Waverley Council refuses Tea Gardens extension of hours

by StreetCorner
29/05/2011

Streetcorner was formed with the aim of fostering a more participatory democracy in Australia. Part of this vision is to facilitate more direct dialogue between locals and their elected representatives. Too often we are unaware of what are elected respresentatives are advocating on our behalf simply because it is difficult to find out what happening. Streetcorner believes that in going to the 'source' we are better able to make up our own minds on local issues and to this end, we publish, in full statements and blog post by elected representatives.

The statement below is from Waverley Labor.

"In a complete turnaround from their recent voting the Waverley's Mayor Betts and her colleagues voted with Labor and the Green Councillors on Waverley Council to refuse to extend the hours of opening of the Tea Gardens Hotel. The pub wants to continue to trade until 3am 7 days per week but Waverley Council voted unanimously to refuse the application.

This is the first time Mayor Betts has voted against an extension of trading hours of a hotel. The current mayor and her colleagues have also been more than happy to approve a number of local bars particularly in Bondi Beach against the express opposition of local residents.

A police representative at a recent forum on anti social behaviour referred to these bars as "launching pads" for problems in Bondi area.

After the refusal the owners of the Tea Gardens will now go to the Land & Environment Court to seek approval."

You can read more from Waverley Labor on their website http://www.waverleylabor.com/

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