A Tale of Two Sydney’s: Green Space for the East, Dead Space for the West

A Tale of Two Sydney’s: Green Space for the East, Dead Space for the West
Statement from Adam McGregor, General Manager – Carnarvon Golf Club
Date: 28 October 2025

While the Minns Labor Government celebrates its $50 million plan to transform Moore Park into “Sydney’s next central park,” here in Western Sydney the people of Lidcombe are being asked to give up their own precious green space — not for parks, but for graves.

It’s a tale of two cities. In the east, Sydney gains a new 20-hectare park and new sporting facilities. In the west, the Minister for Lands and Property is pushing to take away Carnarvon Golf Course thriving community sporting spaces to create more “dead space” for cemeteries.

Carnarvon Golf Course is not just fairways and greens,  it’s home to thousands of local residents who play, walk, and volunteer here every week. It supports junior and senior sport, veterans’ groups, and multicultural communities who rely on this rare open green space in one of Sydney’s most densely populated and diverse suburbs.

If green space and community sport are essential for the wellbeing of inner-city residents, why are Western Sydney families treated differently? Why are our sporting fields being replaced by headstones?

The government’s priorities should be consistent: protect open green space, sporting precincts and promote active, living communities, no matter the postcode.

It’s time the Minns Government stopped playing politics with parks, health and well being and recognised that Western Sydney deserves the same respect, investment, and access to living green space as the east.

Contact:
Adam McGregor
General Manager , Carnarvon Golf Club