Annandale on the Web
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Time of Burran -
Gadalung Marool (hot and dry) January - March
The behaviour of the male kangaroos becomes quite aggressive..more
What's On
Bach at the Hunter Baillie
Music by Bach
Organ Recital, Leipzig Chorales, Stacey Xiao Yang and Kurt Ison
Hunter Baillie Church, cnr of Johnston and Collins St, Annandale
6pm 22 March 2019
Payment by Note Donation at the Door
Annandale is in the NSW Seat of Balmain (Includes Postcodes 2007, 2009, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2050)
Early Voting (Pre-poll) Leichhardt Town Hall from 11 March 2019 (Pre-Poll)
Annandale and North Annandale Public School are polling Booths on 8am-6pm Saturday 23 March 2019 (other Booths)
Three Piece Suite Concert
Three Piece Suite is a string trio
Concert: 31st March 2019, Annandale
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Annandale Craft Group
The Annandale Craft Group meets 11am-2pm Fridays at the Annandale Community Centre...
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Second Hand Saturday
SecondHand Saturdays are 3 days of garage sales, community spirit and pre-loved treasures in Balmain, Balmain East, Birchgrove, Rozelle, Lilyfield, Leichhardt and Annandale.
4 May: Leichhardt, Annandale
The council will promote your sale, if you by 17 April. More information and registration at https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/about/forms/forms-by-category/waste-and-recycling-forms-inner-west-council/secondhand-saturday-registration
Over 50s Tai Chi
11:45am Tuesdays Commencing on 14th July 2015
Tai Chi class for people over 50. Suitable for people with chronic conditions.
Join a free trial class then pay $6 per class!
Annandale Neighbourhood Centre, 79 Johnston St, Annandale
To book or for more information: Tel:(02)95334422 Email: info@share.org.au
www.share.org.au
Annandale Playgroup
In 1972 Rosemary Roebuck, a mother of two young children looking for friendship and support, invited a few local families to meet in her Balmain lounge room.
Within months, 33 similar groups across NSW had affiliated under the banner of the Playgroup Association of NSW..https://www.playgroupnsw.org.au
Annandale Playgroup runs 3 sessions a week for children aged from birth to 5 years in the rear hall of Annandale Neighbourhood Centre.... more
Leichhardt Local Link
The Leichhardt Local Link is a free community bus to help people to access local services such as Leichhardt Park Aquatic Centre, doctors and health services, transport, community facilities, shopping precincts and high streets.
The bus runs between 8.30am and 2.45pm on Mondays and Thursdays. See Timetable and Route
Buruwan Picnic
NoW Annandale are organising a "farewell picnic" for Buruwan Park 4-5pm Sunday 10th March 2019.
Come along and let the NSW Government, Westconnex and RMS know that you know that they are destroying a precious park, trees and habitat the the community has worked on for over 25 years.
Rally Buruwan Park, 15 Feb 2018
Council has put up corflutes in the park to inform the hundreds of pedestrians, cyclists, light rail and bus passengers who use the park every day.
The RMS is yet to advise how pedestrians and cyclists will get to work, school and everywhere else they go via the park during construction and operation of the proposed road widening of the Crescent Annandale as part of Westconnex Stage 3.
There is an issue of trees being destroyed and increased heat island affect as well as over 25 years of Bush regeneration by volunteers.
Photos Tony Grech
A good time to email state and federal MPs, the Minister for Transport, the Minister for Planning, the Minster for the Environment and the Premier.
More about Westconnex
RMS to claim streets under the NSW Roads Act
On 11 February 2019 Roads & Maritime Services informed Inner West Council that it would be exercising its powers under the NSW Roads Act to undertake activities for WestConnex Stage 3B (M4-M5 Link Rozelle Interchange) on the following roads in the Local Government Area:
* Gordon Street, Rozelle (No Public Access upon assumption)
* Railway Parade, Annandale
* The Crescent, Annandale
* Johnston Street, Annandale
* Victoria Road, Rozelle
* Quirk Street, Rozelle
* Hornsey Street, Rozelle
* Lilyfield Road, Rozelle
190211 - IWC - Use of Powers under Roads Act - A25434781 (PDF 2.3MB)
Source: https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/develop/major-projects/state-projects/westconnex
More about Westconnex
Westconnex Meeting
The government has recently released the tunnel route for WestConnex Stage 3a. Homes which sit within the identified ‘zone of influence’ of the proposed tunnel route in Leichhardt, Annandale and Camperdown may be impacted.
See Map showing the Route of the Westconnex M4-M5 Tunnel and properties in Haberfield, Leichhardt, Annandale, Camperdown, Newtown, Enmore and St Peters which will be affected. Detailed Map showing properties affected
Local MP, Jamie Parker, has called a public meeting to discuss how tunneling will impact you and what you can do.
WHEN Saturday 9 February 2-3pm
WHERE Leichhardt Town Hall
RSVP and more information
Westconnex starts destroying Annandale
11 February 2019: RMS claims Railway Parade, the Crescent and other local Roads for WestConnex Stage 3B (M4-M5 Link Rozelle Interchange) more
M4-M5 Link Tunnels Management plans and reports
- Water Discharge Monitoring Report - January 2019 Management plans and reports - 29th Jan 2019
- M4-M5 Link Tunnels - Photographic Archival Recording - 164 Parramatta Road - January 2019 Management plans and reports - 8th Jan 2019 pdf
- M4-M5 Link Tunnels - Salvage Strategy and Sympathetic Re-use Report - 164 Parramatta Road - January 2019 Management plans and reports - 8th Jan 2019
- M4-M5 Link Tunnels - Utilities Management Strategy - January 2019 Management plans and reports - 8th Jan 2019
- M4-M5 Link Tunnels - Traffic and Transport and Access Management Sub-Plan - November 2018 Management plans and reports - 28th Nov 2018
- M4-M5 Link Tunnels - Flora and Fauna Management Sub-Plan - November 2018 Management plans and reports - 27th Nov 2018
- M4-M5 Link Tunnels - Air Quality Management Sub-Plan - November 2018 Management plans and reports - 27th Nov 2018
- M4-M5 Link Tunnels - Soil and Surface Water Management Sub-Plan - November 2018 Management plans and reports - 27th Nov 2018
- M4-M5 Link Tunnels - Groundwater Management Sub-Plan - November 2018 Management plans and reports - 27th Nov 2018
- M4-M5 Link Tunnels - Non-Aboriginal Heritage Management Sub-Plan - November 2018 Management plans and reports - 27th Nov 2018
Download at: https://westconnex.com.au/local-updates?default_view=2&updates=9&project=14
Trucks heading for Annandale
Westconnex Stage 3a and 3b Impacts
- Pyrmont Bridge Dive Site
- Crescent Civil (Construction) Site
- Tunnel Under Annandale
Parliamentary Inquiry Reports
Damning Report into Westconnex and dissent over inconsistent recommendations and findings.
- Finding 2: That the NSW Government failed to subject the WestConnex project to a comprehensive
independent assurance process during the development of the first business case for the project.
- Finding 3: That the NSW Government was not required to consider the full range of costs in the business
case for the WestConnex project, including costs to public health, amenity, biodiversity, extra road
building, and losses to public transport.
- Finding 4: That the NSW Government failed to adequately consider alternative options at the commencement
of the WestConnex project. This failure has undermined the justification for the project and has
exacerbated community opposition.
- Finding 5: That the transparency arrangements pertaining to the WestConnex business case have been
unsatisfactory.
- Finding 9:That, given the Sydney Gateway project was a key part of the original rationale and business case
for the WestConnex project, its removal from the WestConnex project will likely have led to a
significant change in the cost-benefit ratio for the entire project.
- Recommendation 4:That the NSW Government immediately publish the base-case financial model for the
WestConnex project.
- Recommendation 10:That the NSW Government proceed with Stage 3 of the WestConnex .
- Recommendation 11: That the NSW Government immediately publish a full account of all costs to be incurred by NSW
taxpayers if Stage 3 contracts were cancelled.
- Recommendation 6: That the NSW Government ensure that the Audit Office of New South Wales has the resources required to undertake a detailed and comprehensive performance audit of the WestConnex project in 2019/2020.
Dissenting Report and Statement
The show must not go on!
- Dissenting Report Ms Cate Faehrmann MLC, The Greens:
"This has been an extremely important inquiry and the final committee report details a litany of failures by the NSW Government in the delivery of the WestConnex project which have had a real and lasting negative impact on people’s lives, have eroded public trust and had significant costs for taxpayers."
"1. WestConnex should never have been approved or built"
"Finding: That the NSW Government should have invested the public funds spent on the WestConnex project on improving public transport, including for western Sydney."
"Finding: That the separation of the Sydney Gateway Project from the WestConnex project was an attempt by the
NSW Government to hide further WestConnex project cost increases."
"Finding: That if the full range of costs were adequately considered, and if the cost blow outs and scope changes were taken into account, it is probable that an updated business case for the WestConnex would not have a positive cost-benefit
ratio."
- Dissenting Statement, The Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC and The Hon Greg Donnelly MLC, Australian Labor Party<
"WestConnex promised much - Port Botany would directly connect with Sydney’s major arterial roads. Traffic would be taken from
neighbourhood roads. Travel times would shorten; air quality rules, the world’s best; tolls, modest.
Premiers O’Farrell, Baird and Berijiklian said: judge them, and the project, by these standards.
How is Westconnex faring? This inquiry says...badly.
Westconnex is costing taxpayers more and delivering less."
Download and read full report at https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/committees/inquiries/Pages/inquiry-details.aspx?pk=2497#tab-reportsandgovernmentresponses
Crescent Civil (Construction) Site
Western Harbour Tunnel and Beaches Link now includes Rozelle Interchange, which was not part of the M4-M5 approval despite being part of the M4-M5 EIS.
Source:
July 2018 Update 13.7MB PDF
Destruction of Buruwan Park to widen the Cresent to take extra traffic from exit from Westconnex Tunnel. The park provides a pedestrian and cycle route between Raiway Parade and the foreshore, Rozelle Bay Light Rail stop and 433 Bus, loss of pedestrian/cycle route..more
24 Hour Dive Site, Parramatta Road
An Acoustic shed will be errected at the corner of Parramatta Road and Mallet Street, extending to Pyrmont Bridge Road. Trucks will access the site via Parramatta Road, Pyrmont Bridge Road, Mallet Street, Johnston Street and the Crescent...more
Op Shop and Community Food Pantry
Wayne and Marghanita at Sydney City Mission Annandale Op Shop
Sydney City Mission Op Shop & Food Pantry
Op Shop Mon, Wed, Fri 10am-3pm
Community Food Pantry on Wed & Fri 10am-3pm
181 Parramatta Road Annandale.
Sign the Petition for Clean and Quiet Electric Buses
Dear Transport Minister, the Hon. Andrew Constance,
Please commit to the introduction of an electric bus fleet to protect public health, reduce air pollution and provide Sydney with the low emission, cheap and clean transport... network it needs.https://www.jamieparker.org/electricbus
Sign the Petition about Air Craft Noise
Dear Geoff Culbert (CEO Sydney Airport),
The Sydney Airport Master Plan 2039 has the potential for chaos and congestion and will bring increased aircraft noise to our local community.
I support Jamie Parker's plan to:
Insulate every residence impacted by unacceptable levels of aircraft noise.
Meet noise sharing targets to relieve pressure on the Inner West.
Ensure government commits to invest in public transport infrastructure in order to meet the increase in demand.
Support the call for high speed rail from Sydney to Melbourne to provide an alternative to air travel...https://www.jamieparker.org/aircraftnoise
Western Harbour Tunnel Construction via Glebe Port
"Parts of White Bay and Glebe Island are under consideration as potential support areas for the proposed Western Harbour Tunnel.
The areas may be proposed for use on a temporary basis to:
* Stage deliveries and personnel for water-based construction of the harbour crossing;
* handle tunnel spol arriving by barge for trasnfer to road transport;
* construct concrete elements for the Wstern Harbour Tunnel; and
* Transfer a small quantity of sediment from Sydney Harbour to the site for treatment then transport by road for safe disposal"..- source: leaflet dropped in Annandale Letterboxes about 11 May 2018
"Glebe Island adjacent to White Bay will be used as a spoil handling area for the Western Harbour Tunnel and Warringah Freeway Upgrade
project, prior to the commencement of works for the Bays Precinct in 2022. "..Western Harbour Tunnel and Warringah Freeway Upgrade Scoping Report (October 2017)
Western Harbour Tunnel and Beaches Link
White Bay Infrastructure Projects
Inner West Council will be responding to the response to Westconnex's 400 page response to council's 300 page submission to the M4-M5 EIS and the Preferred Infrastructure Report (PIR).
The response from Westconnex to all 13,000 submissions + the PIR is currently being assessed by the department of planning who wil make a recommendation to the minister.
Community Members can contact council staff and councillors to make their views on the proposal clear and incorporated into the response to the Department of Planning. But we can also write to our MPs and Ministers.
The Project is currently being assessed by Department of Planning - see submissions, response to submissions including Preferred Infrastructure Report - this will then go to the minister for signoff. More at: http://majorprojects.planning.nsw.gov.au/index.pl?action=view_job&job_id=7485
Inner West Council's westconnex page includes how to contact the westconnex unit and about the WestConnex Community Liaison Forum (which people from Haberfield and St Peters are very active on) https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/.../hot-topics/westconnex
Glebe Island Multi-User Facility
https://www.portauthoritynsw.com.au/projects-and-planning/projects/glebe-island-multi-user-facility/
https://www.commercialrealestate.com.au/news/pyrmont-residents-oppose-glebe-island-returning-to-a-24-hour-working-dock/
Hanson move to White Bay (from Blackwattle Bay) - can't find official site
http://www.altmedia.net.au/concrete-outcome-in-glebe/129702
http://www.handsoffglebe.org/2017/08/community-masterplan-for-the-market-district-of-the-bays-precinct/
https://www.commercialrealestate.com.au/news/pyrmont-residents-oppose-glebe-island-returning-to-a-24-hour-working-dock/
M4-M5 Link Preferred Infrastructure Report
Exec Summary: https://majorprojects.accelo.com/public/3fb905c2968162553e59882d1deefbb1/01.%20M4-M5%20RtS_I_Executive%20summary.pdf
Detail: https://majorprojects.accelo.com/public/495c4765451c083397dd1b8c0babf53e/07.%20M4-M5%20RtS_Part%20D_Preferred%20Infrastructure%20Report.pdf
Traffic Information: https://majorprojects.accelo.com/public/b48c92722adff9df41651b01a5184d3a/13.%20M4-M5%20RtS_AppA%20Traffic%20IA.pdf
Local Council, State and Federal Representatives
Local Government
Annandale is split over two councils and two wards within the Inner West Council.
- Annandale between Booth St and Parramatta Road in in the Leichhardt Ward (Councillors are: Marghanita da Cruz, Lucille Mckenna, Vittoria Racitti)
- Annandale between Booth St and the Crescent is in the Balmain Ward of Inner West Council (Councillors are: Rochelle Porteous, John Stamolis, Darcy Byrne)
- The Annandale Foreshore (North of the Crescent) and a pocket of Annandale, at corner of Wigram Road and Booth street, East of Johnston's Creek, is in the City of Sydney, which does not have wards.
House of Representatives (FEDERAL GOVERNMENT)
Historically, parts of Annandale have been in the Federal seat of Grayndler and Sydney. However, as of 11 March 2016 Annandale (except for the foreshore north of the Crescent) will be in Grayndler. The foreshore is in Sydney....more and check enrollment
Member for Grayndler in the Australian Parliament: Hon Anthony Albanese MP
NSW Legislative Assembly (STATE GOVERNMENT)
Member for Balmain in NSW Legislative Assembly: Mr Jamie Parker
Enrollment
Check enrollment: roll.elections.nsw.gov.au
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