The Greater Sydney Commission released both its Regional and revised Draft District Plans this week. We are glad to see inclusionary zoning is still in the plans, we are disappointed that the percentages have remained at 5-10%. Please see the press release from Sydney Alliance and Campaign Team Chair, Magnus Linder for a full response. … Continue reading Inclusionary Zoning Still on the Table – But No Shift in Numbers
Today, we lost something that generations of Australians that came before fought for- the recognition that community, family and leisure time matter and that if business wants to encroach on it they have to a pay a penalty in the form of higher wages to their employees. Some will say the cuts are fair, for … Continue reading Federal Court says Sunday penalty rate cuts are here to stay…
Yesterday (Sept 19) the JPO and the Archdiocese’s Life Marriage and Family Centre came together with the Shop Distributive Allied Employees Association (SDA – Union for retail and fast food workers) and partners and friends of the Sydney Alliance to fight for Boxing Day trading restriction to be reinstated. You will remember we lost these … Continue reading Saving Boxing Day for Families
The real call of this [Statement] is to move beyond ‘them and us’ to being only us!’ – Fr Frank Brennan SJ AO We were thrilled to attend the national launch of the 2017-18 Bishop’s Social Justice Statement this morning. Titled Everyone’s Business: Developing an Inclusive and Sustainable Economy, the Statement draws on the Church’s … Continue reading Just landed! 2017-18 Social Justice Statement – ‘Everyone’s Business: Developing an Inclusive and Sustainable Economy’
Last night over 600 Sydneysiders and over 150 Catholics from across Sydney, Parramatta, Wollongong and Broken Bay joined together with Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP and other religious and civil leaders to ask the NSW Government and the Greater Sydney Commission to do more for affordable housing in our city. We pledged to work together, to … Continue reading Affordable Housing Assembly a Great Success – Thank you!!
