Childcare Isn’t Just Kids’ Stuff Your Greens team stands firmly on the side of working mums and dads who want the very best for their little V.I.P.s and need the best to be affordable. Here’s what one of our members has to say about the importance of childcare: “Not...
Danger! Extreme Heat! Watch Out! Climate change is having a bigger and bigger impact on every aspect of our lives in Blacktown. That’s why, in February 2020, Blacktown City Council declared a Climate Emergency. We were part of the grass-roots campaign pressing for...
Green Bins are Only the Beginning We’d like you to meet Rob, one of our members, speaking for many when he asks: “Where are the green bins?” Council’s answer is that the household and garden waste in our red-topped bins is taken to Eastern Creek and...
Here’s our Torch The torch with a powerful battery. A standard piece of equipment in a Greens toolkit. People around the country would like to be sure that public assets of all kinds are used wisely and well, and that public money is spent where it is needed and...
Safety after Dark for All Does the way ahead look a bit murky once you’re out of range of the street lights? That murkiness is a problem in too many places in Ward 2 and indeed throughout the Blacktown LGA. It shouldn’t be like this. All residents should be able to...
Play fair, Blacktown Council! Be a good sport! Blacktown is an active, sporting city, but the playing field here in Ward 2 is anything but level. Let’s compare the quality of sport and recreational facilities in Lalor Park with that of the facilities in Kings Langley...
A Clean Bill of Health for Ward 2’s Waterways? Blacktown Council would be the first to admit that local waterways aren’t good advertisements for Council’s environmental management. A glance at the most recent “Waterway Health Report Card” posted on its website...
Roads, Rates, Rubbish … FOOTPATHS? A Council should never be so busy doing new things that it neglects the responsibilities that it has always had. Take footpaths, for example. Going for a walk in Ward 2 should be a relaxing, pleasant, safe experience. Walking...
It’s Time to Cool Down Ward 2 Playgrounds “One hot day last summer my granddaughter was in tears after trying to play on the slide. It was so hot it was burning her.” Len Hobbs, our lead candidate for Blacktown, Ward 2. The problem–burns are just not...
Topping our priorities list are: Greener, Shadier Suburbs A BEAT THE HEAT plan including a 40/2040 target (40% green cover by 2040), smarter building standards, shade sails for playgrounds, and more and better bus shelters. Support for Working Mums and Dads SAFE,...
