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ENTERTAINMENT
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SARAH STEWART’S OPINION
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WHY CCTV IS SO IMPORTANT
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NOVEMBER 16 2012 ISSUE 114
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PAY NOT PLAY Child care workers are asking for a professional wage and Marrickville Councillors are getting behind the campaign. Local early childhood workers say that they are more than just baby-sitters and should be paid accordingly. At Hyde Park tomorrow many local workers will march as part of National Big Steps Day to raise awareness of their predicament.
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ARTS PETITION Lloyd and Adele are residents of Barker Street, Lewisham and do not want to see vacant land used for parking sold by the Roads and Maritime Services.
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Residents in standoff with RMS over vacant block VANESSA WATSON
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he future of public land at Lewisham currently used by residents for parking is in doubt, with the Roads and Maritime Services to sell the site under State Government direction. The vacant land on the corner of 40 Old Canterbury Road and Barker Street is used for parking for 15 houses and employees of a panel beating business during business hours. On November 6, Marrickville Mayor Victor Macri moved a mayoral minute that the Council
write to the RMS to ask that the sale be postponed and the site not be fenced off while Council holds discussions with the RMS to achieve parking and safety solutions. “It is believed that without the site for car parking, up to 25 vehicles will be competing for just seven car parking spaces currently available on the northern side of Barker Street,” he said. “The safety concerns for this area if the block was sold and a structure built on it are numerous. The vacant block provides better visibility in the vicinity for the thousands of vehicles, trucks, buses and the like, using this road daily.” Barker Street residents and neighbours Renee
Edge and Adele Cowie are opposed to the sale and believe safety is a significant concern at the site already, which would be exacerbated if the site was sold and developed. “We are mainly concerned about safety. The corner of the property has been rounded off so cars have no reason or warning to slow down. With a house built on this site, this will also obstruct the visibility of both drivers and pedestrians,” Ms Edge said. On Wednesday, an RMS spokeswoman told the Weekender the land will be sold at public auction in accordance with standard RMS processes and will fund roads and road safety programs.
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