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JUNE 1 2012 ISSUE 90
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12 Marrickville MP Carmel Tebbutt (centre) with Eddie Lakiss and Juliet Barr from the Marrickville Golf Course.
Course won’t be carved
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Councillors say they will not support plan to cut local golf course
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ocal Councillors have hit back at claims that Council plans to cut Marrickville Golf Course from 18-holes to 9, saying they will not support the idea should it come before Council. “I believe the golf course should stay how it is,” said Mayor, Morris Hanna. And Cr Emanuel Tsardoulias said Labor
Councillors would not back such a plan either. Greens Cr, Peter Olive, said the Greens wanted to keep the 18-hole course as it was and “retain its amenity value and improve its biodiversity”. Many residents have been up in arms following reports that the course is to be cut due to falling player numbers. The idea was floated in the draft Strategic Directions for Marrickville report, prepared by an external consultant. But a Council spokesperson said it had not come before
Council and was not a Council plan. High-profile locals including Marrickville MP, Carmel Tebbutt, and Petersham singer, Damien Leith, have come out in support of the course. Ms Tebbutt said the course was “a real community asset, not only for playing golf but because of its lovely outlook, open space and recreational opportunities”. Club president, Eddie Lakiss, said the Club was prepared to “knock on the head” any future plans to carve up the course.
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