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The Municipality of Ashfield is a Local Government Area of Sydney , New South Wales , Australia . It lies approximately 10 kilometres west of the Central Business District . SUBURBS IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA The municipality comprises: It also includes parts of: HOUSING Housing is characterised equally by a mixture of 'grand Victorian' and Federation-era freestanding homes, and post-war medium-density unit dwellings ('flats' in Australian parlance). CONTROVERSIES In November 2005 the Deputy Mayor, Nick Adams, called for the eradication of pigeons from the municipality as a way of preventing the spread of so-called 'bird flu'. His motion was met with a combination of disbelief, laughter, and subsequent national notoriety. Councillor Marc Rerceretnam was widely quoted in response: "The mind boggles when I think of Ashfield pigeons flying to the border of Ashfield and stopping directly at the border, saying "oh no, that's Canterbury, I can't go into there" and flying back in again. I mean this, this is, what exactly is this motion trying to do?". The motion failed. REFERENCES
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