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YAAMA NGUNNA BAAKA 2019 Map

Corroboree in townships of the Lower Baaka 28 September to 2 October 2019  Walgett – Saturday 28 September – Walgett Showground on Come by Chance Rd. Brewarrina – Sunday 29 September – Doyle Street Park on the Barwon River. Bourke – Monday 30 September – 2CUZ FM on the corner of Kamilaroi Highway & Monomeeth St. Wilcannia – Tuesday 1 October – Baker Park on Reid St.  Menindee – Wednesday 2 October –  Bourke & Wills Campsite on Lake Pamamaroo. More at  https://www.ngunna.com/  

Buruwan Park, Annandale

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22 Sep 2019 25 Sep 2019 Destroying trees to build a motorway in 2019!   https://www.facebook.com/MarghanitaDaCruzGreens/posts/696557550860667?hc_location=ufi  Minutes Council Meeting   11 December 2018 C1218(1) Item 48         Buruwan Park Annandale Compulsory Acquisition Under S175     Of The Roads Act Or Offer To Purchase The Lease Interest 10 March 2019 Councillor Byrne requested that the meeting consider an Urgency Motion with regards to Buruwan Park Annandale Compulsory Acquisition Under S175 Of The Roads Act Or Offer To Purchase The Lease Interest. Motion: (Byrne/McKenna OAM) THAT the motion be considered as a matter of urgency. Motion Carried For Motion:                 Crs Byrne, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, McKenna OAM, Passas, Raciti, Stamolis, Steer and York Against ...

Permbulation & Bushcare Annandale-Leichhardt-Haberfield

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Rozelle Bay Light Rail Station  Walked down to the end of Annandale Street and caught the light rail at Rozelle Bay Station. While waiting for the Tram checked out Westconnex destruction of trees in Buruwan Park. Also noticed an impressive specimen of Grevillea longifolia (red flowers and saw tooth leaves) Alighting at Leichhardt North, walked along Blackmore Oval where a new shared path is being constructed.  Joined volunteers doing bushcare in Richard Murden Reserve. We pulled out the weeds which were thriving and full of seeds. But at the same time noticed that there were a lot of the local provenance plants that had been put in hanging in there and in the case of two ground covers  holding their own. Interested in getting involved in Bushcare?   No experience is required - all you need to bring is a hat and water, wear suitable clothing and sturdy shoes. A site supervisor will be there to get you started and will provide gloves, tool...

#climatestrikesydney 20 September 2019

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Climate Strike Sydney. Rally Domain followed by March along Macquarie Street to Hyde Park.

Save the Trees - Inner West Council Meeting Tuesday 24 September 2019

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Inner West Tree Canopy (Red 0-10%, Orange 11-15%,  Yellow 16-25%)   Source/High Resolution: Tree Canopy Map The Amended DCP: On the  27 August 2019 a litany of amendments were made to the Draft Tree DCP recommended by Council Officer. Minutes of Meeting The Greens Recision Motion:  The Greens have put a recision motion on the Council Meeting Agenda of 24 September to undo the damaging litany of amendments and adopt the officers' recommended Draft Tree DCP Item 13. Notice of Motion to Rescind: C0819(2) Item 1 Tree Management DCP 27 August 2019 The Draft Tree DCP was the result of extensive consultation, including leaflets to every household, and research  documented on the council's have your say website. Current Inner West Tree Canopy   Heat Mapping of the Inner West Independent Clr Stamolis had put forward Item 16. Notice of Motion: A plan to increase tree canopy in Marrickville Ward ...

Yaama Ngunna Baaka Corroboree Festival 2019

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Uncle Bruce Shillingsworth's Corroboree 2019 "Gathering For the Healing of Our Rivers" is now close. Corroboree unifies communities and people who share common cultural beliefs about the “vein of our belonging, being and becoming” that is the Barwon-Namoi- Baaka River. Join our afternoon activities, evening corroboree and overnight camps along it at:  Walgett – Saturday 28 September – Walgett Showground on Wee Waa St. Wee Waa street Showground Brewarrina – Sunday 29 September – Doyle Street Park on the Barwon River. Bourke – Monday 30 September – 2CUZ FM on the corner of Kamilaroi Highway & Monomeeth St. Wilcannia – Tuesday 1 October – Baker Park on Reid St.  Menindee – Wednesday 2 October –  Bourke & Wills Campsite on Lake Pamamaroo.... PROGRAMMING will BEGIN AT TWO PM each day, structured in ways that the local Aboriginal organisations and representatives have shaped. All festival-goers will follow protocols...

Inner West Council's Local Area Improvement Strategy (LAIS) to protect our streets from WestConnex induced traffic

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Cement Truck, Johnston Street In 2016 the Administrator of Inner West Council's commissioned consultants to: undertake traffic modelling to identify potentially-affected streets, and develop a WestConnex Local Area Improvement Strategy (LAIS) to protect these streets. identification on Westconnex Truck, Crescent Annandale 8 May 2018: C0518 Item 4      WestConnex Local Area Improvement Strategy Motion: (Drury/McKenna OAM) THAT Council: 1. Adopts the draft WestConnex Local Area Improvement Strategy (LAIS); and Westconnex Truck, Crescent Annandale, 9 Sep 2019 2. Writes to the Minister for Roads and other relevant ministers, forwarding the         adopted LAIS with a request for funding of proposed LAIS works. Council to     argue that Roads & Maritime Services (RMS) funding is justified as the need for     these works is a direct result of WestConnex. C...

Buruwan Park Rally for the Trees

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Big turnup at Buruwan Park this morning. WIRES had not been notified. There is at least one nest in the tree. The community will need to be vigilent. @nowestconnexannandale @foreshorecommunity LAW - Leichhardt Against WestCONnex No WestConnex: Public transport not motorways Jamie Parker Councillor Jess Scully  Message from "Foreshore Community" M4 - M5 Rozelle Interchange If you haven’t already heard RMS have released a modification to the M4-M5 Rozelle Interchange which will now include a new car overpass at The Crescent and significant changes to the promised pedestrian and cyclist access routes.   The Crescent overpass and active transport links Modification will remove the continuous GreenLink connecting Rozelle across the City-West Link to the foreshore. The Greenlink was designed to safely reconnect Innerwest communities and provide direct access to the water. There seem to be a number of significant impacts to our community and ...