Dear Mr Stokes, Please continue to work with the OEH to speed up the process of purchasing the remaining lots of land on Bambara Rd at Kariong. This has gone on too long. Our community was promised at the last election that the government would protect Bambara, but there have been too many delays. The landowners may be unco-operative, but …
Statement from Green NSW MP John Kaye Greens NSW MP John Kaye would like to make the following statement in support of community campaigners and the Central Coast Greens who today are holding a rally to call on the NSW government to end years of stalling and secure the ecological and culturally significant site at Bambara. STATEMENT BEGINS: It is …
Justine Suthers Over the years the Central Coast Greens have become more and more involved on the fight for the protection of Bambara Several years ago, Greens councillor Peter Freewater moved in council for compulsory acquisition, but as the voluntary acquisition process had just begun, Central Coast Greens took the view then that we should give the voluntary process enough …
Greens Councillor Hillary Morris will move that Gosford City Council, at its meeting on July 8, requests the State Government to finalize the incorporation of the remaining private properties at Bambara near Kariong, into the Brisbane Water National Park by commencing compulsory acquisition proceedings. Concurrently, in the NSW Parliament, MLC Mehreen Faruqi, Greens’ spokesperson on the environment, has also posed …
Most local residents will be aware of the long-running campaign to get a pocket of privately owned land near Kariong incorporated into the surrounding Brisbane Waters National Park. Ordinarily, The Greens would be wary of supporting compulsory acquisition of private land, but in this case, as the background information shows, the current owners should have been aware that both Gosford …
The Central Coast Greens and their Gosford Council candidates absolutely support the freehold land at Bambara Road, Kariong, being included in Brisbane Water National Park. The Bambara Road properties have long been recognized by previous Councils and State Governments as worthy of purchase, although for inexplicable reasons, very little action has been taken to acquire them. The strength of community …
The Bambara Rd properties (Lot 2502 DP 801107, Lot 229 DP 755221, Lot 251 DP 755221, Lot 478 DP 755221 (technically 140 Woy Woy Rd)), as the accompanying plan shows (MAP Bambara Rd Kariong), comprise a total of about 74 hectares surrounded by Brisbane Water National Park on all sides. The properties are referred to as an inholding within the …