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Inner West council meeting Questions on Notice

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Questions on Notice (QoN) for April 2024 Agenda, the next council meeting. Questions on Notice From Councillor Marghanita da Cruz Question 1. What were council CO2e emissions for 2022/23 and period 1 July 2023- 30 Dec 2023? Question 2. What were the sources and amount of CO2e emission from each   for 2022/23 and  period 1 July 2023- 30 Dec 2023? Question 3. What are council operations Scope 2 CO2e Emissions and to whom   for 2022/23 and  period 1 July 2023- 30 Dec 2023? Question 4. What % of materials has be reused, recycled and new materials have been used in our footpath for 2022/23 and will be used in 2023/4 renewal program? Background Emissions and energy types  (Last updated 22 March 2024 Viewed 24 March 2024) Greenhouse gases reported under the Nati

The Dreadnought British War Ship - links to annandale and Virginia Woolfe's prank

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"The dreadnought was the predominant type of battleship in the early 20th century."  ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadnought   Came across this newbook at Glebe Library today (23 March 2024) The Girl Prince by  Danell Jones Virginia Woolf, Race and the Dreadnought Hoax A new look at a revolutionary writer, a diverse imperial city, and a controversial trick on the Royal Navy. Hardback £20.00 October 2023 9781805260066 376 pp, 12 pp b&w illus Digital Available as an eBook Description In February 1910, the future Virginia Woolf played the most famous practical joke in British military history.... https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-girl-prince/ Previously rare book: Peter Harrington,London The "Dreadnought" Hoax. by STEPHEN, Adrian. First edition, first impression, of Virginia Woolf's younger brother's account of Horace de Vere Cole's elaborate blackface hoax. This copy has a cutting of Anthony Buxton's obituary laid in, de

NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Ability of local governments to fund infrastructure and services

Councils receive grants from Federal and State Governments as well as Charging Fees (e.g. for School Swimming Carnivals and Domestic Waste Collection ) and Rates. According to monthly investment report Inner West Council currently has $276,000,000 sitting in Banks. - Item 14, 5th March Council Meeting Investment Report at 31 January 2024   "NSW Government announces review into funding model of councils to address financial sustainability concerns Ron Hoenig – Minister for Local Government Tuesday, 30 January 2024 The NSW Labor Government is delivering on its election commitment announcing it will implement a review of the financial model for local government to address rising cost pressures facing councils across the state."... https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/nsw-government-announces-review-into-funding-model-of-councils-to-address-financial-sustainability-concerns/ NSW Parliamentary Inquiry: "Ability of local governments to fund infrastruct

Reenactment of the Rum Rebellion

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Higinbotham & Robinson & Higinbotham & Robinson. [189-?], Camperdown Parish of Petersham Higinbotham and Robinson, Sydney viewed 10 March 2024 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-231105744 Aiming to get a 26 jan reenactment of the Rum Rebellion in "Camperdown" which was the catalyst and somewhat ironically is now part of Annandale (eastern side of johnston creek). George Farwell's play The House that Jack built is about the Rum Rebellion lead by our own Captain Johnston but orchestrated by Macurthur against Governor Bligh.   The ABC has done a Radio Play of the Play   Camperdown name by Bligh (of Fletcher Christian "Mutiny on the Bounty" Fame)  ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletcher_Christian ) Christian was portrayed in films by: Wilton Powers in The Mutiny of the Bounty (1916) Errol Flynn in In the Wake of the Bounty (1933) Clark Gable in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) Marlon Brando in Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) Mel Gibson in The Bounty (1984)