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PO Box 4134
Werrington NSW 2747 |
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PO Box 4134
Werrington NSW 2747 |
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Welcome The Western Sydney Conservation Alliance Inc (WSCA) is a not for profit volunteer group that seeks to protect Western Sydney's dwindling Natural Heritage. That aim is being achieved in a number of ways including:
Find out more here Volunteer and join a Bush Care Group here Our next bush care day is planned for Sunday the 4th July Do you have 3-4 hours to spare one Sunday a month? Do you want to learn more about native plants and animals, gain new skills, meet new people, get some exercise and do something positive for the environment? The first Sunday of each month members of the public are welcome to join the new bush care group established in Cranebrook at the former Air Services Australia site. Bush care restores habitat for our native species.
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Current News Julia Gillard called on to stop the ALP con job on Western Sydney - demonstrate Labors commitment to a 'Sustainable Australia' by providing $100 million to fund a Western Sydney Cumberland Conservation Corridor The Australian Labor Party is pulling a massive con job on the people of Western Sydney. The con job is that on the one hand Julia Gillard and Tony Burke are calling for a breather on population growth and that the ALP is committed to a 'Sustainable Australia'. They single out Western Sydney residents as feeling the most pain due to overdevelopment, the loss of open space and natural areas and the degradation of their quality of life. Yet they have not committed one cent towards anything tangible that demonstrates they are committed to curbing population growth and unsustainable development in Western Sydney. The other hand of the con job is that, running parallel to Julia Gillard's rhetoric on slowing down population growth in Western Sydney, we have Peter Garrett colluding with Tony Kelly, the NSW Planning Minister, on a Federal Government Strategic Assessment of the Sydney Growth Centres that if allowed ensures even more development and population growth. If Garrett supports Tony Kelly by approving this Strategic Assessment it rips $280 million in conservation funding out of Western Sydney which was originally promised by the NSW Government to be spent acquiring for conservation some of the last great remnants of bushland. Conserving land means less development, more breathing space and therefore less population. Development equals population. Developers are the main advocates of increasing Australia's population. Developers are typically in bed with politicians. The rip off of this $280 million, through Garrett' imminent approval, sends the signal that the Australian Government has joined the NSW Government in giving up on Western Sydney's environment and its open season for developers to rape and pillage what's left of the Cumberland Plain. The hypocrisy demonstrated by Julia Gillard and Peter Garrett is truly amazing. The Western Sydney Conservation Alliance met with David Bradbury the Labor member for the marginal seat of Lindsay and presented him with a letter to take to his Party leaders. It calls on the ALP to not rip off Western Sydney but to invest $100 million to protect in perpetuity the Cumberland Conservation Corridor, a Western Sydney Green Belt. WSCA has called on the Australian Government to commit to the $100 million funding as it is a tangible outcome to prove its commitment to Western Sydney and an ecologically sustainable population for Australia. The WSCA letter includes numerous other suggestions that the ALP should take up. The local Greens have joined WSCA and called on the ALP to honour this election commitment to Western Sydney Read the full WSCA letter to the ALP here 2010 Federal Election
Strategic Assessment of the North West and South
West Growth Centres WSCA has sent in a scathing submission to the NSW Govt urging Peter Garrett not to approve this plan. The NSW Government plan marks a betrayal to Western Sydney in that it is seeking to take $285 million of the $530 million Growth Centres conservation fund and direct it towards protecting bushland outside of Western Sydney. It appears a cynical move by NSW to win the support of Peter Garrett as he will directly benefit as that report says that $285 million is to be spent protecting bushland listed on his EPBC Act. Meaning Western Sydney conservation funding goes into relieving Peter Garrett of funding the protection of matters of national environmental significance. There is a lot more to this including that this indicates NSW DECCW have given up on Western Sydney's environment.
WSCA submission
here Comment
on Streetcorner.com
here Send your emails of concern to
Kristina Kenneally and Peter Garrett Legal advice reveals NSW Planning and Environment Ministers have powers to create massive Western Sydney Green Belt including protecting more of the ADI Site. Legal advice from the Environmental Defenders Office details a range of legal options open to the NSW Govt or an incoming Liberal Govt to create the Cumberland Conservation Corridor a lasting green legacy for Western Sydney. These options are realistic and legal and can be implemented with little cost to the taxpayer. The NSW Govt can list parts of the ADI Site under threat from the development as Critical Habitat. See the legal advice here See concept for Cumberland Conservation Corridor here NSW Liberals must honour commitment to protect more of the ADI Site Barry O'Farrell and the NSW Liberal Party have been called on to honour their 2007 election commitment to protect more of the ADI Sites critically endangered Cumberland Plain Woodland. Brad Hazzard and Catherine Cusack are called on to urgently announce their commitment to the protection of Western Sydney's threatened natural heritage. See the Libs 2007 commitment here The options mentioned in the EDO's legal advice above can be used by the Liberals. If they fail to act then they don't deserve government and should stand condemned for their inaction. Legal advice suggests Tony Kelly, NSW Planning Minister, may breach TSC Act if he approves Penrith Councils flawed stage one Penrith LEP 2008 Legal advice suggests Planning Minister needs to think carefully before rubber stamping Penrith Council draft stage one Penrith LEP 2008. See the legal advice here ADI Site - Sign up now Stop the destruction of our natural heritage. Get involved and sign up to defend our bushland. Say no to the overdevelopment of our suburbs. Sign up now. All the ADI Site info, photos and webform here
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Penrith Councils flawed draft LEP if approved by the Planning Minister will open up Penrith's bushland to more urban development Legal advice suggests Tony Kelly may breach TSC Act if he approves Penrith LEP Tony Kelly the NSW Planning Minister must not approve Penrith Councils flawed Local Environmental Plan. Call on him not to be a hypocrite, to amend the LEP and protect 500 ha of Western Sydney Priority Conservation Lands that his Government promised would be protected Penrith Council failing to protect its environment
Population Growth info
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