Alan Jones and the SCG Trust

[Mug Punter]

Mike Baird, is he your Premier? Have Jones against you at the next election? Unlikely to happen

The fact that people listen to Jones shows you the sad state of society, the same sad state that leads to Goodes getting booed.

I'm not so sure, our Premier is a different type of politician, one with a bit of a backbone.

It would actually make sense for him politically. No way would Jones back the labor party and by knifing Jones Baird will win over a legion of new fans.

Go on Mike, do the deed, you know it makes sense..

[AnnieH]

"Mike Baird is the best premier this state has ever had" is often quoted by my labor voting friends.
Alan Jones' audience is the lowest common denominator. Bairdy doesn't pander to them.
If Bairdy does get rid of Alan, the enlightened will rejoice... he'll be the first premier to stand up to him; and win.
There's nothing that Alan Jones can say about this premier... he's too liked by everyone.

[Go Swannies]

But politician friends have told me that Jones is regarded as all powerful so it's unlikely Baird would stir the tiger (or the parrot). Especially as the trust has a power grab on to claim some of Centennial Park. It would be wonderful if it happened. And he's got the hide of a rhino so you won't shame him out. I don't understand why his audience doesn't die of shame.

His comments on Adam Goodes are the more remarkably shameful as he's never used his own power to further the cause of the LGBT community.

[AnnieH]

He should just come out of the closet.

[Doctor J.]

He should just come out of the closet.

Is he still in there? I mean everyone knows. If he is in there the doors wide open, and has been for years.

Utter FLOG.

[jono2707]

Utter FLOG.

Can we ban the 'f' word from here please? I'm sick of seeing it regurgitated thousands of times by Goodsey's detractors - I don't think we really need to be using it here...

[dimelb]

But politician friends have told me that Jones is regarded as all powerful so it's unlikely Baird would stir the tiger (or the parrot). Especially as the trust has a power grab on to claim some of Centennial Park. It would be wonderful if it happened. And he's got the hide of a rhino so you won't shame him out. I don't understand why his audience doesn't die of shame.

His comments on Adam Goodes are the more remarkably shameful as he's never used his own power to further the cause of the LGBT community.

Centennial Park? Really?

[Go Swannies]

Centennial Park? Really?

A small part of a much longer Crikey article:
So it?s particularly concerning that the rolling green fields of Moore Park are once again under threat. Moore Park is managed by the Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust, which also takes in Queens Park and the Entertainment Quarter. Under its act, the trust?s role is to: ?maintain and improve the Trusts land, maintain the right of the public to the use of the Trust lands, and ensure the protection of the environment within the Trust lands?.
The second of those three responsibilities???to maintain the public use of the trust lands???is the critical one here, and it?s under threat.
Right now, there?s a silent takeover move underway by the Sydney Cricket Ground and Sports Ground Trust for a large chunk of Moore Park for the inevitable use of elite sports. The SCG Trust includes some of the most powerful business and media names in Australia, such as Tony Shepherd, Maurice Newman, Rod McGeoch and Alan Jones, and they manage both the Sydney cricket and football stadiums. In 2010, a similar attempt to make a move on Moore Park was thwarted by a public outcry and a firm ?no? by the then-premier Kristina Keneally.

[liz]

A small part of a much longer Crikey article:
So it?s particularly concerning that the rolling green fields of Moore Park are once again under threat. Moore Park is managed by the Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust, which also takes in Queens Park and the Entertainment Quarter. Under its act, the trust?s role is to: ?maintain and improve the Trusts land, maintain the right of the public to the use of the Trust lands, and ensure the protection of the environment within the Trust lands?.
The second of those three responsibilities???to maintain the public use of the trust lands???is the critical one here, and it?s under threat.
Right now, there?s a silent takeover move underway by the Sydney Cricket Ground and Sports Ground Trust for a large chunk of Moore Park for the inevitable use of elite sports. The SCG Trust includes some of the most powerful business and media names in Australia, such as Tony Shepherd, Maurice Newman, Rod McGeoch and Alan Jones, and they manage both the Sydney cricket and football stadiums. In 2010, a similar attempt to make a move on Moore Park was thwarted by a public outcry and a firm ?no? by the then-premier Kristina Keneally.

Moore Park and Centennial Park are separate. But beside the point, I guess. Same principles should apply to both.

[Go Swannies]

Moore Park and Centennial Park are separate. But beside the point, I guess. Same principles should apply to both.

Liz - it's the same trust. Just as the Botanic Gardens and the Domain is a joint trust (incidentally, the four are jointly administered.) Ita Buttrose was particularly vociferous against this land grab, as a trustee of the Centennial Park Trust, referring to "the lungs of the city".

[liz]

The trust may be the same, but aren't the two parks distinct?

[AnnieH]

... I think they are just divided by Anzac Parade.

[Doctor]

He should just come out of the closet.

What does that have to do with anything?

Jones' position on the Trust should be untenable based on his comments, the fact that the Swans are one of the major users of the SCG and that Mike Baird has been quite direct in his statements supporting Goodes and decrying racism. The fact that there is a "Trust" anyway is a bit of a joke to be honest. We've inherited this whole ground membership thing from a highly classist English system that is better off consigned to the scrap heap.

[liz]

... I think they are just divided by Anzac Parade.

I thought Centennial Park was a well defined area, with a clear fence / wall defining its boundaries. There are parts of the more open / piecemeal Moore Park area on both sides of Anzac Parade, with CP itself a little way back from Anzac Parade.

[dimelb]

Here's hoping that if it comes to the crunch Mike Baird (who seems a very decent bloke to this Mexican) follows the excellent precedent of Kristina Keneally.