What can I do to protect Wedderburn?

What can I do to stop Badgerys Creek Airport?

To help protect Wedderburn:

Write fax or email to politicians, newspapers, phone radio talk back, write or fax TV stations

Write to the Minister for Planning telling him that Wedderburn is important to the region. It is not only a local issue. the Minister has the power to say no to Campbelltown council. Include information from link to info for letters

Andrew Refshauge MP Deputy Premier,Minister for Planning

GPO Box 3451 Sydney 1043 NSW

Write to the Premier. He is interested in protecting Wedderburn but could be busy with other issues while the Minister for Planning is being intensely lobbied. Ask him to remind his present Planning Minister that the former Minister for Planning Craig Knowles was determined to save the area from development. Include information from link to info for letters

Hon. R.J.Carr MP

Premier of NSW.

Level 40

Governor Macquarie Tower

1 Farrer Place

Sydney 2000

The General Manager

Campbelltown Council

PO Box 57

Campbelltown NSW 2560

Write to the State Member for Campbelltown, Michael Knight Include information from link to info for letters

Hon. Michael Knight, Member for Campbelltown

4th Floor, Civic Centre, Broughton Street, Campbelltown, NSW 2560,

Telephone No: (02) 4625 3344 Facsimile No: (02) 4626 3640

Email: aknight@parliament.nsw.gov.au

info for letters, faxes email etc....

You may like to include some of the following points

• Draft LEP 127 was drafted by Campbelltown Council in response to a request from a consortium of landowners who want to subdivide

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• Govt. Authorities which have warned of the dangers of subdivision in Wedderburn:

The National Parks and Wildlife Service

The Department of Agriculture

• Reports commissioned by Campbelltown Council which have warned of the dangers of subdivision in Wedderburn:

The Sweedman Report

The Australian Koala Foundation

• Environmental Groups which have joined with GREAT in resisting subdivision in Wedderburn : NPA- National Parks Association GREA - Georges river Environmental Alliance, Friends of Smith Creek, WREN - Wollondilly Residents Environmental Network CHANGE - Coalition of Hawkesbury and Nepean Groups for the Environment

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• Campbelltown Councillors who have consistently voted against LEP 127: Verlie Fowler, Jim Kremmer, Ron Owers, Russel Matheson, Cindy Cagney.

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• For months Campbelltown Council has been sitting on a Koala Management Plan which was carried out by the Australian Koala Foundation. The council should release this plan for public appraisal

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• Twenty three endangered species of fauna have been identified on the Wedderburn plateau.

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• Wedderburn is bounded by pristine head waters of the Georges River.

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• The National Parks and Wildlife Service is undertaking a biodiversity study for the Georges River catchment which should be published sometime in 1999. This could provide valuable information for planning authorities.

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• 'If Campbelltown Council is serious about conserving Koalas a and the Georges River, it must take the following action : veto any development which removes native bush or places pressure on the river"Dr. Robert Close University of Western Sydney in the National Parks Journal Oct. 1993

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• "Although the area retains a reasonably diverse fauna, many of of the known or likely remaining species are by all accounts reduced to small, discrete and vulnerable remnant populations which will depend upon considered and effective management of remaining habitat for their continued survival" Wedderburn Fauna Planning Study, Australian Koala Foundation.

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• "A reduction in lot size and the subsequent increase in population capacity at Wedderburn poses a number of potential threats to the environmental qualities of the Wedderburn Plateau. These threats include increased impacts from road kills of fauna, habitat clearing, fire management requirements, effluent discharge, weed proliferation, and human impacts through recreational use of adjoining bush land. These impacts when combined and incremented over time are likely to pose a significant threat to the fauna and flora values of the area. NPWS letter to Campbelltown Council 23/12/98

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What can I do to stop the airport?

*Write letters lots of them(see bottom of page)

*Join Campbelltown's Anti Airport Group

phone Leon 9605 231 or Louise 96033516

*ring the chronicle Hotline Number and leave your message 0055 21016

*make others aware so they do their share!!

write to:

Hon. John Howard Prime Minister, Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600

Transport Minister, CANBERRA ACT 2600

Hon. John Fahey Member for Macarthur, Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600

or 39 John St. CAMDEN 2570 FAX: (046) 558632 or phone him on (046) 558622

or FREE CALL: 1800649011

Hon. Mark Latham Member for Werriwa Centre Court Level 1, 101 Queen St. CAMPBELLTOWN 2560

also write to : CITY PAPERS.... LOCAL PAPERS...MAGAZINES...TV SHOWS/NEWS

also phone TALK BACK RADIO JUST CONTACT EVERYONE YOU CAN !!!!

ALSO PHONE SYDNEY AIRCRAFT NOISE COMPLAINT LINE ON 1300 302 240 EVERY TIME PLANES FLY OVER YOUR HOME !!!

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PHONE THE CAMPBELLTOWN CITY COUNCIL HOTLINE ( 046) 458876 or 046 458877