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LAMAN STREET FIGS TO COME DOWN

It looks like the end of the line for the Laman Street figs, with contractors due to move in tomorrow at 7am.
The Save Our Figs group has been unable to get a last minute injunction to stop the felling of the 14 trees.
An emotional spokesperson says the group just didn’t have enough time to mount a sufficient legal challenge.
It’s now calling on the public to man a community picket line at the site tomorrow morning.
The final decision to cut down the trees was made by Newcastle Council on Tuesday night.

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Kate Haberfield

Kate Haberfield is a senior sport reporter/presenter with NBN News. After studying Broadcast Journalism at Charles Sturt University, Kate worked in television and radio in Canberra and Sydney for six years before returning to her hometown of Newcastle in 2009.

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3 Comments

  1. I want to thank everyone who has campaigned for so long to try to save those trees, the critters that call them home & for our democracy that has been shown to be far more fragile than most of us realised.
    To those who worked so hard to destroy them, you will be remembered, you may be celebrating now but i hope that one day you will realise what your actions have done to the community that you are supposed to serve.
    To those who want to be re-elected, your actions over the last couple of years will follow you.
    Democracy is precious, to hear you talk of ethics & doing what is right has made me feel ill.
    So just for everyone to know, those that voted to cause the desecration were:
    Councillors Boyd, King, Cook, Sharpe, Luke, Buman & Jackson.
    Those that tried to save them & need to be congratulated for standing up for what is right were: Councillors Tate, Nelmes, Claydon, Crakanthorp, Connell & Osborne.
    Thanks again to everyone who worked so hard, know that right has always been on your side & know that you did everything you could.
    Cathy

  2. A disgrace for Newcastle council shame shame on you to destroy our great city hang your heads in shame

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