In the interests of informing the public and our members, this website previously provided links to the council's website, and to copies of documents necessary to fully understand the issues.

However in July 2004, several members of our group received a letter from solicitors acting on behalf of the council, demanding that council documents and links to the council's website be removed from this website.

Lacking the financial resources to defend any action brought by the council, 5 Acres Now had no choice but to comply.

This is an extraordinary misuse of both ratepayers' funds and copyright law, in a misguided attempt to stifle free and open discussion about an important issue.

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Councillors voice support for 5 Acres Now

On the 28th of November 2004, 5 Acres Now held a general meeting for members. All 3 north ward councillors attended; all voiced strong support for a restoration of growth to the area through relaxing the restrictions against rural residential subdivision.

It is very encouraging to receive this level of support.

Also addressing the meeting was Steven Pringle, the state Member for Hawkesbury. While not as outspoken in his support of our aims, he has agreed to raise the concerns of 5 Acres Now at state government level, and was handed a copy of our "Balanced Approach to Growth" (570k pdf).

This meeting was the first general meeting of the association since the inaugural public meeting of 12 September 2004, when over 150 attended. Since then the committee has meet regularly to plan future activities and review progress, with members notified by mail and email when important events are to take place.

For a detailed summary of activities and events, click on "Recent Events" in the sidebar.

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5 acres – a reasonable minimum lot size for Sydney's outer northwest. 25 acres – ridiculous!