NorthParra RAG

North Parramatta Residents Action Group- Preserve & Protect our built and natural heritage for future generations #ONCEITSGONEITSGONE

[Donna Davis @DonnaDavisMP]

@Committee4Syd can see the merits in popularly elected Lord Mayor for @parracity We also share a vision for the city that goes beyond construction sites @parrachamber @MinnsChris @GregWarren_ @dmookheyMLC @MeganGorrey @abcsydney

[NorthParra RAG @NthParraRAG]

18months to build a stadium four years to neglect and defund Parramatta’s only formal gardens we are not allowed to have beautiful things.

[NorthParra RAG @NthParraRAG]

@PhilipThalis Is there a CMP ?

[NorthParra RAG @NthParraRAG]

@nationaltrustau write about our community campaign that started in 2016.

North Parramatta Residents Action Group - was runner up this year National Trust awards for best advocacy in NSW.

gov know we mean business & will mobilize with our allies far and wide to fight back.

[Jane Alexander @JaneAle44199165]

Did we lose the battle or the war?
The battle to save Ultimo Powerhouse, Willow Grove & St Georges Terraces were one of the most recent prominent heritage battles in NSW.
@nationaltrustau contemplates the legacy of this remarkable community campaign.
https://t.co/RXwRJjsiB2

[NorthParra RAG @NthParraRAG]

@shmigel @parracity @dailytelegraph @Parramatta_News @alanmasc @ClrDonnaDavis This has been happening with @CumberlandSyd council parking rangers too. Not really all in this together sort of vibe is it.

[Donna Davis @DonnaDavisMP]

581 days till the NSW state election.

If we can’t #SaveWillowGrove from the @GladysB Government we must save NSW #nswpol

@wendy_harmer @emfarrelly @LindaMorrissmh @theprojecttv @WaltSecordMLC @MinnsChris @NthParraRAG @queenmcmeade @JodiMcKayMP @lachlan_kennedy @SeanNic

[Thomas Astell-Burt @ProfAstellBurt]

😲 How will we achieve #treeEquity and prevent #health impacts of #HeatWaves if we keep felling trees in Sydney's west? #BuildWithNature

[Donna Davis @DonnaDavisMP]

Are you happy now @Don_Harwin MLC, NSW Minister for Arts & Heritage? Lucky you made it a condition of purchase from @parracity that “easements” protecting Willow Grove & the gardens from development were removed. #nswpol @maasmuseum #savewillowgrove @NthParraRAG

[NorthParra RAG @NthParraRAG]

@DABell42 In the contract schedule Darryl- most construction contracts will list the site address there not on every line of the document. . But yes you are right it’s just a standard demolition contract

[NorthParra RAG @NthParraRAG]

The general conditions on contract taken out on Willow Grove are in black and white there is no reading between the lines.

Demolish the building then remove it from site.

And infrastructure approached this company to do the works.
No public tender no transparency

[NorthParra RAG @NthParraRAG]

What is the point of the land and environment court any more ?

Anyone ?………

[Elizabeth Farrelly @emfarrelly]

How our legalistic planning system does heritage no favours https://t.co/JgzQkluy4c #sydurb #sydneyist #architecture #heritage #urbanisme

[NorthParra RAG @NthParraRAG]

Demolition experts that run out of a sandwich shop in Brighton Le Sands hired to “ deconstruct “ the much loved Willow Grove. @GladysB is just Askin in a Frock. Have we ever seen a government with less respect for our states Heritage ? #savewilllowgrove

[Donna Davis @DonnaDavisMP]

“Willow Grove is a cement rendered, brick building with lath & plaster ceilings. As soon as you start to take that apart, it crumbles to the ground”No wonder demo contractors were gifted the tender coz the only place WG is going is a storage box. GreenBan stands #savewillowgrove

[Walt Secord @WaltSecordMLC]

Led for Labor at the online @nsw_upperhouse hearing into the Heritage Act asking about the clandestine demolition of Willow Grove at Parramatta
#nswpol

[A Blacktown @blacktown_a]

@NthParraRAG NSW/Federal Govts an Embarrassment 2 Australian people 4 not protecting World Heritage sites in Parramatta. Female Factory @ WSU site & Willow Grove 2 b moved 4 the new Powerhouse Museum, Disgraceful & Wrong. Save What Little Heritage Left throughout NSW/Australia!!!

[NorthParra RAG @NthParraRAG]

You can only be suspicious when the national heritage listing of the #parramatta #femalefactory was delayed after the heritage committee recommended its inclusion months before while the light rail DA was submitted in that period ….

[Donna Davis @DonnaDavisMP]

My opinion piece in @smh

When UNESCO stripped UK Liverpool of its heritage status it confirmed fears that Parramatta’s modern day, short-sighted “visionaries” pushing for towers in North Parramatta leave our world heritage at risk of the same fate.

https://t.co/afrFF9fBcs

[Stephen Black 🇭🇲 🏴‍☠️ 📡 @theblackeffect7]

I still remember @AndrewConstance doing his speech. How they learnt their lesson from the George st light rail fiasco.
They've learnt alright. How to bankrupt people's livelihood.
Parramatta light rail another fail.
@queenmcmeade @ClrDonnaDavis @parracity @NthParraRAG

[NorthParra RAG @NthParraRAG]

@jjp666 @ClrDonnaDavis @tilly64 @GladysB @GeoffLeeMP @CFMEU_CG @nswnma @NSWLabor @nswteachers @MUASydneyBranch @unionsnsw @psansw @nationaltrustau @AustICOMOS @benpike00 @MeganGorrey The Humpty Dumpty phenomena

[Donna Davis @DonnaDavisMP]

Willow Grove shouldn’t have been compromised by @GladysB Govt in the first place. Not once has @GeoffLeeMP attempted to save Willow Grove preferring to preside over its demolition & indefinite storage. My community stands with the Green Ban @CFMEU_CG @NthParraRAG

[NorthParra RAG @NthParraRAG]

Judgement Day on future of heritage in #parramatta and if the government have been really carrying out transparent public consultation on state significant projects like they should #savewillowgrove #nswpol

[Donna Davis @DonnaDavisMP]

Did the @maasmuseum EIS comply with the SEARS? Is Willow Grove destined for a storage container or remain in rightful place on Phillip St? Judgment in @NthParraRAG v INSW+@RobStokesMP handed down via email at 10am Fri 16 July. The decision will be uploaded to Caselaw soon after.

[NorthParra RAG @NthParraRAG]

JUDGEMENT ON WILLOW GROVE FATE RESERVED

In an an all day zoom hearing Judgement was reserved till all three justices have time to confer and write their decision.

Until then- the full injunction on any physical works in grounds of Willow Grove remains.

#savewillowgrove