The Carr Government remains silent on the Labor Rockdale Councillor who was found to be accepting bribes from a developer. More than a year has lapsed since the Labor controlled Liverpool City Council was exposed over their oasis development project. But to this day we don’t know whether the resident/ratepayers of Liverpool or the project developers were responsible for the overpayment of Canterbury Bulldogs players which found them in breach of the NRL’s salary cap.

Canterbury City Councils development committee amended the draft DCP to Canterbury LEP 148 – Campsie Precinct, to rezone 1 Phillips Avenue, Canterbury for acquisition for Clunes Lane widening which is a no through lane at present.

The young couple who own the aforementioned property bought it for above market price in April 2003, and moved into their residence in early October 2003. These young couples are stressed out that they can be forced to sell for Market Price although they don’t want to sell for any price. Whatever happened to the saying “my home, is my castle.”

The acquisition of this property is to allow two way traffic to flow enabling rear parking for a proposed development. Following are the comments of Councils Director of Environmental Services.

Re; financial and emotional burdens; should it be resolved to adopt the DCP, the Section 94 contributions plan will need to be amended and local environmental plan will need to be initiated for 1 Phillips Avenue to cater for the land acquisition.

Standard acquisition provisions allow for acquisition on demand of the property owners and market price is to be paid.

1. The DCP has been given the Green Light by the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure Craig Knowles.
2. The DCP has been approved without acquisition of 1 Phillips Avenue.
3. Do the aforementioned comments by Council’s representation mean they can force acquisition of 1 Phillips Avenue to proceed against the owner’s wishes just to accommodate a private developer?
4. If this is true, then the Council’s process of Development’s ably supported by the Carr Labor Government is identical to the manner in which Hitler ran Germany and Stalin the USSR.

IS IT PLANNING BY STEALTH?

Rumors form the right circles are Rife that the Sydney Turf Club owner of Canterbury Race track, (93 hectares) will be sold sooner rather than later.

Should this come to fruition the Track must revert to Open Green Space. One scenario floating around is that the Carr Government is keen to purchase this land for Housing Commission Units. The State Government is eager to transfer Housing Commission Tenants from the South Sydney area in the hop of eliminating major Crime form the surrounds of the Sydney CBD. Should this be true, it would explain why Minister Tony Kelly wants to move the 8 biggest rate paying corporations from South Sydney Municipality and transfer them to the Sydney City Council area.

This would lead to South Sydney Council becoming Insolvent. Canterbury Municipality will inherit the Inner City Crime whilst the Carr Government will profit by many Billions of dollars on the sale of the South Sydney Housing Commission Estates, in which they are the Land Lord.

It’s time that elected members and their Bureaucrats were made accountable regardless of the tier of Government they represent in fact when you consider our population of around 20 Million we are Over-Governed.

It’s time we abolished one tier of Government either State or Local Government and this should be decided by the Australian Community via a Referendum.

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