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The Sandon Point community is once again facing up to the threat of the
major development proposal from Stockland and the Anglican Retirement
Villages. The Concept Plan and Stockland’s Project Application are again
being exhibited, from 4th June to 7th July.
Jill Merrin of the Northern Illawarra Residents Action Group, said,
“Despite the Land and Environment Court’s decision that Frank Sartor, the
Minister for Planning’s, approval of the previous Concept Plan was
The entire judgment of the Land and Environment Court in the case of
Walker vs the Minister for Planning (2007)
can be found on the NSW lawlink website.
SANDON POINT COALITION
MEDIA RELEASE
3rd December 2007
Following last week’s landmark judgement in the case of Jill Walker versus the Minister for Planning found at http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lecjudgments/2007nswlec.nsf/00000000000000..., the Sandon Point Coalition has again called for all the land at Sandon Point to be protected as open space.
Court Overrules Minister : Climate Change Must be Considered
NSW Greens MP and Planning spokesperson Sylvia Hale has welcomed a decision of the Land and Environment Court to overturn Ministerial approval of a resort development at Sandon Point near Wollongong.
The Court found that Planning Minister Frank Sartor and the Director-General of Planning failed to give consideration to the possible effects of climate change on changing sea levels and flood risks for the coastal development.
In the decision in Walker v Minister for Planning Justice Biscoe found that:
MEDIA RELEASE
Sandon Point Community Picket
16 September 2007
Residents protecting Sandon Point’s magnificent coastal environment and Aboriginal heritage will challenge NSW Minister for Planning and developers’ legislation this week. The fight for a coastal regional park at Bulli will continue in Sydney’s Land & Environment Court, 18 & 19 September, 10am.
Go to http://sandon-point.org.au/art-auction to make your donation.
or make donations
through any Commonwealth Bank branch into the
Kuradji Sandon Point Foundation Account:
2607 1008 7930.
2 September
Sandon Point Community Picket
Sandon Point Art Sale raises Dollars for Court Case
Paintings and prints by major artists and amateurs quickly sold this weekend at the Mori Gallery fundraiser for Sandon Point Court case.
26 August 2007
Sandon Point Community Picket
“Being naked to Save Sandon Point as part of the Art Installation photographed by Tyler Freeman Smith was quite an experience," said Kate Morris, one of the organizers. "I was prepared to be freezing but it was quite a magical experience, especially when the couple of hundred people watching us on the point, clapped at the end of the shoot.”
23 August 2007
Sandon Point Community Picket members are being forced to extremes and baring all vs Planning Minister Sartor’s naked tyranny in approving the Sandon Point, Bulli, Stockland/ARV concept plan against his own department’s recommendations.
Sandon Point Community Picket members and their supporters will bare all at Sandon Point on Saturday 25 August at 3 pm in support of Jill Walker's court case vs Planning Minister Sartor. They will be publicizing the upcoming fundraiser Art Auction Saturday 1 September at the Mori Gallery, 168 Day St. Sydney 3 pm.
