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How much longer do we have to put up with this Labor Government?
March 7, 2011 by Michael, under Barrangaroo project.
You think Gaddafi is bad, check out what the Labor Government of NSW just did.The Barangaroo development on Sydney harbour is being constructed over acontaminated site which needs to be very carefully managed and supervised in order to prevent contaminated groundwater from spilling into Sydney Habour. Two days ago the Planning Minister created legislation which in summary makes Barrangaroo the only project in NSW exempt from planning laws on contamination! What a joke!
ASD, an alliance of residents, community groups and the National Trust, began proceedings in November seeking an injunction to prevent works on the car park of Barrangaroo and the northern headland, parts of which are badly polluted from an old gasworks.
Ian Campbell, who heads the Barangaroo Action Group, said the legal action was brought as there was no overall plan for controlling contamination and there were concerns excavation would crack rocks underground and allow polluted groundwater to flow into the harbour.
Mr Campbell has called on the Opposition Leader, Barry O’Farrell, to consider asking the governor to dismiss the Labor government on grounds of its “gross abuse of their position – they are not respecting the judiciary.”
Additionally the lord mayor, Clover Moore, condemned the Planning Ministers’ order as ”an abuse of power in his final days” and said a new government ”must urgently review decisions relating to this development”.
Lets hope that the NSW people make the right decision when they vote, and the words of Clover Moore become reality, “in his final days”.
It’s time for change, and in a big way!