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The revitalisation of Granville is pushing ahead in leaps and bounds. I was invited to cut the ribbon at the new Woolworths Metro in the Granville Place development, just 50m from the train station. They’ve recruited a team of 65 from the local area and the store has sustainability features including shading the fridges at night to reduce electricity. It’s in a fantastic new complex with specialty stores and cafes to service commuters and residents in the apartments above. It’s just 250m to council’s Swim Centre and The Granville Centre, so it’s in a perfect location.

We’re starting to see the fruits of council’s labour to work with private industry to develop Granville into a fresh urban hub with all the trimmings. I’m still advocating to the state government to reinstate express trains from Granville to the city which I believe is a critical piece of the puzzle to build a connected and vibrant Granville. I call upon our local state members to remain present and put the needs of this electorate above others. At a minimum, our residents deserve that level of service.

Image credit: Mayor Steve Christou with store manager Matt Cavanagh.

It’s more than two years since the state government promised a Service NSW Centre in Merrylands, to replace the RMS centre that was removed - we’re still waiting. I’ve followed this up with the state government (September 2019 and July 2020), enquiring as to when the promised Centre will be delivered. I’ve been ignored. Our community should be able to access a Service NSW Centre for basic requests like re-registering their car or renewing their drivers license, without having to drive 20-30 minutes to reach the nearest centre.

It is important that this Council continues to show strong leadership and that we continue to hold the NSW Government accountable for this failed promise. We have offered space in council’s new Granville Administration Building - but no response on that either. I will write to the Premier of NSW and Minister for Customer Service seeking their commitment to deliver the Service NSW Centre. I will also write our local state members asking for their support to significantly pick up their activities on this very important issue affecting our local community. I call upon our local state members to remain present and put the needs of this electorate above others at all times. At a minimum, our residents deserve that level of service.

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I’m excited to welcome Mint Innovation to Sydney for their first biorefinery in Australia. Our business engagement staff have worked closely with Mint to help them find a suitable property at Smithfield where they will extract metals like copper, iron, tin and gold from e-waste. They crush circuit boards from old mobile phones and computers to extract the metals, offering “green” recycled metals back to the market with a lower carbon footprint, reducing the need for new metals to be mined. We’re happy to be home to their first Australian plant, which will initially employ 25-30 people. They aim to open next year.

Image credit: Mayor Steve Christou with Mint CEO Will Barker.