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Communities Fighting Overdevelopment
Tuesday 21 October 2008
Across NSW, communities are feeling the pinch as developers donate millions of dollars each year to the government and ride roughshod over the interests of communities. Sylvia is working in parliament and with communities across NSW for sustainable development
Sustainable Western Sydney
Western Sydney is under mounting development pressure and has been under-resourced in services and infrastructure. At the same time this area bears the brunt of many of Sydney’s social needs.
“Today when people look at Woolloomooloo, The Rocks, and Kellys Bush they pay tribute to the residents and unionists who were prepared to sit in, stand up and fight off Sid Londish, his developer cronies, and the police. At the time the activists were criticised and attacked on all sides. Today there can be few people who do not rejoice in the protesters' success. It is an object lesson for us all. Those advocating social change are so often vilified and reviled at the time, only to be lauded later on. The right to protest, to say that there are alternatives, to assert that this is not the best of all possible worlds, must be encouraged and supported, not denigrated and disparaged.”
Sylvia Hale’s first speech to NSW Parliament, 7 May 2003
Sylvia currently supports many communities fighting overdevelopment:
ADI Residents Action
Cooks Cove
No Dump Residents Association - Clyde Waste Transfer Station
Hunter Environmental Action Group
Kurnell Peninsula
Illawarra Escarpment Coalition
3G Mobile Phone Towers
Pyrmont Point Old Water Police Site
Residents Against Polluting Stacks
Sandon Point
Save Botany Beach
Save Bringelly
Save Jamieson Park
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Sylvia Hale MLC Ph. 02 9230 3030 Email: 