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	<title>Chris Harris</title>
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	<description>Sydney City Greens Councillor Chris Harris</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Common Ground</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2010/02/08/common-ground/</link>
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		<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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">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/</guid>
		<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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/08/06/litigation-against-the-minister-for-planning-%e2%80%93-is-it-worth-the-trouble/</guid>
		<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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		<title>Clover sells out residents for 28500 pieces of silver</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/07/15/clover-sells-out-residents-for-28500-pieces-of-silver/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/07/15/clover-sells-out-residents-for-28500-pieces-of-silver/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>General Issues</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The City of Sydney approved the extension of a footpath license issued to a large bar (The Sugarmill), in December, 2008. The bar is located on the south eastern end of Springfield Plaza, Kings Cross, and the license covered a large portion of this public square (76 sq metres).  I was alerted to the existence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greens provide viable solutions to Pyrmont’s Metro Woes</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/06/29/greens-provide-viable-solutions-to-pyrmont%e2%80%99s-metro-woes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/06/29/greens-provide-viable-solutions-to-pyrmont%e2%80%99s-metro-woes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>General Issues</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While the Greens welcome the expenditure of over $5B in rail infrastructure for Sydney, they have serious concerns about the CBD Metro proposal and its priorities and are supporting Pyrmont residents in their efforts to save Union Square.
Proposed sites for access to stations and installation of security vents at Union Square, Pyrmont, have prompted community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greens support Tamils’ struggle for a fair deal in Sri Lanka</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/05/28/greens-support-tamils%e2%80%99-struggle-for-a-fair-deal-in-sri-lanka/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/05/28/greens-support-tamils%e2%80%99-struggle-for-a-fair-deal-in-sri-lanka/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 13:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>World Affairs</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday May 23rd I attended a large but peaceful rally organised by the Tamil community in Sydney where I read a statement of support from the Greens NSW parliamentarians – this statement also reflects my view.  Other speakers included Phillip Boulten, barrister defending Tamils who are being prosecuted on terror-related charges, Reverend John Barr, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harold Park Paceway to trot off with Public Land</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/05/20/harold-park-paceway-to-trot-off-with-public-land/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisharris.org.au/2009/05/20/harold-park-paceway-to-trot-off-with-public-land/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 06:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		
		<category>General Issues</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Harold Park Paceway has asked the Minister for Planing to use her Part 3A powers to determine a concept plan for the re-zoning and redevelopment of both the trotting facility and the adjacent historic Tramsheds.
The Greens are very concerned about this approach by the Trotting Club to have the concept plan determined inside the [...]]]></description>
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