A Bill to amend the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Act 2001 is scheduled to be introduced to Parliament the week commencing 15 March. The Bill will amend important leasing provisions.
Read moreHarbour Trust push for leases of 35 years = alienation of Public land.
The Harbour Trust's push for leases of 35 years or more in amendments to the Trust Act is an alienation of public land.
Past HPG Committee Member, Rob Bagnall, awarded OAM
Rob Bagnall OAM addressing a public HPG meeting in May 2014 during the campaign to save the 10 Terminal in Middle Head from an inappropriate large private aged care development.
Rob Bagnall, a long-serving HPG Committee member, was awarded an Order of Australia in this year’s Australia Day Honours List.
Read moreDraft Stakeholder Engagement Strategy
HPG determines that the Draft Strategy is confused and that to designate groups that have consultative roles as ‘Primary Stakeholders’ is misleading and dangerous.
Read moreThe future of Middle Head's 10 Terminal Precinct
HPG has previously provided imaginative concepts and plans for 10 Terminal. HPG is concerned that these proposals have been ignored by the Harbour Trust.
Read moreUpdate: HPG Annual General Meeting 2020
HPG’s focus on the adaptive re-use of 10 Terminal as an interpretation centre was made loud and clear.
Read moreSaving a Headland – The First Years
Saving a Headland – The First Years of the Headland Preservation Group on the 24th anniversary of its first Public Meeting. By Linda Bergin OAM, Founding President
Read moreHPG Response: SHFT Amendment Bill 2020
HPG prepared and lodged a submission to the Department of Environment in respect of the proposed Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Amendment Bill 2020.
Read more10 Terminal and Parklands Renewal Project
HPG prepared and lodged a submission in respect of the 10 Terminal and Parklands Renewal Project.
Read moreHarbour Trust promotes 10 Terminal and Parklands Renewal Project
The Harbour Trust is now taking steps to consult with the wider community about the Development proposal for 10 Terminal at Middle Head.
Read moreThe 10 Terminal Complex Multi-Purpose Proposal
HPG believes the ‘soft shell’ conservation of the 10 Terminal buildings provides the Trust with a not-to-be-repeated opportunity to evolve the entire complex into a vibrant, multi-purpose visitor hub for the whole of Middle Head.
Read more10 Terminal site on Middle Head still facing an uncertain future
10 Terminal must be included as one of the Trust sites requiring urgent funding. HPG is urging the Trust to provide for wider community consultation about the future of 10 Terminal, before irreversible decisions on that future are set in motion.
Read moreHPG Response: Independent Review of the Harbour Trust
The Independent Review report acknowledges that Trust lands must be protected and conserved. While we endorse many of the recommendations we have some serious concerns about some. Community consultation in future decision making and planning is paramount.
Read moreSussan Ley to draft legislation to establish the Trust as an ongoing entity
Commissioned by Environment Minister Sussan Ley in October 2019, the review recommends historic former defence sites remain under Commonwealth protection by extinguishing current requirements to dissolve the Trust on or after 2033.
Read moreIndependent Review Report makes 21 recommendations
The independent reviewers’ final report makes 21 recommendations on the future of the Harbour Trust and the management of sites under its control.
Read moreAn addendum: HPG's submission to the Review of the Harbour Trust
Having now had a chance to examine the Trust’s submission to the Independent Review in detail, HPG has written to the Minister with comments in respect of the Trust’s recommendations.
Read moreStrong response to SMH Opinion piece by Jenna Price
Jenna Smith’s Opinion piece published in the Sydney Morning Herald 10 March 2020 received strong responses in Letters to the Editor.
Read more"Why is Cockatoo Island seen as a vacant opportunity?"
Cockatoo Island must not be handed over to "philanthropists" asking the Commonwealth government for $200 million for remediation before a dollar is spent by them.
Read moreThe Harbour Trust must continue to ensure the heritage of Trust sites are protected
Trent Zimmerman MP presented his speech to Parliament on 4 March 2020. “The heritage of these [Harbour Trust] sites is just so valuable. These are precious assets which we are custodians of on behalf of the Australian people, and long may that continue.”
Read moreCockatoo Island: thin end of the wedge for long term leasing of trust sites
“Despite claims of philanthropy by Cockatoo Island Foundation, the community would not be the long term beneficiaries because Cockatoo Island would be the thin end of the wedge for the long term leasing of all or other of the trust sites.” Submission by Sarah Benjamin and Phillip Keir
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