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Campaign under way to give Bradfield the flick from aerotropolis
In 2020, there was a state government sponsored campaign to find a name for the aerotropolis – the high-tech city next to the new airport being built at Badgerys Creek. The campaign asked the community to take part by sending in their name suggestions. In March 2021 it was revealed that the new city would be called Bradfield, in honour of the famous engineer behind the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the early railway system. “Bradfield was selected after the community was asked to have a say, with a panel settling on the final decision to honour John Bradfield’s enduring city-shaping… Read more »
Raising Warragamba Dam wall is no flood mitigation silver bullet
Raising the Warragamba Dam wall isn’t the silver bullet to reducing flooding, says Wollondilly Mayor Matt Gould. He has also questioned why water wasn’t released from the dam 10 days before the arrival of the rains that caused the most recent floods this week. Cr Gould is once again calling on the NSW Government to abandon its proposal to raise the Warragamba Dam Wall by up to 17 metres. He says that efforts should instead be going towards reducing residential development within the Hawkesbury-Nepean River catchment. “If we are serious about managing the risk along the Hawkesbury-Nepean the first thing… Read more »
Chris Hayes: our man in Canberra did it his way for 17 years
Chris Hayes did not have much of a say when he stood for election in Fowler in 2010. He was first elected to federal parliament for Werriwa in 2005 in a byelection to replace former Labor leader Mark Latham. Hayes comfortably won Werriwa at the general election in 2007 and was set for a long stint representing the place he called home. Politics is often unpredictable, as he found out prior to the 2010 election when he was told the party would parachute Laurie Ferguson into Werriwa. Hayes wasn’t left with much choice: it’s either Fowler or the highway. So… Read more »
