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	<title>Chris Harris</title>
	<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au</link>
	<description>Sydney City Greens Councillor Chris Harris</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Greens City of Sydney Climate Change Policy (ESD)Sustainable House Project</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/09/12/greens-city-of-sydney-climate-change-policy-esdsustainable-house-project/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/09/12/greens-city-of-sydney-climate-change-policy-esdsustainable-house-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Environment</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are urging voters to increase The Greens representation on the City of Sydney Council to ensure that the City takes an active role in promoting Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) in development and renovation within the City’s boundaries.
We will find a property that will become the City’s sustainable house. The property should be readily accessible by public transport [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greens City of Sydney Climate Change Policy - Waste</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/09/06/greens-city-of-sydney-climate-change-policy-waste/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/09/06/greens-city-of-sydney-climate-change-policy-waste/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Environment</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
City of Sydney Waste performance needs a shake up
Today the Greens announced their initiative to turn the City’s woeful waste performance around. Currently the City of Sydney sends 71% of its waste out of the City  to be dumped in landfill or a disused mine shaft in someone else’s backyard.
Greens Cr Chris Harris said: “This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greens move to increase compliance monitoring of late night premises</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/08/31/greens-move-to-increase-compliance-monitoring-of-late-night-premises/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/08/31/greens-move-to-increase-compliance-monitoring-of-late-night-premises/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>LGBTI</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On behalf of The Greens I will introduce a Notice of Motion to the City of Sydney Council on Monday 1st September 2008 in order to increase the compliance monitoring of late night premises in the late night entertainment hotspots of the City.
It is clear that there are owners of pubs, nightclubs and bars who are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letters in Reponse to Norman Thompson&#8217;s Article on Political Donations</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/08/29/letters-in-reponse-to-norman-thompsons-article-on-political-donations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/08/29/letters-in-reponse-to-norman-thompsons-article-on-political-donations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Harris</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Council</category>

		<category>Political Donations</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Norman Thompson&#8217;s article in The SMH about political donations drew some letters to the editor, shown below.
1. From Clover Moore, 27 August
Independent and transparent
Norman Thompson overlooks that the Greens use similar manoeuvres to misrepresent the cost of their campaigns, including channelling donations through head office and using taxpayer funds from the unaccountable &#8220;political education fund&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dirty Money Behind Clean Elections</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/08/26/the-dirty-money-behind-clean-elections/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/08/26/the-dirty-money-behind-clean-elections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Political Donations</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Norman Thompson (published in The SMH)
In March this year NSW Premier Morris Iemma and Opposition Leader Barry O&#8217;Farrell gave strong backing to a wide ranging overhaul of political funding laws.
But after more than a decade of relying on corporate money to fund big spending campaigns, have the Labor and Coalition parties really turned their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working Heritage Treasure Threatened with Closure</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/08/07/working-heritage-treasure-threatened-with-closure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/08/07/working-heritage-treasure-threatened-with-closure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>General Issues</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A priceless remnant of Sydney’s heavy industrial history is threatened with closure, which could mean the loss of skills and iron work manufacture critical for the preservation of much of Sydney’s heritage landscape.
Wrought Artworks at the Australian Technology Park has been told by the Redfern Waterloo Authority to vacate its premises by the end of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Donations Disclosure voted down at City of Sydney</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/08/07/donations-disclosure-voted-down-at-city-of-sydney/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/08/07/donations-disclosure-voted-down-at-city-of-sydney/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>General Issues</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Like many other NSW Greens councillors I put a motion to the City of Sydney Council to try to improve the transparency surrounding election funding in the lead up to the Local Government elections in September.
The Lord Mayor and her party members plus the Liberal councillor failed to support the motion which simply called for an on-line [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Youth Day in Perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/07/28/world-youth-day-in-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/07/28/world-youth-day-in-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>General Issues</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sydney put on a great welcome for World Youth Day and the City of Sydney did its bit to facilitate a lot of the practical requirements so that the event ran smoothly.
However, the State &#038; Federal government funding of $160m and almost $3m from the City of Sydney meant that the Catholic Church, a very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government Slugs East Sydney Again with 311 Bus Cuts</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/07/16/government-slugs-east-sydney-again-with-311-bus-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/07/16/government-slugs-east-sydney-again-with-311-bus-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>General Issues</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New cuts to the 311 bus service are the latest insult to East Sydney residents who have seen their bus services decrease over the past six years.
East Sydney residents need better public transport services, not more cutbacks.  It is tragic that this government is making cutbacks to public transport at a time when the need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clover caught using City of Sydney resources to conduct election campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/07/09/clover-caught-using-city-of-sydney-resources-to-conduct-election-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/07/09/clover-caught-using-city-of-sydney-resources-to-conduct-election-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>General Issues</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After advance warnings to all councillors by City of Sydney’s CEO and the Department of Local Government about using council resources for electioneering purposes, The Lord Mayor was caught red-handed at her own campaign launch.
Her Communications Manager, Jeff Lewis, was handing out promotional material at the launch, but when questioned about this, said he had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campaign to Keep Power in Public Hands Carries On</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/07/07/campaign-to-keep-power-in-public-hands-carries-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/07/07/campaign-to-keep-power-in-public-hands-carries-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Environment</category>

		<category>power generation</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On 10th March 2008 I presented a motion to Council calling for Council’s support of the community campaign to stop the sell off of the state’s electricity system.  My motion was not supported by Labor, Liberal or Clover Moore Party councillors.
The sell-off is not a done deal and the campaign to keep power in public hands is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clover Caught Red-Handed</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/06/12/clover-caught-red-handed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/06/12/clover-caught-red-handed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>General Issues</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What a fine to-do when a Lord Mayor condones her chauffeur’s illegal parking while presiding over a council that last year used undercover rangers to catch and fine parents for parking illegally when dropping their children at school.
Clover Moore’s chauffeur was reportedly fined and spotted on several occasions by Channel 7 double parking, locking and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Affordable Housing Spin or Substance – Greens Want Answers</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/06/04/affordable-housing-spin-or-substance-%e2%80%93-greens-want-answers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/06/04/affordable-housing-spin-or-substance-%e2%80%93-greens-want-answers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>General Issues</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following questions asked in Parliament by Greens MLC, Sylvia Hale, will hopefully sort out the spin from the substance regarding the proposed affordable housing project in Glebe.  Answers will be provided on June 17.
Sylvia and I collaborated on the questions after I raised concerns about the misleading manner in which this project was announced. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks to Carol Ann King and The Luncheon Club</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/06/02/thanks-to-carol-ann-king-and-the-luncheon-club/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/06/02/thanks-to-carol-ann-king-and-the-luncheon-club/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>LGBTI</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On behalf of The Greens I expressed my thanks and congratulations to the volunteers and the Board of The Luncheon Club. However the highest praise should be reserved for Carol Ann King who provided the inspiration behind the Luncheon Club with fifteen years of dedicated service in support of people living with and affected by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lord Mayor and CEO mislead public and councillors on affordable housing</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/05/28/lord-mayor-and-ceo-mislead-public-and-councillors-on-affordable-housing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2008/05/28/lord-mayor-and-ceo-mislead-public-and-councillors-on-affordable-housing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 06:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>General Issues</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Sydney Lord Mayor and the City of Sydney CEO misled City Councillors and the public when they announced an affordable housing project in Glebe as a done deal on 29th April. The deception was uncovered at council on Monday 12th May when the Lord Mayor sought council endorsement of an MOU that she had [...]]]></description>
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