The September 16 Board Minutes, which records the approval of the aged care decision facility by the Board Members, have now been published.
Read moreAlan Jones – “It [Middle Head Development] is now down to an issue of integrity.”
Today Alan Jones on 2GB Breakfast Show made the call “for all work on the lease and associated matters be suspended immediately!”
Read moreAlan Jones takes up issues – “it's a nightmare!”
This morning, Alan Jones (2GB The Alan Jones Breakfast Show) took up the issues on the approval for a private residential aged care development on Middle Head and expressed his concern.
Read moreHPG Meets with Prime Minister to raise serious concerns
Headland Preservation Group (HPG) President, Linda Bergin OAM, Vice President Julie Goodsir, and former Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Board Member Brigadier Kevin O’Brien met with Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Friday 24 October 2014.
Read moreMedia response to Middle Head aged care approval
Recent radio interviews.
Read moreTony Abbott's sister opposes government's approval of Middle Head aged care
Jane Vincent, the eldest of the three Abbott sisters, told Fairfax that “like me, there will be thousands of Sydneysiders disappointed with this decision.”
Read morea sad day for all Australians
The Headland Preservation Group is extremely troubled by today's decision by the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust and the federal Liberal government to approve the development of a residential aged care facility on the 10 Terminal site on public land in Headland Park, Middle Head.
Read moreSMH 21 October 2014: Aged-care proposal for Middle Head under fire
READ TODAY'S SYDNEY MORNING HERALD STORY by Deborah Snow: "Aged-care proposal for Middle Head under fire"Brigadier Kevin O'Brien (Retired) speaks out strongly against the proposal for the aged care facility on Middle Head.Read the full story here: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/agedcare-proposal-for-middle-head-under-fire-20141020-118vdq.html#ixzz3GimXarO2
ABC's Linda Mottram interview – Brigadier Kevin O'Brien Trust Founding Board Member
Linda Mottram interviewed Brigadier Kevin O'Brien (Ret) about the proposed private aged care facility development in Headland Park on Middle Head.
Read moreThe Mosman Daily 16 October – Ruling set for 10 Terminal
The fate of Middle Head's 10 Terminal complex is set to be decided next week.
Read moreAre there conflicts of interest for Trust Board members?
A Sydney Morning Herald story confirmed that Board Member Sandra Hook is also the Chairman of Retirement Living Today Pty Ltd, which will also market aged care homes, www.agedcareaustralia.tv.
Read moreThere is still time to email decision makers and say you object!
The proponent wants to build a private residential aged care facility in national parkland on Middle Head. A decision that goes against the Act and the Trust's Plan of Management set up to protect and preserve the heritage and the environment of this area.
Read moreWhatever happened to the Trust's "planned Headland Park Visitor’s Centre" ?
In 2007 the Trust’s vision was that they would engage visitors and enrich their experience of the Middle Head with a "planned Headland Park Visitor’s Centre” that would incorporate interpretive materials relating to Middle Head in the context of providing an overview of the entire Headland Park.
Read moreDecision looms for former military headquarters on Sydney Harbour's Middle Head
Today's story by Deborah Snow, Sydney Morning Herald 11-12 October, 2014 shows that the fight is far from over, the article raises some further serious questions about the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust's processes.
Read moreHPG to continue Petition Drive
This Sunday 28 September 'Save Middle Head' volunteers will again be out in force at Balmoral Beach armed with iPads between 11am and 3pm. Please come and help!
Read morePetition Drive to Save Middle Head
HPG volunteers will be at Balmoral Beach with iPads on Sunday 21st September from 11am to 3pm for the public to sign the online petition to stop the almost total demolition of 10 Terminal for a proposed private residential development on public parkland at Middle Head.
Read moreStatements by MPs in support of preserving Middle Head from redevelopment
In 1997-8, Prime Minister John Howard said: “I find it [the idea of the Middle Head area being "cut up and sold off to private development"] very unattractive … the Harbour foreshores of Sydney [are] a jewel in the Australian crown.”
Read moreTim Webster of Radio 2UE writes to Prime Minister
I add a disapproving voice to the idea of the Aged Care option at Middle Head... I really do think it needs to be kept as a place of great emotional attachment to the people of Sydney, indeed the Nation!
Read more10 Terminal is located in designated 10/50 clearing area
Although the Trust is not bound by NSW law according to the Trust Act, nevertheless the new rural fire service clearing laws raise many concerns and alarm bells and unanswered questions.
Read moreNew Rural Fire Service 10/50 laws may also apply to the proposed aged care home
The new law may also apply to the proposed aged care development on Middle Head, and would possibly allow the Trust to remove a large area of endangered rainforest vegetation.
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