Greetings all,

I spoke to Council's Steven Head today in case there was anything afoot on the Channel 9 issue and the situation remains the same, i.e. nothing heard from Channel 9 in the past several months. What will be of interest to all with a stake in the Channel 9 redevelopment is that, in accordance with one of their pre-election promises, the NSW government is conducting a review of the planning laws and regulations and will hold a community consultation meeting this Thursday, 13th October at the Club Willoughby (used to be the Willoughby Legions Club) at 26 Crabbes Ave, Willoughby .

There will be two sessions, 3.00 to 5.00pm and 6.00 to 7.30pm. Both are open to the public and no reservation is required.

I hope some of you will come along and hopefully we'll be able to put some questions re Channel 9 to the gov't representatives. I think a good aim for questions would be to let the government know that the community would much prefer to have Council as the consenting authority, rather than the State Planning people.

For further information please go to http://planningreview.nsw.gov.au/

I'd be pleased to meet those of you who do decide to attend, just to put faces to names, and vice versa for you. To recognise me, I don't have much hair left, have a beard and will be wearing a red sweater and will attend the later session.

Hope to see you there.

Kind regards,

Bob Taffel