Birds Colliding
What will the birds do when Ku-ring-gai changes?
FOKE
Friends of Ku-ring-gai Environment
Welcome to FOKE
Friends of Ku-ring-gai Environment is a community group dedicated to the conservation and protection of Ku-ring-gai’s built and natural environment. On behalf of residents we work for the maintenance of Ku-ring-gai’s built and natural heritage and the enhancement of its existing character and amenity.
“Every place is going to change”
It was confirmed that "Every place is going to change", whether communities liked it or not, at a recent planning industry forum
Population Growth is fueling the Housing Crisis
The housing disaster will extend for years if population growth continues to be ignored
Ku-ring-gai a place of high biodiversity
Ku-ring-gai is a place of high biodiversity. It is one of the few areas of Sydney that still retains its majestic carbon-rich urban forests, tree canopy, bushland valleys and stunning
NSW fails NSW’s biodiversity
Despite dire warnings from the NSW Biodiversity Outlook Report 2024, the Minns Government is determined to destroy Ku-ring-gai's environment
Hawkesbury: urban densification, population growth & climate change pressure
Tell the NSW Government that the priority threat is their own planning policies. Deadline 24 November 2024
Hawkesbury-Nepean Coastal Management Program
There will be an information session on the Hawkesbury-Nepean Coastal Management Program on Saturday 19th October 10am – 3pm Sustainable Futures Day, Cameron Park, 5 Eastern Rd, Turramurra
Revealed: criminals and unlicensed agents operating across Australia’s real estate sector
Convicted criminals and unlicensed agents are operating in the real estate sector across multiple states, a Guardian Australia investigation has found.
Important dates
COUNCIL LOW AND MID-RISE HOUSING POLICY FORUM
ZOOM MEETING
Monday, 5 August 2024 6:30pm – 8 pm.
Attend via this LINK.
LONG REEF GEOREGION WALK
SUN 4 August 9.45am
Meet at the boat ramp on Fishermans Beach, Colloroy. Dr Peter Mitchell OAM will lead this walk and explain Long Reef’s 248 million year old geology.
Book HERE
GETTING HOUSING RIGHT: WHY IT MATTERS?
Unpacking the Housing CRISIS without the SPIN!
When: Wednesday 7th August, 2024
Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Venue: NSW Parliament House Theatrette, Macquarie Street, Sydney. The Theatrette is located near the front foyer within the NSW Parliament House. Proceed down a set of stairs and you will find it.
To attend this important meeting BOOK HERE
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR FOKE Stall at Gordon Markets, Wade Lane Carpark (next to Gordon Railway Station)
When: Sunday 11 August 2024
Time: any time between 8.30am and 2pm
RSVP: info@foke.org.au with details of the time you wish to help us + contact details (name, mobile, email).
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Friends of Kuringgai Environment
FOKE is a community group with a focus across the Ku-ring-gai area, defending our natural heritage and opposing inappropriate overdevelopment.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/lindfield-proposal-leads-the-race-under-state-s-new-housing-reforms-2...![]()
The gamesmanship going on in the Department of Planning and particularly the head of the Department bragging to the Urban Taskforce. This has nothing to do with affordability or providing cheaper rentals. Minister Paul Scully and Department's Secretary targetted Ku-ring-gai with four TODs because of their relationship with developers! Developers want prime residential streets to develop to maximise profitability. This is why Ku-ring-gai's local centres will not be revitalised whilst there is prime residential land at their disposal.
Lindfield proposal leads the race under state’s new housing reforms
www.smh.com.au
“We had a joke in the office that wouldn’t it be amazing if the first [one] was in Ku-ring-gai LGA, and it was,” Planning Department deputy secretary Monica Gibson told a developers’ conferenc...
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/steamroll-laggard-councils-over-housing-business-lobby-20241013-p5khv... ![]()
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Big business wants to be able to do what it wants. When it wants. Where it wants.![]()
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Caleb replied to the article...."Who would have thought? ![]()
They want the locals to be quiet and accept what they think is best.![]()
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The picture in the article says it all, slathering our suburbs in shoddy dog boxes.![]()
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Why?![]()
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So we can keep running one of the highest per capita immigration intakes in the world, driving property prices into the stratosphere and ensuring plenty of lazy "growth" for our entitled and lazy business community.![]()
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Running roughshod over the rights of people living in suburbs to preserve the character of their suburbs so the business community can make money by doing nothing but watching the population explode.![]()
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Australia is really a disgracefully low quality economy run to benefit the the business community."
Steamroll laggard councils over housing: business lobby
www.smh.com.au
A business lobby is arguing state governments need far greater sway over new approvals if Australia is to meet ambitious targets set by the National Housing Accord.
For those waiting on the results of the Ku-ring-gai local government elections we now have the confirmed results![]()
Comenarra Ward - Matt Devlin and Jeff Pettett![]()
Gordon Ward - Barbara Ward and Indu Balachandran![]()
Roseville Ward - Sam Ngai and Alec Taylor ![]()
St Ives Ward - Martin Smith and Christine Kay![]()
Wahroonga Ward - Cedric Spencer and Kim Wheatley ![]()
We congratulate the councillors on their election.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/we-cannot-build-another-wentworth-point-housing-reforms-put-to-the-te...![]()
Michael Koziol in usual form promoting the YIMBY platform for the local government elections. Most of his readership replies questioned the housing policies of the Minns State Government and the Federal Government's high immigration policies contributing to the escalation of the housing crisis.![]()
kimba07 said "For YIMBY-see under "big Australia".![]()
Absolutely nothing to say about unwanted population growth. They carry on as though there's broad agreement on the issue when nothing could be further from the truth.![]()
Talk about "useful idiots"."![]()
Caleb said "Great idea, slather Sydney in developer's shoddy and hideous apartment blocks, build no supporting infrastructure, or build some at phenomenal expense.![]()
All for Big Australia, all to run one of the world's highest per capita migration rates, all to drive lazy "growth" that benefits no one but big business and the wealthy.![]()
Australia's future, a howling wasteland of concrete ghettos where liveable and affordable suburbs once stood."
‘We cannot build another Wentworth Point’: Housing reforms put to the test
www.smh.com.au
The state government says it has a mandate for change on new housing. At local level, Saturday’s candidates up for election are uneasy about it.
Report says TOD and Low-Mid Rise SEPP will interfere with flight paths of migratory birds![]()
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