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Hurlstone Agricultural High School Sell Off
Hurlstone Agricultural High School is a co-educational agricultural high school in southwest Sydney that caters for boarding and local day students. As part of the NSW Government's November 2008 Mini-Budget, the NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) announced its intention to sell 140 hectares of the 160 hectare Hurlstone Agriculture High School.
The land is to be
sold as ‘surplus land’ to developers for housing as a revenue
raising activity. For the recent mini-budget[1]
140ha of school property has been designated as ‘surplus to future educational
purposes’ and is to be sold.
In response to this decision current and former
students, educators, the agriculture industry, local residents and other
stakeholders have voiced their opposition to the proposal and are calling on
the government to reverse the decision.
[1] Page 5-6 of the NSW mini-budget papers - Asset Divestments. DET has confirmed that this surplus land includes Hurlstone Agricultural High School
Latest News
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Hurlstone Ag High report is poisoned chalice
- A leaked chapter of Mal Peters' report into the future of Hurlstone Agricultural High at Glenfield in Sydney's South West recommends a plan to sever ties between the school and the farm.
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Trust listing another spanner in the works to Hurlstone sale
- NSW Education Minister Verity Firth's plans to sell off farm lands at Hurlstone Agricultural High School have been dealt yet another blow by the decision of the National Trust to heritage list the grounds in Sydney's South West, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
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Hurlstone devil still to be pulled from the details
- The decision by NSW Education Minister Verity Firth to accept the recommendations of the Peters' Inquiry leaves students, parents and teachers uncertain about the future of the farm lands.
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John's speech in Parliament on the Hurlstone Agricultural High School Site Bill
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Hurlstone Ag High open day highlights battle to stop sell-off
- The Rees government's plan to sell farm lands belonging to Hurlstone Agricultural High School will come increased pressure today as parents, students and the local community gather to celebrate the school's exceptional achievements, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
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School sale inquiry head paid only if gives govt OK
- Secret government papers unearthed by the NSW Upper House revealed that the newly appointed head of an inquiry into the Hurlstone Agricultural High School land sell off would only be paid if the inquiry finds for the government, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
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National Trust creates roadblock to Hurlstone school land sale
- Rees government plans to sell farm land at Hurlstone Agricultural High School in Sydney's South West have been further frustrated by moves by the National Trust to place the site on its Heritage Register, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
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Community takes no Hurlstone farm sale message to parliament
- A meeting of over 120 people in the NSW parliament today has sent a clear message to Education Minister Verity Firth that the government should abandon plans to sell any of the land at Hurlstone Agricultural High School in southwest Sydney, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
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Hidden Hurlstone High sale details put pressure on budget
- Within days of announcing the sale of Hurlstone Agricultural High School’s farm land in Sydney’s South-West, NSW Education Minister Verity Firth’s office was warned by her own department that only 50 hectares of the 140 hectare site could go to developers, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
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Hurlstone High lands sale inquiry revealed as a sham
- Secret NSW Department of Education documents show that Minister Verity Firth’s so-called ‘Independent Inquiry’ into the sale of Hurlstone Agricultural High School is a set-up job, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
