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Why is the USA investing in critical mineral mines in NSW?
I sat down with critical minerals expert Professor Susan Park to find out.
If you prefer to read Susan's work please see the links in the video description.
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The Parra metro station construction site has been a bit of a dead zone for a while. Finally filling it will make a massive difference to its CBD.
While there's a case for more offices, if you're going to go with apartments, you may as well go big:
"Four towers of up to 43 storeys will be built above or next to the new Parramatta railway station following the planned opening of the 24-kilometre Metro West line between Sydney CBD and Westmead in 2032.
"The over-station development just north of Parramatta Square will feature 470 apartments – up from 111 outlined in concept plans – and 500 units for student accommodation. It will feature pedestrian laneways and a landscaped park that will form part of a civic link connecting the station to the new Powerhouse Museum and Parramatta River foreshore.
"A 43-storey tower comprising the 470 build-to-rent apartments will be five storeys higher than originally outlined in the concept plans. Subject to planning approval, a 29-storey office building, a 24-level tower for student accommodation and an eight-storey hotel will also be built on the site."
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/revealed-bigger-bill-and-higher-towers-for-parramatta-s-new-metro-station-20260907-p60v0a.html
#Parramatta #NSW #Australia #Urbanism #UrbanPlanning #cities #auspol #nswpol -
The Parra metro station construction site has been a bit of a dead zone for a while. Finally filling it will make a massive difference to its CBD.
While there's a case for more offices, if you're going to go with apartments, you may as well go big:
"Four towers of up to 43 storeys will be built above or next to the new Parramatta railway station following the planned opening of the 24-kilometre Metro West line between Sydney CBD and Westmead in 2032.
"The over-station development just north of Parramatta Square will feature 470 apartments – up from 111 outlined in concept plans – and 500 units for student accommodation. It will feature pedestrian laneways and a landscaped park that will form part of a civic link connecting the station to the new Powerhouse Museum and Parramatta River foreshore.
"A 43-storey tower comprising the 470 build-to-rent apartments will be five storeys higher than originally outlined in the concept plans. Subject to planning approval, a 29-storey office building, a 24-level tower for student accommodation and an eight-storey hotel will also be built on the site."
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/revealed-bigger-bill-and-higher-towers-for-parramatta-s-new-metro-station-20260907-p60v0a.html
#Parramatta #NSW #Australia #Urbanism #UrbanPlanning #cities #auspol #nswpol -
The Parra metro station construction site has been a bit of a dead zone for a while. Finally filling it will make a massive difference to its CBD.
While there's a case for more offices, if you're going to go with apartments, you may as well go big:
"Four towers of up to 43 storeys will be built above or next to the new Parramatta railway station following the planned opening of the 24-kilometre Metro West line between Sydney CBD and Westmead in 2032.
"The over-station development just north of Parramatta Square will feature 470 apartments – up from 111 outlined in concept plans – and 500 units for student accommodation. It will feature pedestrian laneways and a landscaped park that will form part of a civic link connecting the station to the new Powerhouse Museum and Parramatta River foreshore.
"A 43-storey tower comprising the 470 build-to-rent apartments will be five storeys higher than originally outlined in the concept plans. Subject to planning approval, a 29-storey office building, a 24-level tower for student accommodation and an eight-storey hotel will also be built on the site."
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/revealed-bigger-bill-and-higher-towers-for-parramatta-s-new-metro-station-20260907-p60v0a.html
#Parramatta #NSW #Australia #Urbanism #UrbanPlanning #cities #auspol #nswpol -
The Parra metro station construction site has been a bit of a dead zone for a while. Finally filling it will make a massive difference to its CBD.
While there's a case for more offices, if you're going to go with apartments, you may as well go big:
"Four towers of up to 43 storeys will be built above or next to the new Parramatta railway station following the planned opening of the 24-kilometre Metro West line between Sydney CBD and Westmead in 2032.
"The over-station development just north of Parramatta Square will feature 470 apartments – up from 111 outlined in concept plans – and 500 units for student accommodation. It will feature pedestrian laneways and a landscaped park that will form part of a civic link connecting the station to the new Powerhouse Museum and Parramatta River foreshore.
"A 43-storey tower comprising the 470 build-to-rent apartments will be five storeys higher than originally outlined in the concept plans. Subject to planning approval, a 29-storey office building, a 24-level tower for student accommodation and an eight-storey hotel will also be built on the site."
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/revealed-bigger-bill-and-higher-towers-for-parramatta-s-new-metro-station-20260907-p60v0a.html
#Parramatta #NSW #Australia #Urbanism #UrbanPlanning #cities #auspol #nswpol -
The Parra metro station construction site has been a bit of a dead zone for a while. Finally filling it will make a massive difference to its CBD.
While there's a case for more offices, if you're going to go with apartments, you may as well go big:
"Four towers of up to 43 storeys will be built above or next to the new Parramatta railway station following the planned opening of the 24-kilometre Metro West line between Sydney CBD and Westmead in 2032.
"The over-station development just north of Parramatta Square will feature 470 apartments – up from 111 outlined in concept plans – and 500 units for student accommodation. It will feature pedestrian laneways and a landscaped park that will form part of a civic link connecting the station to the new Powerhouse Museum and Parramatta River foreshore.
"A 43-storey tower comprising the 470 build-to-rent apartments will be five storeys higher than originally outlined in the concept plans. Subject to planning approval, a 29-storey office building, a 24-level tower for student accommodation and an eight-storey hotel will also be built on the site."
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/revealed-bigger-bill-and-higher-towers-for-parramatta-s-new-metro-station-20260907-p60v0a.html
#Parramatta #NSW #Australia #Urbanism #UrbanPlanning #cities #auspol #nswpol -
HOW STUPID IS CHRIS MINNS? THE MOST STUPID!
@[email protected] - you created that civil unrest due to your profound ignorance. Riddle me this ... why couldn't he have projected a menorah (Ner Tamid) instead of the genocidal state's flag? Because you're a power tripping idiot! #Auspol #nswpol
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:crquu3blyn4b2adgj5hhb66p/post/3muviedvfbs2t -
HOW STUPID IS CHRIS MINNS? THE MOST STUPID!
@[email protected] - you created that civil unrest due to your profound ignorance. Riddle me this ... why couldn't he have projected a menorah (Ner Tamid) instead of the genocidal state's flag? Because you're a power tripping idiot! #Auspol #nswpol
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:crquu3blyn4b2adgj5hhb66p/post/3muviedvfbs2t -
‘I didn’t go looking for trouble’: Protester sues NSW after allegedly being punched by police at Herzog rally
Shadid had requested officers to stop advancing as people were on the ground praying.
"Const Daniel Stewart then allegedly dragged Shadid, who had travelled from Parramatta, to the ground and punched him in the face and twisted his wrist. Another officer kneeled on his head"
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Pauline Hanson’s popularity sends One Nation to second place in NSW despite having no candidates locked in
One Nation has captured one in four NSW voters, despite not having a single state MP or candidate.…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #despitenocandidates #nswcoalition #nswelection2027nswelection #NSWLabor #NSWPolitics #NSWpol #onenation #OneNationovertakesrivalpartiesinstatepolling #PaulineHanson
https://www.europesays.com/australia/36935/ -
Settlers:
*shocked by the violence of NSW Police over the weekend*Me:
*laughs in Aboriginal*#NSW #NSWPol #NSWPolice #Australia #AusPol #Herzog #Palestine #FreePalestine #FuckColonisation #DeathToTheIDF #israel #FromTheRiverToTheSea
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Senior police have taken less than a day to deploy anti-protest powers that were rushed into law after the Bondi Beach terror attack.
NSW Police late on Christmas Eve moved to ban protest rallies from key metropolitan areas in Sydney after legislation was passed earlier the same morning to allow the action following declared terrorist incidents.
Meanwhile, Indigenous groups have raised concerns an extension of the police anti-protest designation could render "invasion day" protests on January 26 unlawful.
Mr Minns said the assemblies could take place, although he drew a distinction between static rallies and marches through the city.
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation #AbolishPolice #AusPol #Australia #NSW #NSWPol #NSWPolice #AustraliaHasANaziProblem #AbolishAustraliaDay #InvasionDay
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Post-pandemic, nightlife is growing faster in Western Sydney than in the east:
"Nightlife is growing significantly faster in Sydney’s west than in the east: spending on dining in the Parramatta district has risen by 71 per cent over the past five years.
"In Blacktown and south-west Sydney, spending has risen 44 and 43 per cent respectively over the same period, adjusted for inflation, while it has grown at 42 per cent in the Sydney CBD.
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"The data, based on depersonalised transaction information from Visa and analysed by the Herald, underscores the momentum achieved by local councils and the state government’s work to reform the night-time economy but it also reveals the work yet to be done to allow more businesses to open at night.
"The data also shows that Sydney’s south-west and Parramatta regions recorded surges in in-person night-time transactions by 21 and 17 per cent respectively between 2019 and 2025, edging out the CBD and the eastern suburbs, which grew by 15 and 12 per cent."
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"Walk down Parramatta’s Church Street on a Saturday night and you’ll see restaurants of every cuisine, shisha bars and dessert venues brimming with patrons.
"But it is not just Church Street: analysis of businesses open late into the night shows clusters of activity around the south side of Parramatta’s railway station and the popular Little India dining precinct in Harris Park."
https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/how-nightlife-is-booming-in-one-part-of-sydney-but-there-s-still-a-way-to-go-20251001-p5mza4.html
No paywall: https://archive.md/iBjn5
#Parramatta #Sydney #nightlife #dining #nswpol #nswpolitics -
Post-pandemic, nightlife is growing faster in Western Sydney than in the east:
"Nightlife is growing significantly faster in Sydney’s west than in the east: spending on dining in the Parramatta district has risen by 71 per cent over the past five years.
"In Blacktown and south-west Sydney, spending has risen 44 and 43 per cent respectively over the same period, adjusted for inflation, while it has grown at 42 per cent in the Sydney CBD.
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"The data, based on depersonalised transaction information from Visa and analysed by the Herald, underscores the momentum achieved by local councils and the state government’s work to reform the night-time economy but it also reveals the work yet to be done to allow more businesses to open at night.
"The data also shows that Sydney’s south-west and Parramatta regions recorded surges in in-person night-time transactions by 21 and 17 per cent respectively between 2019 and 2025, edging out the CBD and the eastern suburbs, which grew by 15 and 12 per cent."
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"Walk down Parramatta’s Church Street on a Saturday night and you’ll see restaurants of every cuisine, shisha bars and dessert venues brimming with patrons.
"But it is not just Church Street: analysis of businesses open late into the night shows clusters of activity around the south side of Parramatta’s railway station and the popular Little India dining precinct in Harris Park."
https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/how-nightlife-is-booming-in-one-part-of-sydney-but-there-s-still-a-way-to-go-20251001-p5mza4.html
No paywall: https://archive.md/iBjn5
#Parramatta #Sydney #nightlife #dining #nswpol #nswpolitics -
Post-pandemic, nightlife is growing faster in Western Sydney than in the east:
"Nightlife is growing significantly faster in Sydney’s west than in the east: spending on dining in the Parramatta district has risen by 71 per cent over the past five years.
"In Blacktown and south-west Sydney, spending has risen 44 and 43 per cent respectively over the same period, adjusted for inflation, while it has grown at 42 per cent in the Sydney CBD.
...
"The data, based on depersonalised transaction information from Visa and analysed by the Herald, underscores the momentum achieved by local councils and the state government’s work to reform the night-time economy but it also reveals the work yet to be done to allow more businesses to open at night.
"The data also shows that Sydney’s south-west and Parramatta regions recorded surges in in-person night-time transactions by 21 and 17 per cent respectively between 2019 and 2025, edging out the CBD and the eastern suburbs, which grew by 15 and 12 per cent."
...
"Walk down Parramatta’s Church Street on a Saturday night and you’ll see restaurants of every cuisine, shisha bars and dessert venues brimming with patrons.
"But it is not just Church Street: analysis of businesses open late into the night shows clusters of activity around the south side of Parramatta’s railway station and the popular Little India dining precinct in Harris Park."
https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/how-nightlife-is-booming-in-one-part-of-sydney-but-there-s-still-a-way-to-go-20251001-p5mza4.html
No paywall: https://archive.md/iBjn5
#Parramatta #Sydney #nightlife #dining #nswpol #nswpolitics -
Post-pandemic, nightlife is growing faster in Western Sydney than in the east:
"Nightlife is growing significantly faster in Sydney’s west than in the east: spending on dining in the Parramatta district has risen by 71 per cent over the past five years.
"In Blacktown and south-west Sydney, spending has risen 44 and 43 per cent respectively over the same period, adjusted for inflation, while it has grown at 42 per cent in the Sydney CBD.
...
"The data, based on depersonalised transaction information from Visa and analysed by the Herald, underscores the momentum achieved by local councils and the state government’s work to reform the night-time economy but it also reveals the work yet to be done to allow more businesses to open at night.
"The data also shows that Sydney’s south-west and Parramatta regions recorded surges in in-person night-time transactions by 21 and 17 per cent respectively between 2019 and 2025, edging out the CBD and the eastern suburbs, which grew by 15 and 12 per cent."
...
"Walk down Parramatta’s Church Street on a Saturday night and you’ll see restaurants of every cuisine, shisha bars and dessert venues brimming with patrons.
"But it is not just Church Street: analysis of businesses open late into the night shows clusters of activity around the south side of Parramatta’s railway station and the popular Little India dining precinct in Harris Park."
https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/how-nightlife-is-booming-in-one-part-of-sydney-but-there-s-still-a-way-to-go-20251001-p5mza4.html
No paywall: https://archive.md/iBjn5
#Parramatta #Sydney #nightlife #dining #nswpol #nswpolitics -
Post-pandemic, nightlife is growing faster in Western Sydney than in the east:
"Nightlife is growing significantly faster in Sydney’s west than in the east: spending on dining in the Parramatta district has risen by 71 per cent over the past five years.
"In Blacktown and south-west Sydney, spending has risen 44 and 43 per cent respectively over the same period, adjusted for inflation, while it has grown at 42 per cent in the Sydney CBD.
...
"The data, based on depersonalised transaction information from Visa and analysed by the Herald, underscores the momentum achieved by local councils and the state government’s work to reform the night-time economy but it also reveals the work yet to be done to allow more businesses to open at night.
"The data also shows that Sydney’s south-west and Parramatta regions recorded surges in in-person night-time transactions by 21 and 17 per cent respectively between 2019 and 2025, edging out the CBD and the eastern suburbs, which grew by 15 and 12 per cent."
...
"Walk down Parramatta’s Church Street on a Saturday night and you’ll see restaurants of every cuisine, shisha bars and dessert venues brimming with patrons.
"But it is not just Church Street: analysis of businesses open late into the night shows clusters of activity around the south side of Parramatta’s railway station and the popular Little India dining precinct in Harris Park."
https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/how-nightlife-is-booming-in-one-part-of-sydney-but-there-s-still-a-way-to-go-20251001-p5mza4.html
No paywall: https://archive.md/iBjn5
#Parramatta #Sydney #nightlife #dining #nswpol #nswpolitics -
A recent interview suggests the #police minister is a driving force behind the #NSW #government’s continuing erosion of #civil #liberties.
https://t.me/AntifascistSolidarity/56602
#nswpol #nswgov #newsouthwales #australia #statism #fascism #auslaw #law #classwar #humanrights #acab #AllCopsAreBastards #ausgov #auspol #tasgov #taspol #politas #eattherich #oppression #repression
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RPA hospital closes HIV psychiatry clinic with 200 patients after staff resignations
Exclusive: Former staff tell Guardian Australia some HIV patients have since required acute mental health care, as hospital also loses specialist pain and eating disorder support staff
The resignation of psychiatrists from Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred hospital has led to the closure of a HIV psychiatry clinic with 200 patients, as well as a loss of specialist psychiatrist services for patients in the pain clinic and the most unwell eating disorder patients.
#NSW #NSWPol #health #Australia #psychology #psychiatry #MentalHealth #pain #ChronicPain #EatingDisorder
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So the RTA's own modelling showed the Rozelle Interchange would be a traffic disaster—but generating more toll road trips for Transurban was more important.
"The [NSW Roads and Traffic Authority] finalised the first business case for the WestConnex tunnel project in June 2013, with the help of road designers from around the world.
"[Paul Forward, a former CEO of the RTA] said the initial concept did not include the Rozelle Interchange.
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"In 2014, an expert review group was formed to assess these plans.
"Mr Forward said it was at this point that TfNSW bureaucrats began to question the connectivity provided by the design.
"The RTA's former director of traffic Chris Ford told the inquiry that 15 alternative designs were modelled.
"Mr Ford said the modelling found that another motorway leading to the Anzac Bridge would cause congestion.
"'The issues that we see today were very clearly established in the modelling in 2014,' he said.
"In November 2015, after Mr Forward and Mr Ford were dismissed, TfNSW updated the WestConnex business case to include the tunnel to the Anzac Bridge, despite the congestion concerns raised by the modelling.
"In 2016, Transport for NSW updated the business case a second time ... creating a tunnel linking the Iron Cove Bridge to the Anzac Bridge."
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"In 2018, the NSW government sold its 51 per cent stake in the Sydney Motorway Corporation, the body responsible for operating WestConnex, to Transurban for $9 billion.
"Mr Forward said the final design would generate a larger number of toll trips than previous options."
@fuck_cars #roads #cars #urbanism #nswpol #sydney #WestConnex #UrbanPlanning #transport
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http://rollo75.blogspot.com/2023/12/horse-3275-adam-smith-would-have.html - blogged
Adam Smith Would Have Probably Preferred WestConnex Be A Public Road
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« A powerful article on #WestCONnex and the disgrace that is NSW politics via @MichaelWestBiz https://www.michaelwest.com.au/westconnex-labors-triumph-of-politics-over-policy/ #nswpol »
— Retweet https://twitter.com/GreensJamieP/status/1016842167090728960