Month: September 2024

Birds Colliding

What will the birds do when Ku-ring-gai changes?

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“Every place is going to change”

It was confirmed that “Every place is going to change”, whether communities liked it or not, at a recent planning industry forum

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Population Growth is fueling the Housing Crisis

The housing disaster will extend for years if population growth continues to be ignored

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Ku-ring-gai a place of high biodiversity

Ku-ring-gai is a place of high biodiversity. It is one of the few areas of Sydney that still retains its majestic carbon-rich urban forests, tree canopy, bushland valleys and stunning displays of gardens that are wildlife corridors and habitat for unique mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs and insects. It is also surrounded by three national parks.

This is something the NSW Government should celebrate and conserve. Yet the NSW Government is determined to destroy it – even in the midst of a biodiversity crisis.

Watch Ku-ring-gai Council’s Urban Forest EnviroTube below:

What is causing the degradation and loss of Ku-ring-gai’s biodiversity?

habitat being destroyed and broken up (fragmented) due to land clearing for houses and apartments
introduction of invasive plants, animals, and diseases as a result of urban densification
climate change
pollution (chemicals, sediments, plastics, light and sound)

Ku-ring-gai is of national significance and should also be protected by the Federal Government.

2020	Australia’s Sixth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity
July 2022	Tanya Plibersek, Federal Environment Minister commits Australia to protecting 30% of its lands and 30% of oceans by 2030
Nov 2022	UN climate summit kept alive hopes of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius
Dec 2022	Australian Government joins 195 other nations in signing onto the adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). The target of GBF is to protect at least 30% of the world’s land, freshwater and ocean ecosystems by 2030 (‘30×30’) – a target both the Australian Federal government and NSW Government committed to domestically
Dec 2023	NSW Government announced its Transport Oriented Development program, Low to Mid Rise Housing and Dual Occupancies that will effectively upzone Ku-ring-gai by 90% and destroy its tree canopy

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NSW fails NSW’s biodiversity

Despite dire warnings from the NSW Biodiversity Outlook Report 2024, the Minns Government is determined to destroy Ku-ring-gai’s environment

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Hawkesbury: urban densification, population growth & climate change pressure

Tell the NSW Government that the priority threat is their own planning policies. Deadline 24 November 2024

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Hawkesbury-Nepean Coastal Management Program

There will be an information session on the Hawkesbury-Nepean Coastal Management Program on Saturday 19th October 10am – 3pm Sustainable Futures Day, Cameron Park, 5 Eastern Rd, Turramurra

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Why is selling a house online so expensive in Australia?

Why isn’t the government challenging the real estate
property monopoly – or duopoly – despite the costs to ordinary Australians?

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Destroy Trees. Destroy Civilisation

The lessons of Easter Island seem to have been forgotten. Destroy trees. Destroy civilisation.

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More TODs expected for the North Shore

This is why FOKE supports Ku-ring-gai Council’s legal action against the TODs. Who are the candidates who also support it?

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Report recommends even more density

Today the NSW Productivity & Equality Commission’s ‘Review of Housing Supply Challenges and Policy Options for NSW ‘ was released recommending even more TODs across Greater Sydney, including Ku-ring-gai. That’s why Ku-ring-gai’s legal action against the TOD is so important.