The Harbour Trust is now taking steps to consult with the wider community about the Development proposal for 10 Terminal at Middle Head.
Read moreThe 10 Terminal Complex Multi-Purpose Proposal
HPG believes the ‘soft shell’ conservation of the 10 Terminal buildings provides the Trust with a not-to-be-repeated opportunity to evolve the entire complex into a vibrant, multi-purpose visitor hub for the whole of Middle Head.
Read more10 Terminal site on Middle Head still facing an uncertain future
10 Terminal must be included as one of the Trust sites requiring urgent funding. HPG is urging the Trust to provide for wider community consultation about the future of 10 Terminal, before irreversible decisions on that future are set in motion.
Read moreHPG Response: Independent Review of the Harbour Trust
The Independent Review report acknowledges that Trust lands must be protected and conserved. While we endorse many of the recommendations we have some serious concerns about some. Community consultation in future decision making and planning is paramount.
Read moreSussan Ley to draft legislation to establish the Trust as an ongoing entity
Commissioned by Environment Minister Sussan Ley in October 2019, the review recommends historic former defence sites remain under Commonwealth protection by extinguishing current requirements to dissolve the Trust on or after 2033.
Read moreIndependent Review Report makes 21 recommendations
The independent reviewers’ final report makes 21 recommendations on the future of the Harbour Trust and the management of sites under its control.
Read moreAn addendum: HPG's submission to the Review of the Harbour Trust
Having now had a chance to examine the Trust’s submission to the Independent Review in detail, HPG has written to the Minister with comments in respect of the Trust’s recommendations.
Read moreStrong response to SMH Opinion piece by Jenna Price
Jenna Smith’s Opinion piece published in the Sydney Morning Herald 10 March 2020 received strong responses in Letters to the Editor.
Read more"Why is Cockatoo Island seen as a vacant opportunity?"
Cockatoo Island must not be handed over to "philanthropists" asking the Commonwealth government for $200 million for remediation before a dollar is spent by them.
Read moreThe Harbour Trust must continue to ensure the heritage of Trust sites are protected
Trent Zimmerman MP presented his speech to Parliament on 4 March 2020. “The heritage of these [Harbour Trust] sites is just so valuable. These are precious assets which we are custodians of on behalf of the Australian people, and long may that continue.”
Read moreCockatoo Island: thin end of the wedge for long term leasing of trust sites
“Despite claims of philanthropy by Cockatoo Island Foundation, the community would not be the long term beneficiaries because Cockatoo Island would be the thin end of the wedge for the long term leasing of all or other of the trust sites.” Submission by Sarah Benjamin and Phillip Keir
Read moreHarbour Trust Announces New Draft Leasing Policy (updated)
Murky unsolicited leasing proposals could bypass EOI under draft leasing policy. By Linda Bergin OAM, Founding President Headland Preservation Group
Read moreMinister’s Public Forum unconvincing
Informative and cogent comments made, particularly by Phil Jenkyn, Nick Hollo, and Peter Lowry, who were involved in the early days of the Trust 20 years ago.
Read moreAll Trust sites are at risk from private control and development
Read Jill L’Estrange’s Opinion piece in today’s Sydney Morning Herald. We urge you to help save our iconic public Sydney Harbour foreshore parks.
Read moreABC Radio interviews Cockatoo Island Foundation and Anthony Albanese
Yesterday Danny Goldberg of the Cockatoo Island Foundation was interviewed by Wendy Harmer and Robbie Buck. Callers include HPG President Jill L’Estrange and Anthony Albanese.
Read moreSMH Editorial: Cockatoo Island must be kept for the people of Sydney
The Sydney Morning Herald editorial says “The future of Sydney’s Cockatoo Island is back in the news, with a proposal to attract private investors already stirring deep emotions here in the harbour city.”
Read more‘Missed opportunity for Sydney’: secret plans for Cockatoo Island
The Cockatoo Island Foundation [a newly registered organisation with no affiliation with the Harbour Trust] says a new body, not the trust, should manage the site, because the island has been "severely underused".
Read moreOpinion piece by SMH Columnist Peter FitzSimons
Sussan Ley must answer: precisely what changes does the Government intend to make to the legislation. Read this opinion piece by Peter FitzSimons.
Read moreSenator Andrew Bragg backs 49 year leases for Harbour Trust sites
Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has backed a proposal to allow private interests to take out 49-year leases over landmark sites belonging to the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust.
Read moreSubmission to the Review by Linda Bergin
Linda Bergin OAM, Founding President of the Headland Preservation Group, has made her submission to the Independent Review of the Harbour Trust available for publication.
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