Comments for Botany Bay and Catchment Alliance http://www.botanybay.info Protecting Environment = Protecting People Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:07:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 Comment on Environmental Defenders Organisation (EDO) WORKSHOP by Bookmarks about Botany http://www.botanybay.info/2008/07/17/environmental-defenders-organisation-edo-workshop#comment-347 Bookmarks about Botany Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:15:24 +0000 http://www.botanybay.info/2008/07/17/environmental-defenders-organisation-edo-workshop#comment-347 [...] - bookmarked by 5 members originally found by SasukiU on 2008-08-02 Environmental Defenders Organisation (EDO) WORKSHOP http://www.botanybay.info/2008/07/17/environmental-defenders-organisation-edo-workshop - [...] […] - bookmarked by 5 members originally found by SasukiU on 2008-08-02 Environmental Defenders Organisation (EDO) WORKSHOP http://www.botanybay.info/2008/07/17/environmental-defenders-organisation-edo-workshop - […]

]]> Comment on Watkins slams inland rail because it competes with Port Botany by jeff http://www.botanybay.info/2007/08/15/watkins-cans-inland-rail-because-of-competes-with-port-botany#comment-285 jeff Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:20:55 +0000 http://www.botanybay.info/2007/08/15/watkins-cans-inland-rail-because-of-competes-with-port-botany#comment-285 anybody here know of a good site to find more info on watkins trucking? I\'ve got this site bookmarked and im gonna keep checking it out, but i still would like to find a site that covers watkins trucking a little more thoroughly..thanks anybody here know of a good site to find more info on watkins trucking? I\’ve got this site bookmarked and im gonna keep checking it out, but i still would like to find a site that covers watkins trucking a little more thoroughly..thanks

]]> Comment on Another death on Foreshore Road by Lynda Newnam http://www.botanybay.info/2007/11/20/another-death-on-foreshore-road#comment-255 Lynda Newnam Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:37:08 +0000 http://www.botanybay.info/2007/11/20/another-death-on-foreshore-road#comment-255 On 6 December 2003, 53-year-old Mr Kim died when his car veered off Foreshore Road and collided with a parked trailer. On 6 December 2003, 53-year-old Mr Kim died when his car veered off Foreshore Road and collided with a parked trailer.

]]> Comment on A TALE OF 2 CITIES STUCK IN THE 20th CENTURY by Roy Carter http://www.botanybay.info/2008/01/25/a-tale-of-2-cities-stuck-in-the-20th-century#comment-161 Roy Carter Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:46:16 +0000 http://www.botanybay.info/2008/01/25/a-tale-of-2-cities-stuck-in-the-20th-century#comment-161 The recent announcement that the Defence National Distribution Centre at Moorebank has been sold and is now touted as a container terminal comes on top of the much promoted Moorebank Intermodal set to carry 500,000 TEU per annum. The South West of the city is set to be swamped by more freight than it can handle. Globilisations drawbacks are emerging quickly! Only decentralised distribution will be sustainable in the long term I think. Meanwhile concentrating freight handling and distribution is seen as economically attractive. However when the city melds with traffic, doing business in Sydney will be economically repulsive to many. Will we all lose in the longer term? The recent announcement that the Defence National Distribution Centre at Moorebank
has been sold and is now touted as a container terminal comes on top of the much
promoted Moorebank Intermodal set to carry 500,000 TEU per annum.
The South West of the city is set to be swamped by more freight than it can handle.
Globilisations drawbacks are emerging quickly!
Only decentralised distribution will be sustainable in the long term I think.
Meanwhile concentrating freight handling and distribution is seen as economically attractive.
However when the city melds with traffic, doing business in Sydney will be economically
repulsive to many. Will we all lose in the longer term?

]]> Comment on BioBanking - Another Christmas Holiday Surprise - Consultation closes 01.02.08 by Tom McLoughlin http://www.botanybay.info/2007/12/14/biobanking-another-christmas-holiday-surprise#comment-142 Tom McLoughlin Sun, 06 Jan 2008 04:22:25 +0000 http://www.botanybay.info/2007/12/14/biobanking-another-christmas-holiday-surprise#comment-142 Biobanking has such a crap reputation. A SMH journo scoffed at it over the phone to me recently. But it indirectly got a good wrap by their Sydney Magazine for Dec 08 re 'most influential Sydney people' which was a joke analysis posturing by cliquey herald trusties at least in the enviro section. I posted on this with some quite sharp bruising rebuttals regarding professional reputations of several people involved not least govt bureaucrat pushing biobanking given it arises from a 1997 attempt at racist extinguishment of native title by NSW Farmers in the Brigalow Belt southern mallee woodlands area, when they were desperate to achieve 'bucket loads of extinguishment' after the Wik legal case building on Mabo legal case in regards to Western Division leases in NSW (some 2/3 of NSW area). Yep, the farmers cooked up a wedge of the Blacks using the dumb greens. But I was wise to it then in 1997 and put a spoke in the wheel: Here is the link of the racist history of biobanking - Systemic racism in NSW behind the 1997 origins of 'bio banking' aka 'tradeoff' land clearing? at http://www.sydneyalternativemedia.com/blog/index.blog/1772974/systemic-racism-in-nsw-behind-the-1997-origins-of-bio-banking-aka-tradeoff-land-clearing/ with picture there of one Simon Smith, Deputy Director General of Environment. Actually he is a grey man bureaucratic fixer to greenwash developer green lights. In this respect a recent traverse is instructive from 1997-2008 culture of the ALP sellout to developers in 5 or so Big Press articles, and now Greens website: Democracy4Sale (NSW) at http://www.sydneyalternativemedia.com/id122.html Appropo 'the most influential' here is my sledge of the patriarchal and pretty sleasy posturing of trusty Keith Muir in the green sector within the TEC fold: Wednesday, 12 December 2007 Foolish Fairfax 100 most influential list? The Keith Muir case study at http://www.sydneyalternativemedia.com/blog/index.blog/1771620/foolish-fairfax-100-most-influential-list-the-keith-muir-case-study/ (with comment of ex NCC CEO Sid Walker at the end there) and howler #2 here Thursday, 13 December 2007 Sydney Magazine 'most influential list' howler #2 at http://www.sydneyalternativemedia.com/blog/index.blog/1771874/sydney-magazine-most-influential-list-howler-2/ Anyway what I really want is a nice pic of Botany Bay natural heritage so that's enough for now. Keep up the great work Linda. You are an intellectual amazon in my book. Biobanking has such a crap reputation. A SMH journo scoffed at it over the phone to me recently. But it indirectly got a good wrap by their Sydney Magazine for Dec 08 re ‘most influential Sydney people’ which was a joke analysis posturing by cliquey herald trusties at least in the enviro section.

I posted on this with some quite sharp bruising rebuttals regarding professional reputations of several people involved not least govt bureaucrat pushing biobanking given it arises from a 1997 attempt at racist extinguishment of native title by NSW Farmers in the Brigalow Belt southern mallee woodlands area, when they were desperate to achieve ‘bucket loads of extinguishment’ after the Wik legal case building on Mabo legal case in regards to Western Division leases in NSW (some 2/3 of NSW area). Yep, the farmers cooked up a wedge of the Blacks using the dumb greens. But I was wise to it then in 1997 and put a spoke in the wheel:

Here is the link of the racist history of biobanking -

Systemic racism in NSW behind the 1997
origins of ‘bio banking’ aka ‘tradeoff’ land clearing?

at http://www.sydneyalternativemedia.com/blog/index.blog/1772974/systemic-racism-in-nsw-behind-the-1997-origins-of-bio-banking-aka-tradeoff-land-clearing/

with picture there of one Simon Smith, Deputy Director General of Environment. Actually he is a grey man bureaucratic fixer to greenwash developer green lights.

In this respect a recent traverse is instructive from 1997-2008 culture of the ALP sellout to developers in 5 or so Big Press articles, and now Greens website:

Democracy4Sale (NSW)

at

http://www.sydneyalternativemedia.com/id122.html

Appropo ‘the most influential’ here is my sledge of the patriarchal and pretty sleasy posturing of trusty Keith Muir in the green sector within the TEC fold:

Wednesday, 12 December 2007
Foolish Fairfax 100 most influential list? The Keith Muir case study

at

http://www.sydneyalternativemedia.com/blog/index.blog/1771620/foolish-fairfax-100-most-influential-list-the-keith-muir-case-study/

(with comment of ex NCC CEO Sid Walker at the end there)

and howler #2 here

Thursday, 13 December 2007
Sydney Magazine ‘most influential list’ howler #2

at

http://www.sydneyalternativemedia.com/blog/index.blog/1771874/sydney-magazine-most-influential-list-howler-2/

Anyway what I really want is a nice pic of Botany Bay natural heritage so that’s enough for now. Keep up the great work Linda. You are an intellectual amazon in my book.

]]> Comment on Another death on Foreshore Road by kate http://www.botanybay.info/2007/11/20/another-death-on-foreshore-road#comment-119 kate Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:52:30 +0000 http://www.botanybay.info/2007/11/20/another-death-on-foreshore-road#comment-119 I am a P -Plater & feel very upset about this incident occuring, just today i drove down forshore & was cut off my a truck trying to come into traffic from the side of the road. He didnt even look and im lucky there were no cars in the lane next to me as i quickly had to merge over. Doing a speed of 90 you would think they would be a bit more careful, the roads are dangerous enough we dont need trucks making the situation worse! They should have more lighting along foreshore road & the lane lines that shake your car when you go over them as on highways and such! I am a P -Plater & feel very upset about this incident occuring, just today i drove down forshore & was cut off my a truck trying to come into traffic from the side of the road. He didnt even look and im lucky there were no cars in the lane next to me as i quickly had to merge over. Doing a speed of 90 you would think they would be a bit more careful, the roads are dangerous enough we dont need trucks making the situation worse!
They should have more lighting along foreshore road & the lane lines that shake your car when you go over them as on highways and such!

]]> Comment on Another death on Foreshore Road by Raffi http://www.botanybay.info/2007/11/20/another-death-on-foreshore-road#comment-105 Raffi Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:20:35 +0000 http://www.botanybay.info/2007/11/20/another-death-on-foreshore-road#comment-105 Reading this makes me sad and upset , 5 month ago i had a similar accident , my car rolled six times and i was left with a broken Thoracic spine , but luckily i was not made paralysed. all i can say is the Trucks need to go and some proper Road lights need to be put up , it is a long stretch of road and when it is dark it makes it more dangerous especially with the parked trailers on the side . Please we must do every thing possible to stop these accidents from occurring . How many more deaths will it take for the council to do something about this Raffi Reading this makes me sad and upset , 5 month ago i had a similar accident , my car rolled six times and i was left with a broken Thoracic spine , but luckily i was not made paralysed.
all i can say is the Trucks need to go and some proper Road lights need to be put up , it is a long stretch of road and when it is dark it makes it more dangerous especially with the parked trailers on the side .
Please we must do every thing possible to stop these accidents from occurring .
How many more deaths will it take for the council to do something about this

Raffi

]]> Comment on Another death on Foreshore Road by Gregory John Olsen Esq http://www.botanybay.info/2007/11/20/another-death-on-foreshore-road#comment-100 Gregory John Olsen Esq Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:07:14 +0000 http://www.botanybay.info/2007/11/20/another-death-on-foreshore-road#comment-100 This is an horrific incident. ‘Uncosted’ negative externalities is a joke, surely. I have written to our local state and council representatives previously about this very issue. Now it has happened! I'm utterly disgusted at the total lack of planning in respect of traffic control, especially that of trucks and their jettisoned skels. I agree with Tom regarding the installation of speed and red light cameras. Just this morning I, as well as several other vehicles, was forced to slow down as a large semi suddenly did a prohibited U-turn across the median strip. This is an horrific incident. ‘Uncosted’ negative externalities is a joke, surely. I have written to our local state and council representatives previously about this very issue. Now it has happened! I’m utterly disgusted at the total lack of planning in respect of traffic control, especially that of trucks and their jettisoned skels. I agree with Tom regarding the installation of speed and red light cameras. Just this morning I, as well as several other vehicles, was forced to slow down as a large semi suddenly did a prohibited U-turn across the median strip.

]]> Comment on Buy Nothing Day attack on BBACA by AJ http://www.botanybay.info/2007/11/27/buy-nothing-day-attack-on-bbaca#comment-89 AJ Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:06:32 +0000 http://www.botanybay.info/2007/11/27/buy-nothing-day-attack-on-bbaca#comment-89 Well it is good to see that someone else feels so passionately about an issue that they will go to all of this trouble even if it is against us. They have obviously gone to the trouble of reading our web site (BTW we can track every IP address that accesses our site) and seem to feel that they might be listed as a member without them even knowing. Of course, although they are accusing us of fraud, they are the ones who are putting out a leaflet pretending to be somebody else, which is the real fraud being committed here. Also, at least when we voice our opinions in such leaflets, we always include contact details in the true spirit of open and transparent democracy. The person who did this is obviously resourceful and intelligent but also devious, embittered and clearly does not have the self confidence to come out into the open to express themselves. Well, if you are carefully watching this site, and read this comment then I issue this invitation to you. Add a comment to this post identifiying yourself and stating your issues. In addition, you are quite welcome to come to our next meeting and express your views there. We may not agree with what you have to say, but we respect your right to express your view. We don't however, condone the cowardly and fraudulent way you have chosen to express yourself to date. Well it is good to see that someone else feels so passionately about an issue that they will go to all of this trouble even if it is against us. They have obviously gone to the trouble of reading our web site (BTW we can track every IP address that accesses our site) and seem to feel that they might be listed as a member without them even knowing.
Of course, although they are accusing us of fraud, they are the ones who are putting out a leaflet pretending to be somebody else, which is the real fraud being committed here.
Also, at least when we voice our opinions in such leaflets, we always include contact details in the true spirit of open and transparent democracy.
The person who did this is obviously resourceful and intelligent but also devious, embittered and clearly does not have the self confidence to come out into the open to express themselves.
Well, if you are carefully watching this site, and read this comment then I issue this invitation to you. Add a comment to this post identifiying yourself and stating your issues. In addition, you are quite welcome to come to our next meeting and express your views there.
We may not agree with what you have to say, but we respect your right to express your view. We don’t however, condone the cowardly and fraudulent way you have chosen to express yourself to date.

]]> Comment on Another death on Foreshore Road by tim http://www.botanybay.info/2007/11/20/another-death-on-foreshore-road#comment-78 tim Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:59:21 +0000 http://www.botanybay.info/2007/11/20/another-death-on-foreshore-road#comment-78 I have been travelling foreshore road for many years and in my opion the trucks should not be allowed to park along the edge of the road for obvious reasons. There should be mulitpul speed cameras along foreshore road especially for the speeding trucks. Red light cameras at the lights on the eastern end of foreshore road [and along botony road to bunnerong road ] would also help to stop the trucks going thru red lights and endanering other drivers. I notice that NO U TURN signs have been put in along foreshore road but no one cares they still do them which is extremely dangerous. I feel for the victim and family of the recent accident & hope something is done soon. I have been travelling foreshore road for many years and in my opion the trucks should not be allowed to park along the edge of the road for obvious reasons. There should be mulitpul speed cameras along foreshore road especially for the speeding trucks. Red light cameras at the lights on the eastern end of foreshore road [and along botony road to bunnerong road ] would also help to stop the trucks going thru red lights and endanering other drivers. I notice that NO U TURN signs have been put in along foreshore road but no one cares they still do them which is extremely dangerous. I feel for the victim and family of the recent accident & hope something is done soon.

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