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Media ReleasesSave Our Rail media releases are available below. GPT Development and the Newcastle Rail LineMEDIA RELEASE - 19th October 2008 Save Our Rail has never been opposed to development in the Newcastle CBD and it is long been on the public record as regards the need for greater pedestrian access between Hunter St and the Honeysuckle/Foreshore area. Save Our Rail has been vigorously promoting a development plan for the Newcastle CBD since it was first presented to the representative of the Minister for Transport at the State Government Cabinet meeting at Maitland in March this year. The central feature of this plan was the creation of large street level pedestrian crossings to link the Honeysuckle development and the Foreshore to Hunter St. Save Our Rail condemns the arrogance of GPT in demanding that the State Government changes its policy of retaining the line into Newcastle. If the community and the Government bows to this demand we consider that a dangerous precedent will be have been set in our region. Save Our Rail applauds the stance taken by Ms Jodie McKay, Minister for the Hunter and Member for Newcastle in rejecting GPT's bid to 'rail road' the government and the community of Newcastle, Central Coast and the Hunter. "Rail line will be staying" : NSW PremierMEDIA RELEASE - 21st February 2006
AUTHORISED BY: Joan Dawson, Save Our Rail President. Ph: 0249 281 339 Professor Currie Gives Rail Closure Advocates CurryMEDIA RELEASE - 14th February 2006 Newcastle Council Chambers - Today Prof Graham Currie slammed the reports used to recommend the closure of the Newcastle rail. Internationally recognised transport expert Prof Graham Currie addressed Newcastle Council which had commissioned him to provide an independent review of the reports recommending the closure of the Newcastle rail line. He says in his report "It is unfortunate that [Newcastle's] sustainable transport system is to be discarded so easily, based on what can be factually identified as biased, flawed and misrepresented advice." Presentation of Currie Review to Member for Newcastle, Bryce GaudryADDRESS TO MEDIA - 22nd December 2005 Joan Dawson, Save Our Rail NSW Inc President, gave a speech at Newcastle Station on 22nd December 2005 as part of the hand over of Prof Graham Currie's report to Member for Newcastle, Bryce Gaudry. The report referred to in her speech is "Decision to Close the Newcastle Branch Rail Line - Independent Review of Transport Reports", Final Report, by Prof Graham Currie, Institute of Transport Studies, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University. Prof Currie's report was commissioned by Newcastle City Council and the Lower Hunter Councils' Transport Group. Read the full media release, including a transcript of Joan's speech. Professor Currie Report Hand OverMEDIA RELEASE - 21st December 2005 Professor Graham Currie of Monash University has completed a report commissioned by the Lower Hunter Local Government Councils into the efficacy of reports the NSW Government has acted upon regarding the proposed closure of rail services into Newcastle. Professor Currie has described these reports as "biased, flawed and misrepresented" resulting in faulty multi-million dollar decisions being made by government. Save Our Rail representatives shall hand over Professor Currie's report to Member for Newcastle, Bryce Gaudry MP, at Newcastle Railway Station at 1.00 pm, tomorrow, Thursday 22nd December 2005. Meeting with Minister John Watkins - March 9th 2005MEDIA RELEASE - 9th March 2005 Save Our Rail met with State Transport Minister John Watkins, Bryce Gaudry, Member for Newcastle, John Mills, Member for Wallsend, Jeff Hunter, Member for Lake Macquarie, Member for Swansea Milton Orkoupolos, and several Ministry of Transport persons. Joan Dawson and George Paris represented SOR concerns, and were accompanied by Newcastle University Student Transport Co-ordinator Jack Thieme, and James Bennett a vision impaired business man. SOR's Conditional Support for Glendale Station and Modal InterchangeMEDIA RELEASE - 23rd September 2004 The general meeting of Lower Hunter Save Our Rail held 6th September 2004, voted unanimously to support Lake Macquarie City Council's proposal for a new rail station and modal interchange at Glendale subject to the following three (3) conditions:
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