August 2024 – FOKE – Friends of Kuringai Environment

Canada Bay thinking of taking legal action

Canada Bay Council is now weighing up whether to take legal action against the NSW Government’s plans to rezone mass areas – predominantly low-density streets – to create 16,100 medium to high-rise density homes.

#Canada Bay thinking of taking legal action #Sydney overdevelopment #Sydney's housing targets #TOD

2024 Comenarra Ward election

Candidates answer FOKE Questions

2024 Gordon Ward election

Candidates answer FOKE Questions

2024 Roseville Ward election

Candidates answer FOKE Questions

#Alec Taylor #Candidates standing for Roseville Ward Election #Caroline Atkinson #Deidre Bhomer #Kathryn Johnson candidate 2024 #Ku-ring-gai #Ku-ring-gai Council #Ku-ring-gai Council 2024 elections #Ku-ring-gai Council elections #Robyn Thomas #Sam Ngai #TOD

2024 St Ives Ward election

Candidates answer FOKE Questions

#Andrew Cheng #Christine Kay #Ku-ring-gai Council #Ku-ring-gai Council Election #Ku-ring-gai Council Election 2024 #Lisa Elliot #Martin Smith #Michael French #Nades Nadeswaran #St Ives St Ives Ward Election

2024 Wahroonga Ward election

Candidates answer FOKE Questions

#Anthony Pang #Cedric Spencer #Jack Abadee #Jaimie Gordon #Jennifer Rufati #Julian Sayadi #Kim Wheatley #Krystn Haywood #Ku-ring-gai Council Election 2024 #Reid Brown #Sheridan Evans #Wahroonga Ward Election 2024 #Wendy McKasah

FOKE declines Curating K’gai 2024

FOKE has declined to speak at the Better Cities Initiatives ‘Curating Ku-ring-gai’ event on Wednesday 28 August 2024

I am not a property developer but my husband is

It is important to read this SMH article about two candidates standing for Ku-ring-gai Council for Wahroonga Ward

2024 Candidates for Ku-ring-gai Council

Find out who is standing in the Ku-ring-gai Council Local Government elections, Saturday 14 September 2024

FOKE Candidate Questions 2024

Read FOKE’s Candidate Questions

Labor’s housing plans will fail

Scott Farlow MLC, Shadow Minister for Planning and Public Spaces, spoke at the Save Greater Sydney Coalition Forum ‘Getting Housing Right: Why it Matters – without the spin’

#housing crisis #Ku-ring-gai #Ku-ring-gai Council #Ku-ring-gai Environment #Ku-ring-gai Heritage. #Ku-ring-gai Overdevelopment #Ku-ring-gai Planning #Ku-ring-gai Urban Forest #NSW Housing Policy #Scott Farlow #Scott Farlow on Labor's housing reforms #Scott Farlow says Labor's housing approach is a failure #Scott Farlow speaks to Save Greater Sydney Coalition Forum #TOD

Tell Minns he’s dreaming if he thinks upzoning can solve the housing crisis

See what Michael Pascoe, Author & Journalist, said at the Save Greater Sydney Coalition Forum ‘Getting Housing Right: Why it Matters – without the spin on 7 August 2024

#Housing affordability #housing crisis #Micahel Pascoe talks at Housing Crisis Forum 7 August 2024 #Micahel Pascoe talks on fixing our housing crisis #Micahel Pascoe talks to Save Greater Sydney Coalition #Michael Pascoe #NSW Government's Housing Policy will not address housing affordability crisis #NSW Housing Policy #Public housing crisis #Unaffordable housing #Unaffordable housing crisis

Getting Housing Right without the spin

See what Joseph O’Donoghue said at the Save Greater Sydney Coalition Forum ‘Getting Housing Right: Why it Matters – without the spin’ on 7 August 2024

Heritage matters even more in a housing crisis

See what Sharon Veale, Heritage Adviser, said at the Save Greater Sydney Coalition Forum ‘Getting Housing Right: Why it Matters – without the spin on 7 August 2024

#Environmental crisis for Sydney #Failure of NSW Government to protect Sydney's urban heritage #Heritage crisis for Sydney #heritage is integral to sustainable and equitable urban development #Heritage preservation for Greater Sydney #Housing affordability crisis #housing crisis #Housing Crisis Forum on Wed 7 August 2024 6.30pm #No TOD community engagement #Rezoning of heritage conservation areas #Sharon Veale and heritage conservation #Sharon Veale on planning and heritage #Sharon Veale on Planning and Heritage in a Mongrel city #Sharon Veale talks to Save Greater Sydney Coalition Forum #Sharonn Veale talks at Housing Crisis Forum 7.8.24 #Sydney's burgeoning population #Sydney's climate crisis #Sydney's housing inequity crisis #TOD alienating sense of belonging #TOD and heritage #TOD drivers of heritage destruction

Affordable Housing = Heritage

See what Dr Peter Sheridan AM said at the Save Greater Sydney Coalition Forum ‘Getting Housing Right: Why it Matters – without the spin’ on 7 August 2024

#housing crisis #NSW Housing Policy #Peter Sheridan #Peter Sheridan & NSW Housing Plans #Peter Sheridan & Save Greater Sydney Coalition #Peter Sheridan & SGSC #Peter Sheridan Heritage & Affordability Advocate #Peter Sheridan on heritage & affordability #Peter Sheridan speaks to Housing Crisis Forum #TOD

Housing destroys Sydney’s greenspaces and koalas

See what Saul Deane, Urban Sustainability Campaigner, said at the Save Greater Sydney Coalition Forum ‘Getting Housing Right: Why it Matters – without the spin on 7 August 2024

#housing crisis #NSW Housing Policy #Saul Dean environmental campaigner #Saul Deane #Saul Deane Environment and Housing #Saul Deane talks at Housing Crisis Forum on Wed 7th August #Saul Deane TEC #Saul Deane Total Enviroment Centre #Saul Deane Urban Sustainability Campaigner #Save Greater Sydney Coalition #Saving Koalas #Saving Sydney's Koalas #Saving Sydney's urban environment Save Greater Sydney Coalition Forum 7.8.24

The three lies about the housing crisis

See what Elizabeth Farrelly, Architect and Author, said at the Save Greater Sydney Coalition Forum ‘Getting Housing Right: Why it Matters – without the spin on 7 August 2024

#Dr Elizabeth Farrelly #Dr Elizabeth Farrelly speaks at Getting Housing Right Forum #Elizabeth Farrelly #Elizabeth Farrelly & the Housing Crisis #Elizabeth Farrelly on landlordism #Elizabeth Farrelly on the culture that normalises windfall gains #Elizabeth Farrelly on the housing crisis #housing crisis #NSW Housing Policy #TOD