The Weekly Times - TWT - 12 December 2018

22 THE WEEKLY TIMES Wednesday 12 December, 2018
Parramatta River surveyed for
waterfront amenities for boats
SITES along the Parramatta River waterfront were recently inspected
as potential locations for new boat ramps, pontoons and jetties.
The site inspections were
made by Lane Cove MP
Anthony Roberts and Hunters
Hill Deputy Mayor Ben
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Minister Melinda Pavey
who wants to see improved
car and boat trailer parking.
Mr Roberts told The
Weekly Times around
$105,000 will be spent on
local waterfront upgrades
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and surveyed sites include
Bennelong Park in Putney
and the dinghy storage and
launching facilities in Hunters
Hill
“These projects will improve
the overall capacity
and amenity of boating infrastructure
at a number of
locations in the Lane Cove
electorate and are based on
direct engagement with the
local boating community,”
he said.
Minister Pavey said the
upgrades will also bring
significant benefits for Sydney’s
tourism industry.
“Boating is a key driver of
tourism, especially at popular
inland waterways,” she
said.
“These local infrastructure
improvements are your fees
at work.
“They go back into the
boating community to enable
projects that deliver
safe and convenient access
to waterways, like the Parramatta
River.”
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the website www.rms.nsw.
gov.au .
Lane Cove MP Anthony Roberts, Hunters Hill Deputy Mayor Ben Collins
and Roads Minister Melinda Pavey inspect sites along the Parramatta
River on Friday. TWT on-the-spot PHOTO
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Local tenants are the first in
Sydney to transfer with Link
Last week, around 3,000 people living in public
housing in the Ryde, Hornsby and Ku-ringgai
local government areas became the first
tenants in Sydney to have their homes transferred
to not-for-profit community housing
provider, Link Housing.
The transfer of these tenancies is part of the
NSW Government’s Social Housing Management
Transfer program and is the first, and
largest, transfer in Sydney.
“With increased housing stress and cost of
living pressures, social housing has become a
critical issue for a growing number of people,”
Link Housing CEO Andrew McAnulty said.
“The NSW Government is transferring its social
housing tenancies to community housing
providers like Link Housing to help deliver better
outcomes for those living in social housing.”
The transfer program delivers on the NSW
Government’s Future Directions for Social
Housing in NSW strategy, which outlines the
Government’s vision for social housing over
the next 10 years.
“The property transfers are a step in the right
direction,” Mr McAnulty said.
“Community housing providers, like Link
Housing, are in a unique position to implement
real change to social housing.
“Link Housing supports the government’s
mission to create a stronger, more diverse social
housing sector in Australia.”
The change also allows Link Housing to reinvest
any surplus into growing social and affordable
housing assets for the community.
The NSW Government is planning to increase
the number of properties managed by community
housing providers from 19 to 32 per
cent and awarded Link Housing the tender to
manage 1,875 social housing tenancies in the
Ryde, Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai precincts in
October 2017.
The transfer will result in more responsibility
for Link Housing, a company that has grown
three-fold in the past 18 months.
Link Housing recently opened a new office
in West Ryde and has a larger office in
Chatswood.
Anyone affected by the tenancy change is encouraged
to call Link Housing on 9412 5111 or
visit linkhousing.org.au.