By Paul Hemsley City of Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore has committed to an overhaul of the inner city’s streets and infrastructure by announcing that the council will embark on its largest ever capital spending program work worth $1.9 billion over the next decade. A persistent advocate of urban renewal that favours people over cars, […]
14 May, 2013
By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski A push by the Independent Local Government Review Panel to the New South Wales government to encourage “voluntary amalgamations” of councils has sparked widely divergent reactions from stakeholders as peak body Local Government NSW (LGNSW) continues to argue that forced mergers are not, and should not, be state government […]
29 April, 2013
By Julian Bajkowski City of Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore has upped pressure on the New South Wales state government to extend a planned pedestrian zone in the heart of the central business district and shopping strip as part of existing plans to roll out a new $1.6 billion light rail run connecting the city […]
5 April, 2013
By Julian Bajkowski City of Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore is set to export her controversial bid to transform the inner city’s late night economy from a landscape of beer barns, bouncers and bad kebabs to chic small bars and gourmet food trucks to other councils across the city. According to the City of Sydney […]
11 March, 2013
By Julian Bajkowski The City of Sydney has moved to shake-off the main street retail blues caused by online buying by trying to entice a new wave of digital businesses to set-up shop within its boundaries to keep business flourishing in the CBD. Lord Mayor Clover Moore has announced the city’s official backing for ‘Sydney […]
25 February, 2013
By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski When the tragic death of Thomas Kelly in Kings Cross from a so-called king-hit made headlines across Australia, it was the final straw for the O’Farrell government. After several months of dramatic news reports filled with colourful identities and bikies parading their power, shootings in crowded streets and seemingly […]
7 January, 2013
By Julian Bajkowski Sydney’s Lord Mayor, Clover Moore, has declared that the volume of electronic waste being now junked by city residents has reached the level where unwanted devices could be stacked as high as the city’s tallest building, Sydney Tower. According to the City of Sydney’s tall claim, its residents turfed a whopping 2,218 […]
17 December, 2012
By Julian Bajkowski The New South Wales state government has called for submissions from the community and businesses in the CBD on the impact of tearing down the city’s iconic transport novelty, the monorail. According to documents released by the government, the final monorail service will run on the last day of the financial year, […]
4 December, 2012
By Julian Bajkowski An Australia-wide survey of expenditure by local governments on cycling infrastructure has found that inner-city municipalities are ploughing serious funding into facilities like bike paths, but warned that many suburban councils in Sydney and Melbourne have “irresponsibly low” spending. According to an annual study of 100 councils by cycling advocacy group Bicycle […]
20 November, 2012
By Paul Hemsley City of Sydney Mayor Clover Moore has launched a smartphone app that will allow the hearing impaired to experience interactive guided tours of Sydney Town Hall. Australian Communication Exchange (ACE) developed the OpenMi Tours app, which changes audio content into videos communicating with sign language or Auslan with text options. Auslan is […]
23 October, 2012
By Julian Bajkowski and Paul Hemsley Australian local governments are poised to rapidly become public sector front-runners in using innovative smartphone applications and the web to directly engage their communities in consultative processes on issues ranging from social policy to development applications. Over the weekend, the City of Sydney revealed plans to build apps that […]
23 October, 2012
By Paul Hemsley City of Sydney Mayor Clover Moore has dished out Apple and Android smart phone applications for city diners to track the location of the council’s latest cultural innovation: food trucks. The new app sources instant information from five food trucks now operational in the council trial and follows similar programs in London […]
16 October, 2012
By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski South Australian Transport and Infrastructure Minister Patrick Conlon and Adelaide City Council Deputy Mayor David Plumridge have wheeled out a plan to push more people into riding bikes. The council and the state government have announced the formation the Bicycle Infrastructure Group (BIG) to improve cycling infrastructure and double […]
12 October, 2012
The right mix of venture capital, affordable rent and tax incentives would encourage an increased culture of innovative start-ups in Sydney, Lord Mayor Clover Moore said. About 100 creative entrepreneurs and investors attended the inaugural 66 Meet-Ups networking evening to hear how it was crucial for them to share their knowledge and experiences with […]
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