The role of local government from the inside and out was the topic of discussion at a Hunter Community Forum meeting at City Hall on Wednesday night, May 1.
A litany of common public grievances - from state plans for higher housing density around key regional rail stations to the future of Wallarah and Blackley ovals at Broadmeadow to the 2021 rezoning of land for low-density residential development near the Newcastle Link Road at Wallsend - was broached at the meeting, which heard from notable local speakers and a visiting mayor.
