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Thirroul Railway Institute, next to railway station, Railway Pde.
Archive for March, 2008
Community Forum – Thirroul – Sun 13 April
Posted by reformwcc on March 31, 2008
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Submission to the Ideas Summit in Canberra – recognition of Community level government
Posted by reformwcc on March 30, 2008
“Below is a copy of your submission to the Australia 2020 Summit for your records.
Thank you for taking the time to make a submission. We value your input.
Please stay in touch with what is happening for the Summit through the www.australia2020.gov.au website.”
TOPIC 9: The future of Australian governance
RECOGNITION OF COMMUNITY LEVEL OF GOVERNANCE
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W.A.C. – Train and Rally – Opening of Parliament – Tuesday 1st April
Posted by reformwcc on March 30, 2008
WOLLONGONG AGAINST CORRUPTION’S “SOUTH COAST FREEDOM TRAIN TO SYDNEY”
Tuesday 1st April 2008
THE PEOPLES’ DELEGATION AND RALLY AT THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT!!
Parliament House 12.30pm
Train times & Locations:
Dapto: 10.28am / Wollongong stn: 10.44am / Thirroul: 10.56am
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PUBLIC FORUM ON DEVELOPER DONATIONS
Posted by reformwcc on March 29, 2008
Public Forum on Developer Donations to be held n the Parliament House Theatrette on Tuesday 1
April from 1:00pm to 2:00 pm.
A flier is at:
http://www.sylvia.nsw.greens.org.au/webdocs/080317_donations_public_forum_flier.pdf
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Reclaim Our City – Public Meeting – Tuesday 8 April
Posted by reformwcc on March 28, 2008
Public Meeting
7.00pm Tuesday, 8 April
Wollongong Town Hall
Authorised by the Reclaim Our City Campaign Committee: For more information ring 4229 2888
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Communities in Control Conference 2008
Posted by reformwcc on March 27, 2008
The Community Challenge:
Building political, environmental, social & economic pathways towards true social inclusion
Monday & Tuesday 16-17 June, 2008
Plus a pre-conference Skills Day on Working With Government Sunday, 15 June
Moonee Ponds, Melbourne
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John Hatton to speak at Fraternity Club – Thursday 27 March 7 pm
Posted by reformwcc on March 27, 2008
John Hatton, the former Independent Member for the South Coast and champion anti-corruption fighter, is to speak at an event organised by W.A.C. at the Fraternity Club, tonight - Thursday 27 March – 7 pm start.
All welcome.
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A tale of two cities – Wollongong under State Administration
Posted by reformwcc on March 26, 2008
For an analysis of the first Council meeting (Tuesday 25 March 2008) since the unfair dismissal of our hard working non-corrupt Councillors, see the page “Two Cities” (above) or click on http://reformwcc.info/?page_id=34
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Who Speaks for the City? By Arthur Rorris, Secretary, South Coast Labour Council
Posted by reformwcc on March 19, 2008
Faced with the sensational ICAC revelations of corruption at Wollongong City Council, our community expected the NSW Government to take action to restore confidence and transparency in local government and to axe political donations from developers. Donations that may have compromised politicians.
The state government, however, looks to have taken a different view. The only thing they were prepared to immediately axe was democratic government in Wollongong till the year 2012. This is a pretty slick effort, even for politicians.
The plot goes something like this: ICAC investigates several ALP councillors, finds systemic corruption at Wollongong City Council and recommends its dismissal. The State Labor Government takes the advice of ICAC and sacks the Council. It then proceeds to do something that ICAC didn’t recommend, that is, to deny the citizens of Wollongong fresh elections required to elect a new leadership of our city.
The result is that elements of the same ALP machine that endorsed and promoted the four councillors of interest to ICAC have now appointed three administrators to clean out the corruption. Excuse me?
So rather than take responsibility for the corruption and address the systemic problems in its own backyard, the State Government has opted instead to take out democratic Government in Wollongong and centralize even more power in the hands of fewer people hand picked by themselves.
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Summary report of submissions – Minister Sartor's Planning reforms
Posted by reformwcc on March 19, 2008
Summary report now available
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