Government lies
Eminent QC Tim Robertson (a leading Sydney barrister specialising in planning and environment law) was quoted on Stateline ABC TV New South Wales “The Land Bribe ” Broadcast: 11/09/2009 (Reporter: Nick Grimm):…the Government’s been telling lies about what its intentions are in relation to planning for years. They claimed that Part 3A would increase public participation, whereas it’s only reduced it. To some extent, it’s vitiated community participation altogether by giving the minister power to ignore plans and controls that have been developed in cooperation with the community. So it has, I think quite deliberately – and the Government’s known what they’re doing – quite deliberately taken these steps to avoid community scrutiny of controversial development.
…bad decisions being made, and they’re being made because the kind of controls over the decision-making process have been eviscerated by Part 3A of the Planning Act. continue reading » »