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	<title>Chris Harris</title>
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	<description>Sydney City Greens Councillor Chris Harris</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Public Frustrated by Repeated Delays to Flawed Tennis Tender Process</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2010/03/12/public-frustrated-by-repeated-delays-to-flawed-tennis-tender-process/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2010/03/12/public-frustrated-by-repeated-delays-to-flawed-tennis-tender-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Council</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have serious concerns about the tender process that appears to have been designed to place the City’s tennis courts under the management of a single operator. Should the recommendation of council staff be adopted the operator at Ruchcutters Bay tennis courts will be tossed out after 25 years of service to the community. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Johnstons Creek Cycleway On The Wrong Track</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2010/03/10/johnstons-creek-cycleway-on-the-wrong-track/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2010/03/10/johnstons-creek-cycleway-on-the-wrong-track/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Council</category>

		<category>Development</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hot on the heels of their destruction of the habitat area at Orphan School Creek with the freshly laid concrete zig zag path, the Clover Moore Party are at it again across the road in Johnstons Canal with more habitat destruction.  The proposal is a bike path that links the shared pathway emerging from Orphan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keating  seeks to replace 1960s’ vandalism with 2010 vandalism on Barangaroo</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2010/03/05/keating-seeks-to-replace-1960s%e2%80%99-vandalism-with-2010-vandalism-on-barangaroo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2010/03/05/keating-seeks-to-replace-1960s%e2%80%99-vandalism-with-2010-vandalism-on-barangaroo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Development</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Barangaroo Authority conducted a presentation of the design ideas of British architect Richard Rogers at the City Recital Hall on 23rd February. The presentation visuals showed attractive buildings and public spaces that interfaced with the water at the city’s western edge with a light rail service passing down Hickson Rd.
One key component of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City of Sydney Council Corporate Welfare is a misuse of public funds</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2010/03/04/city-of-sydney-council-corporate-welfare-is-a-misuse-of-public-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2010/03/04/city-of-sydney-council-corporate-welfare-is-a-misuse-of-public-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>General Issues</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At a council meeting of the City of Sydney on 22nd February Clover Moore Party
members and the Liberal councilor voted in tandem to donate public ratepayer funds to two private enterprises setting up in the City’s laneways.
The first donation to set up a new bar was approved outright.  The second grant, to the Moran Arts Foundation Ltd, was recommended [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Common Ground</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2010/02/08/common-ground/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2010/02/08/common-ground/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Housing</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The NSW Department of Housing is planning to build a facility to provide permanent accommodation to around 50 homeless people on Pyrmont Bridge Rd in Camperdown (site pictured on the left).  Based on the successful Common Ground model from New York, formerly homeless people will be housed alongside low income key workers in a building [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Millers Point Skate Park</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2010/02/05/millers-point-skate-park/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2010/02/05/millers-point-skate-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>General Issues</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In recent months there has been media attention, and many letters from concerned residents, about the plan by the City of Sydney to build a skate park on a site under the Western Distributor at Millers Point (pictured right).  This is a proposal that I wholeheartedly support, and I want to take this opportunity to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Response to Climate Change Denial</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2010/02/04/response-to-climate-change-denial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2010/02/04/response-to-climate-change-denial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Environment</category>

		<category>power generation</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, many of my Greens colleagues and myself have received an email that appears to be circulating widely which makes a number of arguments disputing the science of climate change.  The arguments are the same ones that climate change deniers have been using for many years and though they can be easily countered with basic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How will The Greens manage the balance of power?</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/11/15/how-will-the-greens-manage-the-balance-of-power/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/11/15/how-will-the-greens-manage-the-balance-of-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>General Issues</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Greens have the real the prospect of being in the balance of power at the federal level and in the NSW state parliament following elections in the next two years. How will the Greens approach this responsibility and great opportunity and will its approach to economic management be different in the state and federal spheres?
Here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eight City Trees Felled Under Part 3A Power</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/11/05/eight-city-trees-felled-under-part-3a-power/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/11/05/eight-city-trees-felled-under-part-3a-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>General Issues</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
The removal of eight healthy mature city street trees by Energy Australia is the latest environmental disaster perpetrated under the Department of Planning’s Part 3A madness. It is also at odds with Energy Australia’s policy statement that it is committed to minimising the environmental impact of its operations.
The Minister for Planning, Kristina Keneally, gave approval [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why can&#8217;t renewables provide base load power?</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/10/15/why-cant-renewables-provide-base-load-power/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/10/15/why-cant-renewables-provide-base-load-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Environment</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We constantly hear the mantra that has been scripted by the coal and nuclear lobbies. It&#8217;s a simple message and it goes like this: &#8221;only coal or nuclear can provide base load power&#8221;. (Base load is the ability to supply electricity 24/7)
Is this true? No - it is nonsense. What is really required is to build enough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A row of fruit can be much more costly than a bag of apples</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/10/05/a-row-of-fruit-can-be-much-more-costly-than-a-bag-of-apples/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/10/05/a-row-of-fruit-can-be-much-more-costly-than-a-bag-of-apples/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>General Issues</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Contrary to previous announcements, the South Sydney Leagues Club intends to reinstate poker machines in the Rabbitohs Club in Redfern. However, they are also pushing for approval of a large supermarket on the ground floor of the building. The Greens City of Sydney Councillors see the decision on pokies as a betrayal of good faith [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City of Pillagers</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/10/01/city-of-pillagers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/10/01/city-of-pillagers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>General Issues</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The City of Sydney Council recently approved the construction of a supermarket in the small village of Erskineville. The applicant originally proposed a large 2000 sq metre plus supermarket but after a local campaign, a refusal by Council staff and finally a failed appeal in the Land &#038; Environment Court, the applicant was back with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Common Ground for the Common Good</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/09/07/common-ground-for-the-common-good/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/09/07/common-ground-for-the-common-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Housing</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Minister for Housing recently announced that a ‘Common Ground’ facility will be built in Camperdown. The project will provide further accommodation for people on the waiting list for public housing, affordable housing for low paid workers and a specialist unit designed to provide stable accommodation to chronically homeless people. The project follows on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clover’s “look good” agenda more important than the needs of Mums with prams, elderly &#038; disabled</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/09/03/clover%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9clook-good%e2%80%9d-agenda-more-important-than-the-needs-of-mums-with-prams-elderly-disabled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/09/03/clover%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9clook-good%e2%80%9d-agenda-more-important-than-the-needs-of-mums-with-prams-elderly-disabled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>General Issues</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The pedestrian bridges that span the Westfield Complex and the two David Jones’ Stores in the heart of the city have been slimmed down following pressure from the Lord Mayor. Clover wanted bridges that were 4 metres wide (3.2 metres internal walking space) but Westfield have argued that 5.04 metres (internally 4 metres) is needed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Litigation against the Minister for Planning – Is it worth the trouble?</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/08/06/litigation-against-the-minister-for-planning-%e2%80%93-is-it-worth-the-trouble/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/08/06/litigation-against-the-minister-for-planning-%e2%80%93-is-it-worth-the-trouble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>General Issues</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On 19th November 2007 a legal case on which I had worked for 12 months was heard in the Land &#038; Environment Court. We were suing the Minister for Planning (Frank Sartor) over the proposed development of the 5.7 hectare Carlton &#038; United Brewery site which had been purchased by a Singaporean based developer – [...]]]></description>
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