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Paddington and Annandale Walks

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Paddington Tim Kyle Exhibition Caught the 461 bus to the City then walked up to Paddington and the 440 back to Annandale. Tim Kyle exhibition at Defiance Gallery Paddington  Former Royal Hospital for Women   Route Map below...   Annandale Walk to the Annandale Foreshore and up the new ramp from the Crescent to Rozelle Bay Light Rail Station.  Fig Bird Stone Wall Tree, White's Creek Lane - photo Bridget Wardlow. Map of  Both Walks.

Notice of Motion: Uranium mining ban in NSW must stay

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Marrickville Council "Nuclear Free Zone Photo courtesy Pip Hinman. Inner West residents and long time Anti-Uranium campaigners Nick Dean and Pip Hinman articulated the case against lifting the 33 year old ban on Uranium mining in NSW. Ms Hinman conveyed the apologies of Mr Threlfo who was heavily involved in organising the Anti-Uranium Mining and Anti-Nuclear Weapons marches. The residents of the Inner West have long opposed Uranium Mining. An anti-uranium dance was held in the Balmain Town Hall in 1978 and 1979. The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) Collection has includes many Anti-Uranium Poster. Anti-uranium dance Balmain Town Hall...Early Kookas, Dynamic Hepnotics.1979  Anti-uranium dance. Balmain Town Hall.1978 .  Anti-uranium bush dance (Leichhardt Town Hall), 1979 There are many more posters in the NGA collection Graffitti in Annandale recorded the late night transportation of Uranium through Annandale to White Bay. "18 TRUCKS WITH 200COPS PASSED THIS SPOT AT 12...

Glysophate -state of play

In June 2020 Bayer, who acquired Monsanto in 2018, announced it would settle $US10.9 billion in lawsuits alleging Glysophate-based Roundup causes cancer. In the US Bayer is appealing three cases which ruled against Monsato largely because it did not properly warn people of the need for protective clothing when applying the weedkiller. 1 In January 2020 due to community pressure the US EPA commenced a review of the Gly p h os ate Registration. The Review investigated the effects on Human Health and Ecological Impacts. The interism decision found adverse ecological risks. The mitigation of these riske requires updated labelling to raise awareness of potential effects to pollinator habitat and provide better instructions on minimizing spray drift due to the following effects on Terrestrial and Aquatic Plants, Birds, Mammals and Terrestrial Invertebrates. 2   SourceL EPA (US) Glyphosate Interim Registration Review Decision Case 0178 January 2020 Australian Pestici...