Posted by Ross Grove on February 27th, 2010 | Categorized as Uncategorized | Tagged as Buses, Gladys Berejiklian, Greystanes, Holroyd City Council, Local Councillors, Pemulwuy, State Opposition, Transport, West Ward
Recently the state government announced their ammended bus route plan for our local area.
Whilst there are winners and a number of losers, it is thanks to the the campaign waged by local councillors, residents, businesses and the state opposition which inevitably pressured the state government into changing their plans to cut bus routes and services [...]
Posted by Ross Grove on December 4th, 2009 | Categorized as Local Government, State | Tagged as accountability, arts funding, asbestos, Buses, canal reserve, community bus, Greystanes, Holroyd City Council, Kristina Keneally, libraries, Nathan Rees, oversight, Pemulwuy, priorities, Southern Employment Lands, State, Transport
I never thought I would be unhappy to see the back of Nathan Rees as Premier of NSW.
The elevation of Kristina Keneally to the post of Premier sends shivers down my spine because she has a track record of cutting services and infrastructure in the local community.
In order to appease property developers (who line the [...]
Posted by Ross Grove on November 5th, 2009 | Categorized as Local Government, Media | Tagged as Bathurst Street Park, economic stimulus, Federal, Greystanes, Greystanes Cricket Club, Greystanes Groovers Playgroup, Greystanes Soccer Club, parks, sporting facilities
At Tuesday night’s Council meeting, Council resolved to invest $80,000 to upgrade the lighting on the western soccer field at Bathurst Street Park in Greystanes. This investment will now bring the field up to the 100 lux standard required by Soccer Australia to play competitive night games.
Posted by admin on August 10th, 2009 | Categorized as Media | Tagged as Boral, Brad Hazzard, canal reserve, Greystanes, Pemulwuy, Reconciliation Road, Southern Employment Lands, State, Zaya Toma
Liberal Councillors Ross Grove (Holroyd) and Zaya Toma (Fairfield) have joined together to bring Shadow Planning Minister Brad Hazzard out to visit the site where the state government approved the construction of a major arterial road to service a new industrial estate due inside the Southern Employment Lands at Greystanes.
Posted by admin on July 23rd, 2009 | Categorized as Local Government, Media | Tagged as grannies, Greystanes, Local Councillors, Local Government, Young Liberals, youth
For the second time since the local government elections, Labor and Independent Councillors have blocked together to prevent Holroyd’s youngest serving councillor, Ross Grove (Liberal) from attaining full membership of Council’s youth committee.
Posted by admin on July 13th, 2009 | Categorized as Federal, Media | Tagged as Communications, Federal, Greystanes, Mobile Phones
Holroyd Liberal Councillor Ross Grove is calling on those who oppose the mobile phone tower on Ettalong Road in Greystanes to stop making wild and inaccurate claims because their comments create anxiety amongst local families and can potentially reduce resident’s land values.
“If I thought the technology was unsafe I would never have approved it in [...]