Thank you to Sam Elmir - Councillor for Blakehurst Ward - Georges River Council who made an amendment to a ‘receive and note’ update report on the Regional Aquatic Facility Study at Monday’s Asset & Infrastructure Committee Meeting. The recommendation from Council administrative staff did not even include the word Carss Park in the recommendation. …

Right to Speak Under Threat – Write to Council before 13 May

Hello All **Action Required before 13 May** This is a real threat to our democratic right to speak out! Georges River Council is trying to push through a new code, which will restrict the public from voicing community concerns to Councillors. The Code is currently a DRAFT. We need to oppose it now. If this …

Council UNANIMOUSLY support ongoing funding for Carss Park Pool in 2019/20

We presented over 10,700 signatures (the total of our online and paper petitions) at Georges River Council’s March Monthly Meeting on Monday night in front of a large crowd of supporters; an OUTSTANDING achievement ! Jessica Iuliano of Save Carss Park Pool Campaign Team spoke and presented the petition, including drawings by infants students from […]

10,000 Petition Signatures to be Presented to Council this Monday 25th March

OUR "SAVE CARSS PARK POOL" PETITION WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL ON MONDAY 25th March - BE THERE TO SUPPORT CARSS PARK POOL We have now gathered over 10,000 petition signatures in total; over 5,600 online and the rest on paper.  This is a FANTASTIC achievement ! Heartfelt thanks to everyone. Come along and join …

Rally a Huge Success!

What a wonderful turn-out we had to our Rally to Save Carss Park Pool on Saturday 19th January 2019! Over 200 local residents, pool swimmers and gym members attended. The audience heard speeches from spokespeople from the Save Carss Park Pool team, Dick Caine, Chris Minns MP (Labor Member for Kogarah), Mark Coure MP (Liberal …

Rally Update – 19th Jan 2019

3pm today Come to the Rally at Carss Park Pool   Help save Carss Park Pool, the Kogarah War Memorial Pool Hear Chris Minns (Kogarah State MP) Mark Coure (Oatley State MP) Dick Caine (legendary swimming coach) speak about what the pool means to them and ask them your questions. Council swimming pools are important …

Carss Park Pool on the Council Agenda

In mid-November 2018 the Community and Culture Standing Committee of the Georges River Council considered the recommendation to approve the release of the draft Open Space Strategy report for public exhibition and comment on December 3rd 2018.  We took the opportunity to speak about Carss Park Pool as one of those open spaces. One of …