Wednesday, 28 June 2023 09:19
WORKERS WINTER SLEEPOUT RAISES $57,000
Local support group CAREVAN benefits
CAREVAN Blacktown, a charity run by local volunteers, will expand its work among people struggling with homelessness, financial hardship and isolation, thanks to Workers Lifestyle Group’s CEO and Co Winter Sleepout.
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Wednesday, 28 June 2023 08:59
FLIGHT PATHS ANNOUNCED FOR WSI
Suburbs most hit by airport noise
DALLAS SHERRINGHAM
The long-awaited preliminary flight paths for Western Sydney's new multi-billion-dollar Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport are finally on view to the public and that very same public is not happy.
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Wednesday, 28 June 2023 08:51
COUNCIL CONCERNED ABOUT FLIGHT PATHS
BLACKTOWN City Council is concerned about the impact of flight paths of the new Western Sydney Airport.
Mayor Tony Bleasdale said: "The protection of residents from noise is a concern I take very seriously. This is particularly significant, given that Western Sydney Airport will operate without a nighttime curfew on flight movements.
"Council has been promised an official briefing and we will seek to fully understand the impact on the City of Blacktown and it’s 415,000 residents.
"I am concerned that the 415,000 residents in Blacktown City will only be offered one public consultation meeting to allow them to engage with the process of determining flight paths.
"There must be enough consultation to allow residents to fully understand the negative impacts of aircraft noise on them and to understand the mitigations the Commonwealth proposes.
"Council remains concerned that, as the airport grows, so will the adverse impacts, from which our residents must be protected."
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