The poor tree in the photos below has been assaulted pruned by Ausgrid so much that it developed a crack in its base. That provided the excuse for Newcastle City Council to say it had to be felled. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘vandalism’
Islington – Ausgrid and NCC vandalism 2.5.2012
May 2, 2012Last visit to Laman Street? 26.2.2012
February 26, 2012Four trees left 5.2.2012
February 5, 2012
Went to Laman Street today with friends – and of course met friends there by chance, as you do – and took some photos. Enjoy. (more…)
NBN TV: DRAMATIC END TO FIG BATTLE
January 31, 2012An enduring image – giving the council and security guys and police and ‘arborists’ cutting down trees the finger.
Karma will get them all.
The Night Before Laman Street’s Vandalism? 30.1.2012
January 29, 2012
Laman Street seen from Civic Park
Are you coming to breakfast in Laman Street at 4:30? (more…)
Laughing Stocks 25.1.2012
January 25, 2012The General Manager spent thousands of ratepayer dollars today to put a full-page ad on page 24 of the Herald today to tell the community that everything’s OK – Council is ‘very comfortable’ with how stupid it looks its four – oh, no: not four – reports on Laman Street, and to tell residents ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy: protest respectfully; we vandals are Just Doing Our Job’. (more…)
Good news media release from the barricades 16.10.2011
October 16, 2011
Council claim the Laman St figs are dangerous, but we all know residents don’t believe them. (more…)
FIG FRIDAY SHOWDOWN 7.10.2011
October 7, 2011Scenes in Newcastle today were affronting and bizarre, with mainstream Newcastle being manhandled by police who behaved very aggressively to the gathered crowd, pushing them out of the way to allow treeworkers in, and captured on film assaulting at least one resident. This was all to carry out Newcastle Council’s vandalism in Laman Street.
This video footage shows how campaigners behaved before police used heavy-handed tactics to push them out of the way and risk their safety to let vehicles in, which they then allowed to travel too fast.
I believe 6 people were injured, one of whom was a young girl who was thought intially to be unconscious.
A doctor who came to her aid was appalled by the lack of cooperation by police at the time the injuries occurred. Home
Managing trees in Newcastle – and see you at Council next Tuesday 29.9.2011
September 30, 2011
Big winds today felled a Norfolk Island pine in Tudor Street in Hamilton – and chainsaws felled a lovely Port Jackson fig in Cooks Hill. (more…)
Graffiti 5.4.2011
April 5, 2011
Almost every Moreton Bay fig lining the road at the edge of Islington Park was vandalised in council roadworks a few months ago.
I’d like to see the page in the tree care technical manual that says it’s OK to paint on trees like this.
Tasteless beggars, poor leadership.
