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Report: NSW Government to spend $50m on halving Moore Park, per budget
Chris Minns’ NSW government has allocated $50m in the budget to halve Moore Park Golf Club to nine holes as part of its controversial plan offer a new public park.
Report: NSW Government announced plans to halve Moore Park before financial impacts were finalised
The future of Sydney’s Moore Park Golf Course has ignited renewed scrutiny after internal government documents, cited by The Daily Telegraph, revealed the NSW Government announced plans to halve the layout before key financial impacts were finalised.
Sydney’s Moore Park Golf Course becomes election battleground
The NSW Government’s controversial plan to scrap nine holes from Moore Park Golf Club has become a hot topic in the Australian federal election after the Coalition pledged $1 million to back an alternative proposal aimed at maintaining an 18-hole layout.
Report: NSW Government used ‘inflated’ figures to justify halving Moore Park Golf Course
High visitor numbers at Sydney’s Centennial Parklands – used to justify carving up half of Moore Park Golf Course for more parks in the city’s CBD – have been “inflated” by the New South Wales Government, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph.
REPORT: Moore Park Golf Club gagged as fight to save Sydney course heats up
The battle to save Sydney’s historic Moore Park Golf Course has taken a sinister turn, with government agency Greater Sydney Parklands (GSP) accused of using Big Brother-style tactics to silence campaigners rallying against plans to slash the course in half.
Report: Document warned NSW government that Moore Park scrapping could be costly
NSW premier Chris Minns’ government was cautioned in 2024 that its controversial plan to scrap nine holes from Sydney’s Moore Park Golf Course could come with a big price tag given “significant capital investment” was required.
Moore Park advocates say consultancy fee nearing $1 million is a double-bogey
Sydney golf fans have hit out at the NSW government’s move to pay nearly $1 million in consultancy fees for design plans to scrap nine holes from the beloved Moore Park Golf Course for conversion to open public space.
Moore Park Golf Collective unveils alternative proposal for the embattled Sydney course
The proposal features three kilometres of running, walking and cycling paths, adventure and nature playgrounds, a footy field, skate park, BMX track, fitness trail and dog park with a reduced 18-hole public golf course and high-tech driving range.
REPORT: Clover Moore DID lobby Chris Minns to slash Moore Park Golf Course in half just months before controversial decision
City of Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore allegedly lobbied Premier Chris Minns just three months before the government’s announcement to seize up to 20 hectares of Moore Park Golf Course for a new public park, according to a report in The Daily Telegraph.
Golf Australia’s James Sutherland to NSW premier Chris Minns on Moore Park: ‘Let’s talk’
Moore Park hosts 91,000 rounds per year as part of 500,000 annual visitors across the golf course and driving range.
Greg Norman on Moore Park saga: ‘I just hope they don’t rue the fact one day’
LIV Golf chief executive Greg Norman has weighed into the NSW Government’s decision to reduce Moore Park Golf course from 18 to nine holes, labelling the decision as “disappointing”.
OPINION: The questions that really need answering on the future of Moore Park Golf Course
Here’s a measured take – no, really – on an unfortunate situation that’s being made even more unfortunate by the wild misinformation and political point scoring engulfing it.
R&A chief: Australian golf needs to sell game’s benefits in wake of Moore Park GC decision
Martin Slumbers arrived in Australia last weekend with the goal of growing the game and instead found golf to be under attack.
Moore Park ‘win’ for golf
Golf appears to have won a battle in the war over Moore Park, the inner-Sydney public course that has come under threat.
As Moore Park fights for its rights, this Vic club worked WITH local council to build a better community facility
While Sydney’s thriving Moore Park Golf facility continues to face the prospect of being downsized by City of Sydney Council, one Victorian club has taken matters into its own hands to ensure it never faces the same threat.
“THIS ISN’T THE SOLUTION”: Sporting legends join fight to save Moore Park’s 18-hole layout
World Golf Hall-of-Famer Karrie Webb and Australian cricket superstar Alyssa Healy have joined a chorus of golf lovers fighting to save Moore Park Golf Course from City of Sydney’s bullish plans to halve it from 18 holes to nine.
MOVE OVER, CLOVER: Moore Park on track for 50% rise in rounds played despite council’s bulldozing plans
NSW clubs are reporting spikes in membership numbers not seen in years, and at the very heart of this welcomed surge is Sydney juggernaut Moore Park.
Golf Australia boss James Sutherland “extremely disappointed” with Moore Park downsize plans, vows to fight
New Golf Australia boss James Sutherland has wasted little time getting on the front foot in his new role, questioning the City of Sydney’s plans to downsize Moore Park Golf Course so it can make way for more community greenspace.
OPINION: Is Clover Moore’s anti-golf crusade REALLY about ‘green space’?
For years, Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore has been adamant about closing down half of Moore Park Golf Course, the prime 18-hole course in the heart of Sydney. But as reported by News Ltd, there are growing concerns that her crusade isn’t about public space but personal benefit, considering the proximity of her properties to the golf Read more…