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September 2023

Sydney Metro West project

https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/committees/inquiries/Pages/inquiry-details.aspx?pk=2982

The Committee will inquire into and report on the Sydney West Metro project. The Terms of Reference are detailed below.
a) The original business case for the project
b) The establishment of the route and selection of station locations
c) The cause of blowouts in project cost and timelines
d) Whether the Minister at the time considered any other consequential benefits that could be achieved from the project
e) Other matters relevant to the Sydney Metro West project.

The submission shows how AU$ 25 bn will be spent for a metro without oil proofing Sydney

http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Submission-Sydney-Metro-West-LC-Inquiry.pdf

September 2023

Your Place, Your Voice! Community Workshops

From June through until September 2023, Council will be delivering a face-to-face workshop in each of our five wards to help us better understand our local suburbs. If you are passionate about the future of your neighbourhood and have some great ideas that you want to share, then we would love you to get involved!

https://participate.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/community-workshops

This submission contains questions to the Council

http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Parramatta-Epping-Community-Workshop-16Sep2023.pdf 

April 2018

Greater Sydney Commission: Community Briefing
12/4/2018
Parramatta, Novotel

A Metropolis of 3 Cities
Central City District Plan
State Infrastructure Strategy 2018-2038 (INSW)
Future Transport 2056

https://www.facebook.com/GreaterSydneyCommission/videos/2062526773961111/
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/greater-sydney-commission-community-briefing-registration-44134097273#

Paper handed over to staff presenting the briefing
Sydney-3-cities-comments-12Apr2018

Article in response to the Q&A session of this briefing

30/4/2018
NSW fuel consumption and high immigration not compatible with CO2 reduction pathways
http://crudeoilpeak.info/nsw-fuel-consumption-and-high-immigration-not-compatible-with-co2-reduction-pathways

October 2017

Australia in Today’s World – some observations from former PM John Howard
https://aiiansw.tidyhq.com/public/schedule/events/16630-australia-in-today-s-world-some-observations-from-former-pm-john-howard

After the above event I handed over to John Howard this paper:
Howard_energy_policy_failure_2004

August 2017

Briefing Paper for Parramatta Council Administrator Chadwick Aug 2017 (5.5 Mb)

World_Incremental_crude_production_2000-Mar2017
http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Briefing_paper_Chadwick_Aug2017.pdf

July 2017

19/7/2017

Parramatta Council Epping Planning Review
https://www.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/about-parramatta/precinct-planning/epping-planning-review

How high overseas immigration and developer friendly town planning destroy a Sydney suburbEpping_Rd_urban_decay_Jul2017
Submission_Epping_Planning_Review_M_Mushalik

Botched rail planning in Sydney’s North West

Epping_Planning_Review_forgets_light_rail

12/7/2017
Parramatta Council traffic study for Epping

Workshop on Chapter 11

https://www.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/about-parramatta/news/on-exhibition/epping-planning-review-discussion-paper

Epping_ADT_all-days_2007-17

Submission on this study
Epping_traffic_study_Jul2017

June 2017

5/6/2017
Parramatta Council’s urban precinct planning
http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/epping

Submission on residential high rise proposal violating basic town planning principles

Eastern_elevation_no_text
Submission_ DA_314_by_Matt_Mushalik

May 2017

24/5/2017
Public meeting by Dick Smith
http://dicksmithpopulation.com/
Sydney’s Population Growth – is it sustainable?
http://www.foke.org.au/downloads/AGM2017.pdf

Flyer distributed
Sydney population growth in next 20 years

22/5/2017
Parramatta Council
Commercial Space Workshop
Flyer distributed to each of the workshop tables (PDF)
28CambridgeSt_2007Demolished and replaced by residential towers of Chinese investor
Why_and_how_office_space_is_being_destroyed

15/5/2017
Parramatta Council
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS WORKSHOP
https://www.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/about-parramatta/precinct-planning/epping-planning-review

Flyer distributed to each of the workshop tables (PDF) and to the Parramatta Administrator
Epping_Social_Infrastructure_Needs

March 2017

31/3/2017
Submission to the Greater Sydney Commission
Towards Our Greater Sydney 2056
https://www.greater.sydney/

Sydney’s plan for 2056 is completely energy illiterate. Firstly, Australia’s east coast has reached peak conventional gas while Queensland’s coal seam gas is squandered in LNG exports. Secondly, old coal fired power stations like Hazelwood have closed down while renewable capacity plus pumped hydro storage has not been built up over the last 10 years due to a continuing Parliamentary debating club on energy policy and carbon trading (or lack thereof). Thirdly, the IEA has warned that – if oil prices remain low – not enough investments will be done in the oil&gas sector, leading to a supply gap in 2020. Therefore, all high flying plans based on an immigration intake of 1.5 million over the next 20 years are largely academic and will – if implemented – lead to huge mis-investments, just like the road tunnels already under construction.
Greater_Sydney_2056_submission_Matt_Mushalik

29/3/2017
Slide show for the Warren Centre‘s Energy Committee at Sydney Uni
Warren_centre_Mar2017

February 2017

On the occasion of Garnaut’s presentation on 28/2/2017
TRUMP AND GLOBALISATION: WILL THE RETREAT FROM OPEN TRADE DAMAGE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT?
http://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/events/trump-and-globalisation-will-the-retreat-from-open-trade-damage-global-development/

I handed over a 4 page paper to Ross Garnaut, describing the different phases of peaking oil production, drawing attention to the US shale oil peak in Bakken, the oil peak in China, Shell’s declining earnings due to low oil prices, the reduction of CAPEX in oil and gas fields, OPEC’s production and finally a graph of oil consumption and production curves in the Asia Pacific – to be filled in for the next 20 years.

Garnaut_paper_February_2017

In Q&A I asked at which oil price globalization will go backwards. Garnaut answered that there is no problem with petroleum as we are going to have renewables.

December 2016

Submission Medium Density Housing in Sydney

Referring website
http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/Policy-and-Legislation/Housing/Medium-Density-Housing

medium_density_200m2_blocks

submission_medium_density_housing

 

Epping Planning Review public consultation meeting

Flyer handed over to Parramatta Council Administrator Amanda Chadwick and District Commissioner Ed Blakely on Sydney population growth and coming power shortages

sydney_population_scenarios_2011-2016-2036

aemo_nsw_dec2016-jan2017

epping-december-2016-flyer

October 2016

Western Sydney Rail Needs Scoping Study

http://www.westernsydneyrail.transport.nsw.gov.au/the-discussion-paper

rail_map

a 2nd Sydney airport white elephant

b rail link missing

c high rise residential needed to fill metro trains @ 5 min

d unnecessary tunnel conversion double deckers => single deck automatic metro

e missing rail link

f unnecessary heavy rail line conversion to automatic metro trains

Submission:

http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Western-Sydney-Rail-options.pdf

August 2016

Paper handed over to the administrator of the Parramatta City Council on the occasion of a community meeting in Epping, Sydney

Smart_City_Energy_Frugal_Aug2016

July 2016

Flyer http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Chilcot_flyer.pdf

for presentation by Dr. Judith Betts at Australian Institute of International Affairs on:

UK’s Iraq war inquiry: what does it mean for Australia?
12/7/2016
http://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/events/uks-iraq-war-inquiry-what-does-it-mean-for-australia/

June 2016

Flyer for Grattan Institute’s seminar “Roads to Riches”

9/6/2016 in the NSW State Library

https://grattan.edu.au/events/roads-to-riches/

with former Premier Nick Greiner whom I handed over this flyer:

http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Roads_to_default.pdf

November 2015

Submission on how peak oil ignorant governments waste tax payers money to finance the M4 East road tunnel in Sydney


http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/WestConnex_Nov_2015_submission_M_Mushalik.pdf

July 2015

Submission on Sydney Metro plans  http://sydneymetro.info

http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Submission_Sydney_Metro_Matt_Mushalik.pdf 

April 2015

Senate Inquiry on transport energy resilience
http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Rural_and_Regional_Affairs_and_Transport/Transport_energy_resilience

Submission #39
http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Rural_and_Regional_Affairs_and_Transport/Transport_energy_resilience/Submissions

As witness before hearing in Merlbourne (Victoria Parliament House) 9/4/2015. Transcript as downloadable PDF file

http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22committees%2Fcommsen%2F22c25723-e5d5-4d5f-9e2f-7f329ca8451b%2F0000%22

Nov 2014

Epping Chatswood tunnel conversion 17/11/2014
http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Epping_Chatswood_tunnel_conversion_submission_Matt_Mushalik.pdf

Sep 2014

Submission on WestConnex project in Sydney

https://majorprojects.affinitylive.com/public/c53f208bc4490e9d6e134d5566fa594f/Westconnex_submission_Matt_Mushalik.pdf 

http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Westconnex_submission_Matt_Mushalik.pdf

Submission on NorthConnex project in Sydney

Risky NorthConnex tunnel will not solve congestion problem
http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/NorthConnex_submission_Matt_Mushalik.pdf

Feb 2014

Submission Issues Paper for Energy White Paper 2014
http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Submission_Energy_White_Paper_issues_paper_Matt_Mushalik.pdf

Jan 2014

Submission Senate Inquiry Commission of Audit
http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Submission_Senate_Inquiry_Commission_of_Audit_Matt_Mushalik.pdf

Submission Senate Inquiry Public Transport
http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Submission_public_transport_Inquiry_Jan_2014_Matt_Mushalik.pdf

Submission Infrastructure Australia Amendment Bill 2013
http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Submission_Infrastructure_Australia_Amendment_Bill_2013_Matt_Mushalik.pdf

Oct 2013

Slide show for Macquarie Uni, Sydney

titled “Global crude oil peak started 2005”

 http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Slide-Show-For-Macquarie-Uni-Oct-2013-final-version.pptx

for the course “Liquid Fuels and Energy Security GEOS 309”

http://www.handbook.mq.edu.au/2013/Units/UGUnit/GEOS309

 

June 2013

Submission on Sydney Metropolitan Strategy

http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Submission_Draft_MetroStrategy_June_2013_by_Matt_Mushalik.pdf

http://strategies.planning.nsw.gov.au/Portals/0/Documents/Submissions4/dms_2013_MattMushalik.pdf 

December 2012

Submission on the North West Rail Link EIS 2 in Sydney

http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Submission-NorthWest-Rail-Link-EIS2.pdf

 

November 2012

Submission 3 to the Inquiry on Australian Refineries

http://www.aph.gov.au/parliamentary_business/committees/house_of_representatives_committees?url=economics/oilrefineries/subs.htm

July 2012

 http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/The_Fantasy_of_Affordable_Housing.pdf

(PDF 1.9 Mb)

June 2012

Submission on Sydney Metropolitan Strategy

http://haveyoursay.nsw.gov.au/metrostrategy

http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Big_Sydney_big_problem.pdf

May 2012

Submission on North West Rail Link in Sydney

http://northwestrail.com.au/

Photomontage: Windsor Rd with light rail

http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Submission-on-NWRL.pdf   PDF, 3 Mb)

March 2012

http://www.ret.gov.au/energy/facts/white_paper/draft-ewp-2011/Pages/Draft-Energy-White-Paper-2011.aspx

Submission 198

http://www.ret.gov.au/energy/facts/white_paper/submissions/Pages/submissions.aspx

Submission-On-2011- Energy-White-Paper_Mushalik  (PDF File 4.7 Mb)

 

 

November 2011

Submission on Epping Town Centre Study

http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Epping_Town_Centre_submission_Matt_Mushalik.pdf

 

September 2011

Submission to the NSW Coal Seam Gas Inquiry

http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/committee.nsf/0/29AE48525CFAEA7CCA2578E3001ABD1C

Submission_NSW_CSG_Inquiry_Sep2011  (PDF file 2.5 Mb)

September 2011

Submission on proposed twin towers in Top Ryde, Sydney

http://www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/Development/Major+Development/Ryde+Civic+Precinct+Redevelopment

Ryde_Twin_Towers   (PDF file 3.4 Mb)

September 2011

Too_late_for_big_rail_tunnel_projects   (PDF file 5.3 Mb)

 

June 2010

M2_Submission_Energy_Dilemma_For_Cars (PDF file 8 Mb))

 

March 2009

Slide show for the Coffs Harbour City Council

CoffsHarbour_Peak_Oil_2005-2008_V2  (PPT file 5.3 Mb)

February 2006

Cover_submission_69
http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/sub69.pdf

I handed over a copy of this submission in June 2006 to former NSW Premier Bob Carr in a chance encounter in the “Ministry of Food”, a restaurant in Sydney