wants to be a Port Stephens Councillor
28 Feb 2017: Cr John Nell asks for Port Stephens Council to abandon polling days
06 Jan 2017: Ryan Palmer, the man behind the public persona
Nov 30 2016: Councils respond to election delay: ‘It’s blackmailing by the state government’
13 October 2015: Port councillor John Nell to retire from politics after 29 years
30 October 2015: Des Maslen has thrown his hat into the ring for the September 2016 local government election
3 Dec 2013: Councillor reveals election plot for pro-development council
The 2012 Council Elections – TRRA analysed the result and the Newcastle Herald carried out a major investigation over a week of articles. Read all about it HERE
