On cycling, we disagree with Sydney's Lord Mayor Moore
MEDIA RELEASE - 24 MAY 2010
After the public exhibition of
Parramatta’s Integrated Transport Plan for the Parramatta City Centre, one of the striking policy differences to the City of
Sydney is its handling of cyclists.
“Parramatta has achieved an approach that addresses our CBD’s future transport needs, but not ‘sell out the rights’ of our businesses, pedestrians or commuters in preference for cyclists like in Sydney CBD,” said Deputy Lord Mayor Clr Chiang Lim.
Instead of Australian or ANZAC related flags and banners in the lead up to ANZAC Day,
Parramatta’s Deputy Lord Mayor Clr Chiang Lim saw promotions of the Autumn Carnival relating to the Golden Slipper horse race, the Mothers' Day Classic and the Commonwealth Games 2010 in
New Delhi.
“There will always be worthy causes to support, and that includes
Parramatta’s promotion of Christmas and Easter. But when there was not a single flag or banner in the city promoting ANZAC Day, one could be forgiven you were in another country,” said Clr Lim who is himself a migrant to
Australia 23 years ago.
Parramatta ... where world records will be broken!
MEDIA RELEASE - 24 MARCH 2010
Parramatta has been synonymous with holding records for many things. Parramatta had Australia’s first observatory, the first land grant, the first farm and first pastoralists, first successful farm, the first vineyard, first legal brewery, jail, orchard, tannery, horse race meeting, first road link to Sydney and the first ferry, the first Government House and the first Australian naval ship.
Especially at major events where there are crowds, we secretly wonder why we still see women patiently queuing up outside of women’s toilets while men seem to zip in and out relatively quickly when using theirs. And even though the men’s and women’s toilets are usually of the same size, why should we be putting up with what is effectively an inequality of the sexes in practice.
On 5 March 2010, the Federal Government published the State of Australian Cities 2010 Report. The Report draws together existing data and information across a range of economic, social and environmental parameters to provide a national snapshot of the 17 Australian cities with populations over 100,000 at the 2006 Census, and discusses the vision of the Rudd Government in terms of meeting the needs of Australians in terms of infrastructure.
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