TONY KELLY PUTS SALE ON HOLD - FOR NOW...
Today was a red letter day.
Sylvia Hale, Greens MP, asked the Minister a question about the land in the Legislative Council. Representations by the Deputy Lord Mayor, Verity Firth, and Sandra Nori, MP for Port Jackson, continued. MORE letters from the community reached the Minister's office, some hand-delivered to Parliament House.
The message Tony Kelly was getting was that the fight to save this land as public open space has wide public support. IT WILL NOT GO AWAY. By early afternoon, he had decided to put a hold on sale.
This development is most welcome. There is now a possibility that we may be able to put our case directly to the Minister.
Sylvia Hale's Question to the Minister for Lands was:
Minister, why is your department selling publicly owned land at the rear of 77 Hereford Street, Forest Lodge?
Given that the site was saved from development by union green bans in the 1970s and has been leased, maintained and used by local residents since then, why isn’t it being retained as open public space?
Did your department attempt to increase the rent from $3000 to $25000 per annum, well beyond what the local community could afford to pay, and is now selling the site to developers for over $1 million as a direct consequence of the government’s direction to start making crown lands generate increased revenue?
Sylvia Hale, Greens MP, asked the Minister a question about the land in the Legislative Council. Representations by the Deputy Lord Mayor, Verity Firth, and Sandra Nori, MP for Port Jackson, continued. MORE letters from the community reached the Minister's office, some hand-delivered to Parliament House.
The message Tony Kelly was getting was that the fight to save this land as public open space has wide public support. IT WILL NOT GO AWAY. By early afternoon, he had decided to put a hold on sale.
This development is most welcome. There is now a possibility that we may be able to put our case directly to the Minister.
Sylvia Hale's Question to the Minister for Lands was:
Minister, why is your department selling publicly owned land at the rear of 77 Hereford Street, Forest Lodge?
Given that the site was saved from development by union green bans in the 1970s and has been leased, maintained and used by local residents since then, why isn’t it being retained as open public space?
Did your department attempt to increase the rent from $3000 to $25000 per annum, well beyond what the local community could afford to pay, and is now selling the site to developers for over $1 million as a direct consequence of the government’s direction to start making crown lands generate increased revenue?
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