PNG don't have the infastructure as yet, they would be about 10-20 years away from ben able to supply a team, best they play in one of the domestic leagues up in QLD first...
The ideal situation EVENTUALLY would be to have at least 1 team in each state / territory(WA, SA, NT, VIC, MELB, CANBERRA) and then NSW(?), QLD(4), NZ(2) & PNG to supply the rest, to get to this either a few teams will need to merge / combine...
I would like to see Perth bring in a team in the next couple of years, followed by Central Coast, a 2nd QLD team to challenge the Bronco's and a central QLD team as well and hopefully a team in SA wthin 10 years....
1. Perth Reds
2. Central Coast WAVES
3. Brisbane Pride
4. Central QLD Whips
5. Wellington Tribe
6. Adelaide JAWS
7. Darwin Rocks
8. Tasmanian Devils
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Sharks plan anger - Local News - News - Health - St George & Sutherland Shire Leader
Sharks’ proposed $300 million development.
Sutherland councillor George Capsis is also calling for more scrutiny of what he has described as a ‘‘14-storey monster’’.
Cr Capsis said that he would be proposing a motion that the council write to the incoming state government seeking an immediate freeze on any more Part 3A approvals, and
also a review of all existing Part 3A approvals.
Under the plan, the 10-hectare site, which includes playing fields adjoining the stadium, would be transformed into a multi-level shopping centre and residential complex.
The state government has accepted the project as a Part 3A application under existing planning laws.
This prevents Sutherland Shire Council deciding its fate.
A meeting of the North Cronulla Precinct Committee last week passed a resolution expressing concern about the impact of the development on the surrounding area.
It called on the council and the developers to provide more detail about the effects on traffic and parking, sports fields and the
wetlands environment.
The motion stated residents were concerned their streets would be turned into parking areas for the development.
‘‘Surrounding areas are already congested with traffic, and the addition of a large-scale shopping centre and 700 units will be likely to have a severe impact on current road infrastructure,’’ it said.
Committee chairman Ian Sinclair said there was an incorrect perception the project had already been approved.
Residents said a belief that sports clubs using the grounds adjoining the stadium would be relocated to the new Breen-Australian fields was wrong, as these had already been allocated.
They said land for the playing fields had not yet been rezoned and there were significant environmental constraints, including international treaties on protection of the wetlands.
Other points raised against the development included that it was in conflict with the state’s ecologically sustainable development goals, was at risk from sea level rises and, being a former rubbish dump, was deeply polluted, with a high risk of the acid sulphate stratum being released into Botany Bay.
It was claimed that when a previous development proposal for the site was considered, it was opposed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, Catchment Management Authority, the council’s environmental scientist and the Planning Department.
Cr Capsis said, although he was a long-term supporter of the club, he was alarmed at the plan, and local residents were starting to realise
the implications.
‘‘I don’t think the community would want more development encroaching on what is left of the open space along the mangroves,’’ he said.
ASSURANCES
The Sharks have stated:
Public transport to the site would be improved as a result of the development.
A traffic study would be done, with recommended requirements to be part of the approval requirements.
Cronulla-Caringbah junior league club, which uses the fields, would not be disadvantaged.
On game days, there would be twice as much parking as exists on the site at present, and the consortium would work with the council, schools and clubs to provide parking alternatives.
Protective zones would be implemented around the mangroves.
The site’s former use as a rubbish tip would pose no impediment
to structures.
Interested to know how Cronulla will survive at Shark Park if the development of the surrounding area falls through.
