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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald

Green Point Reserve a unique haven for the ages

Valentine Area Sustainable Neighbourhood Group chairperson Gayle Russel and Lake Macquarie deputy mayor Adam Shultz at Green Point Foreshore Reserve. Picture by Simone De Peak

Lake Macquarie City Council (LMCC) councillors earlier this week unanimously supported my motion to acknowledge the unique environmentally sensitive land in Green Point Reserve and to investigate and provide advice on changing its classification to community land to ensure it is protected in perpetuity.

It has come as a significant shock to many that in excess of 70 per cent, or 120 of 168 hectares of land within Green Point Reserve, is classified as operational land and therefore inadequately protected from future development.

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