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5 December 2019  Reading  Better than Happiness The True Antidote to Discontent Gregory Smith  I was reminded of the Black Summer of 2019 Bushfires. Pre Australia acknowledging the Covid Pandemic and the states implementing Lockdown Health Measures, we were tackling Bushfires around Sydney. The Air was so thick it got in engine of this Bus on Parramatta Road. The driver Stopped at Bus Stop (at Bridge Road School) and let passengers off.   The bus stop is opposite the Annandale Westconnex Dive site  [" Exhibition Start-End Date  12/08/2025 - 08/09/2025.  A rezoning proposal for the site at 160-186 Parramatta Road and 79-95 Pyrmont Bridge Road, Annandale is on exhibition for public feedback until Monday 8 September 2025 . The proposal from Landcom seeks to amend the planning controls in the Inner West Local Environmental Plan 2022 to rezone the site from General Industrial (E4) to Mixed Use (MU1) and increase height and floor space to facili...

Update 8 June 2022:   Motions 61 and 61.1 on pages 175/6/7 of the business papers for the 28th National General Assembly (NGA) to be held 19 - 22 June 2022    Motion number 61 Randwick City Council NSW This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to: 1. Establish a program to fund and support councils to transition their communities to a zero-waste circular economy, in which there is no place for incinerators (including waste to energy incinerators) or the incineration of medical waste; and 2. Remove incinerators from the Australian Renewable Energy Target and remove native forest biomass as a renewable component of bioenergy/fuel and its eligibility for subsidy. OBJECTIVE This motion addresses the following key questions in the 2022 discussion paper: 1. Climate Change: How do we work together to ensure that there is local adaptation to climate change and climate extremes? What partnerships are available to achieve climate neutrality? 2. The Circular...

Council Meeting 10 March 2020 C0320(2) Item 3 Notice of Motion: Transition of Council’s Fleet Motion: (Da Cruz/Byrne) THAT Council: Note the receipt of a petition of over 100 signatures reflecting community support for the transition of the Council fleet to electric vehicles and receive an update on the Fleet Transition Plan in early 2020; Write to the Federal Government to look at exemption electric vehicles from luxury tax; Write to the state government proposing a period of 5 years registration free as an incentive to help people change over; and Consider as part of the budget providing electric vehicles with free parking in metered zones.  Motion Carried For Motion: Crs Byrne, Da Cruz, Hesse, Iskandar, Lockie, Macri, McKenna OAM, Passas, Porteous, Raciti, Stamolis, Steer and York Against Motion: Nil https://innerwest.infocouncil.biz/Open/2020/03/C_10032020_MIN_3746_WEB.htm

Update: Marrickville West primary school called a SNAP Action to highlight the health risks of the air pollution in Sydney. Orange Grove followed Suit . Also action at Dulwich Hill Primary.  Media Coverage: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/newsradio/record-pollution-in-nsw-a-health-risk-for-school/ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/parents-worried-that-schools-aren-t-equipped-for-hazardous-bushfire-air-quality The Marrickville Primary action led to action at Orange Grove covered by SMH https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/there-is-no-excuse-parents-and-students-demand-climate-action-20191212-p53j8h.html https://soundcloud.com/radio-skid-row/snap-actions-in-protest-against-air-pollution-at-marrickville-west-and-orange-grove-w-kobi-shetty Inner West Council Climate and Renewables Strategy with Anna Harvey 12/12/2019 https://soundcloud.com/radio-skid-row/inner-west-council-climate-and-renewables-strategy-with-anna-harvey-12122019   Snap actions in prot...

Air Quality in Sydney approximately 10.55 on Thursday 21 November 2019. Official AQI US - Hazardous at the Opera House PM 2.5 PM10 Source: Live Air Quality Monitoring: https://deutschland.maps.luftdaten.info/?fbclid=IwAR3ibr6uLpHCb6zzmb1XDf16D0N6Mv_7OH3XRINTEbPPgFxk5rWlGvh4MHE#14/-33.8872/151.1845 Smog over the city about 3pm on 21 November photo from Johnston Street Annandale