One of the best and most striking features of Newcastle's city centre is the 19th century Newcastle train station yet developers backed by and in the Newcastle City Council (the mayor is a developer) are now planning to destroy it- so they can develop the site for their profit. This has been opposed for years in Newcastle by the community but the community is being pushed aside and the city destroyed for profit, whilst those at the top are under investigation for corruption by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). The starting date for destruction of the historic train station and ripping up of the railway tracks is Boxing Day 2014. Can their plans be stopped until the ICAC enquiry is over- before it is too late to save the Newcastle train station and its cultural significance? Read UNSW academic and critic Elizabeth Farelly's article below on this.
"ICAC’s ongoing Operation Spicer has heard evidence suggesting all sorts of sinister links between developers such as McCloy and Nathan Tinkler, politicians including Tim Owens and Joe Tripodi, and the friendly-fire campaign – ''stop Jodi’s trucks'' – to winkle Labor MP Jodi McKay from office. Less a can of worms, all this, than a pit of ruthless trouser snakes.
None of it furthers the public interest. Indeed, if we, the public, stand by, it will destroy a system that could benefit Newcastle’s city economy a thousand times more than all the third-rate high-rises those guys can erect between them.
We should demand a moratorium, halting all inner-city rezoning, development approvals and rail-destruction until ICAC sheds its light." (excerpt from 'CBDs are For All of Us Not Just Suits' link below)
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/comment/cbds-are-for-us-all-not-just-suits-20140813-103hzu.html#ixzz3AQ1E8wX6
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