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The NSW Education Department and the National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) can be in no doubt that this new building is something that the Community strongly opposes. Read our submission here.
The public meeting was at capacity, with an audience unanimously against the proposal by School Infrastructure NSW to construct new buildings in the historic Middle Head Fort.
We urge you to make a submission to oppose the proposal for an Environment Education Centre in the Sydney Harbour National Park at Middle Head. Here are some key points.
Mosman Parks & Bushland Association (MPBA) opposes the construction of a new building on Sydney Harbour National Park land at Middle Head.
At the recent AGM two speakers spoke about the waste we generate , what we do with it and facilities and organisations that allow this. But the big message was WE ALL NEED TO REDUCE OUR WASTE.
MPBA will be at Balmoral on Saturday 28 October 2023, 10 am to 2 pm, as part of the Festival of Mosman and Seaside scavenge event.
We invite you to attend a Candidates’ Forum to be held in the Grand Hall, Mosman Art Gallery, 1 Art Gallery Way, Mosman, at 7 pm on 20th February 2023.
Tuesday, 26 July at 6.30 pm in the Seniors' Centre, Mosman Civic Centre. Dr David Robertson, Chair of the Mosman Environmental Foundation, will be guest speaker.
Zali Steggall says “I call on the Government to allow debate and an open vote on the Climate Change Bill. Take the Climate Change Act to COP26 [UN climate change conference]. Show leadership and restore our international standing.”
Mosman Council has received permission from the NSW Planning Dept to consult the community about an Environmental Zone (E4).
A target of zero extinctions for our national parks has been announced by Environment Minister, Matt Kean today, 7 September – National Threatened Species Day.
MPBA is requesting that Mosman Council considers the criteria that must be met in coming to its decisions about the appropriateness of a bike area.
There has been a huge amount of development at the zoo in recent years… How much more cab the site hold?
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that history repeats itself. In reviewing possible content for Mosman Parks & Bushland’s new website we came across this video of a news item from August 1988.
Controversy has arisen recently over a misleading flyer concerning Mosman's Scenic Protection Area and the proposal to rezone it.
Since the Climate Change Bill was tabled to parliament, interest in the climate debate has maintained momentum. Here’s an update from Zali Steggall.
The President of The Mosman Parks & Bushland Association, Kate Eccles, has received an OAM for services to conservation and the environment.
The Independent review of the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust recommended that the Trust manage the lands in perpetuity.
On 7 November 2020, Zali Steggall, Independent Federal MP for Warringah, tabled the Climate Change Bill 2020 otherwise known as the proposed Climate Change Act.
Mosman Parks & Bushland was invited by a Mosman Public School parent to assist the school in the creation of their kitchen garden.
Some of the nesting boxes for Mosman Parks & Bushland’s Nesting Box Project were installed at Wyargine Reserve and we continue to monitor them.
Mosman Parks & Bushland was invited by Mosman’s Community Librarian in February 2021 to present an overview of the work of the Association for a Local Studies Live FaceBook event
Residents, including Mosman Parks& Bushland were strongly opposed to the idea of amalgamation.
In 2019 Mosman Council, encouraged by Mosman Parks & Bushland, applied for and received a grant from our Federal member, Zali Steggall to create a bush corridor on the slopes between Alexander Avenue and Rawson Oval.
In December 2020 the Harbour Trust sought community feedback on their 10 Terminal and Parklands Renewal Project on Middle Head. There will be further opportunities for feedback and comments in 2021.
Mosman Parks & Bushland members and President, Kate Eccles, were among thousands who protested against coal on 24 March 2018.
Mosman Parks & Bushland unveiled a plaque dedicated to the memory of Audrey Lenning on 7 December 2017. Read the speech delivered on the occasion by Kate Eccles, President, MPBA.
Sue and the Association were passionate in the belief that public land should be retained and enhanced for the benefit of the public.
In 1964 Audrey Lenning was a foundation member of the Association and, for the rest of her life, was an active campaigner for the protection of bushland and open space.
The committee team, assisted by the Northern Beaches bushcare officer got to work with some heavy weeding, mulching, native plantings and last of all some flower power.