Liberal Party Supports Key Jubilee
Improvements

In another boost for Oki Jubilee Stadium, Kogarah's Liberal Party candidates have expressed their support for the next stage of improvements to the Dragons` spiritual home. If elected by Kogarah ratepayers on March 27, the Liberal Party candidates will throw their full support behind the next stage of enhancements that will further transform the famous venue.

Adam Mazzaferro (East Ward) and Mark Coure (West Ward) recognise that Oki Jubilee Stadium is a community asset and are keen to advance the site in consultation with the local community.

Mazzaferro, an ex-Kogarah Marist student, has been a member of the Liberal Party for five years and is a St.George Bank Dragons season ticket-holder. He believes that sport plays a very important role in the St.George community and states that local government has a responsibility to provide "areas and amenities that allow residents to participate in various sporting and leisure activities."

Importantly, Mazzaferro supports the installation of community friendly permanent lighting that is a necessity for Oki Jubilee Stadium going forward:

"I support the various initiatives that have been taken to consult with residents and the club regarding the installation of community friendly permanent lighting that eliminates such issues as light spill and glare...As a Councillor, I will support the community friendly development of the stadium, so it meets NRL standards, and is comfortable and friendly for all fans to visit so that it functions in harmony with the local community. I am committed to seeing that throughout the regular season Kogarah Jubilee hosts an equal amount of home games as Win Stadium, Wollongong."

Mazzaferro believes that while the recent improvements to Oki Jubilee Stadium were a step in the right direction, the Dragons' spiritual home deserves further enhancements in the near future:

"Along with a host of improvements that still need to be done I am of the opinion that the installation of a new scoreboard/screen and the introduction of community friendly permanent lighting should be considered in the near future. Further, I will endeavour that the facilities at Kogarah Jubilee are tailored in a manner that cater for the hosting of a range of sports, maximising the marketability of the ground to other sports ensuring the Council and community receives the full benefit of an historical asset."

Mark Coure, a keen Dragons supporter and a member of the Liberal Party for the past ten years, also supports further improvements to Oki Jubilee Stadium. Like Mazzaferro, Coure will support community friendly permanent lighting that eliminates light spill and glare.

Apart from the Jubilee issue, both candidates are opposed to general overdevelopment throughout the Kogarah Municipality. An example is the State Government's plan for high-rise towers of up to 22 storeys along the Illawarra Railway line from Allawah to Penshurst.

Coure believes that our suburbs "are under threat from over-development." He states that you only need to "sit in traffic each day on Hillcrest Avenue to know our roads can't copewith any more development."

While most Kogarah ratepayers will go to the polls on March 27, there is no need for Kogarah's North Ward residents to attend thepolling booths. The North Ward incumbents (Field, Katris and Varvaris) have been returned unopposed. North Ward includes Oki Jubilee Stadium and such streets as English, Park and Jubilee Avenue. The return of the North Ward Councillors suggests that ratepayers are very satisfied with the recent enhancements to Oki Jubilee Stadium.