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NICOLA (Nicky) GRIEVE A founding member of Friends of Cooper Park, a community gardener and long-term bush regenerator, committed to preserving and enhancing Woollahra’s unique bushland and tree canopy. I love our beautiful part of Sydney, from our heritage village to...
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This term of Council, the Greens have pushed hard against an increased floorspace ratio. Council’s decision to maintain a floorspace ration of 0.5:1 is the result of a Greens push to introduce a mandatory canopy control for Woollahra’s low and medium density...
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Green open spaces are at a premium in the high-density suburbs of Sydney’s east. In Woollahra we need to ensure we care for and enhance our existing parks, nature reserves and green spaces and ensure we balance the varies interest of our community – from the dog...
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The beauty of life in Woollahra is that all our needs are often found within walking, cycling or a short distance on public transport. Greens have strongly supported cycling as a transport option, expansion of the cycleway network, and improving the walking and...
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The Greens will continue their campaign to return planning powers, including the power to approve DAs, to elected councillors. Only when decision makers are democratically accountable to the community will they make planning decisions in the community’s interest. The...
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Greens Councillors have ensured action on climate change remains at the forefront of Council’s agenda. In 2019 Woollahra Council declared a state of climate emergency and committed to taking further action to address the climate crisis. Climate Change mitigation is...
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Sydney Eastern suburbs is one of the most expensive areas for child care in Australia and there is a desperate need for affordable long-day childcare in the area to support working families. Woollahra Council does not currently offer long-run day care for local...
