"It's amazing what people do when they think no one is watching. In Newcastle, under our averted gaze, the town's three vital systems: transport, built form and art have been chewed up and all but spat out. This Saturday's Ward 3 byelection we should therefore watch like hawks. It is the butterfly-shift that could yet save this pretty, neglected city." E Farrelly The rest of the article is here: http://www.smh.com.au/comment/newcastle-a-city-caught-between-a-rail-line-and-its-harbour-20150218-13hvra.html