Marrickville Council: Please Dont Divide the Community
We love living in multicultural Marrickville.However, on 14 December 2010, without community consultation, Marrickville Council passed a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions resolution against Israel. Th... continue reading »
"Address 9 Reiby Street NEWTOWN Postcode 2042 Marrickville Local Govt Area Resident? No Council should consult residents before adopting such an important policy"
"Address 1 Marcia Street, Hurlstone Park Postcode 2193 Marrickville Local Govt Area Resident? No Living adjacent to the Marrickville Council district, I have a great amount of dealings with the area, and feel that as a Jewish person, with a name easily id"
"Postcode 2204 Marrickville Local Govt Area Resident? No I would love to vote green, but this kind of weirdness makes it hard"
"Postcode 2049 Marrickville Local Govt Area Resident? No Late last year Fiona was too busy with world politics to concern herself with the threatened closure of Petersham Pool - coouncil should be concerned with local matters!"
"Postcode 2131 Marrickville Local Govt Area Resident? No According to the "Democracy Index" (published by the Economist, a British journal), the only country in the Middle East that has an "established democracy" is Israel.Are you for real,Fiona Byrne ? P"
"Postcode 2026 Marrickville Local Govt Area Resident? No This action by Council saddens me, and is a major step backwards. Council should be promoting multiculturalism and celebrating diversity not encouraging disharmony."
"Address 6 Alma Ave, Enmore Postcode 2042 Marrickville Local Govt Area Resident? No ''The Global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (GBDS) campaign is a world-wide movement that seeks to end human rights violations.'' But only those perpetrated against Pal"
"Address 15 Premier St Marrickville Postcode 2204 Marrickville Local Govt Area Resident? No I think the Council resolution was ill considered and not at all helpful to any peace process"
"Address 2 Warrawe Ave. Castle Cove Postcode 2069 Marrickville Local Govt Area Resident? No Boycott is wrong in this instance"
"Address Darlington (neighbouring suburb) Postcode 2008 Marrickville Local Govt Area Resident? No Councils should build communities, not divide."
"Postcode 2026 Marrickville Local Govt Area Resident? No My business services and runs in this area."
"Postcode 2033 Marrickville Local Govt Area Resident? No This is no way to keep the peace within the community. It's this kind of exclusional behaviour that is keeping us from achieving some kind of world peace. I'm disgusted!"
"Address 51A Cardigan Street STANMORE Postcode 2048 Marrickville Local Govt Area Resident? No This is NOT a Council concern. Besides, a boycott of Israel is, by extension, a boycott against all things Jewish - is that really what you had in mind?"
"Address 2 Mitchell st Marrcikville Postcode 2204 Marrickville Local Govt Area Resident? No Local rate payer"