Local councils launch grass roots campaign against the state's pro-developer laws
Date: 13-Apr-08
Author: Peter Firminger
Organisation: Progress
Keep It Local Campaign
The Local Government and Shires Associations of NSW are the voice for local communities and their councils across NSW. The LGSA represents 152 NSW councils through presenting councils' views to government, promoting Local Government to the community and providing specialist advice and services.
The LGSAs have started a campaign called "Keep It Local" to rally against the State Government's proposed pro-developer laws. As a subset of that campaign, while they are not directly focussing on the issues we face in Wollombi, they have the following:
Neighbourhoods lose their character
The NSW Government wants the same rules if you want to build a house in Balmain, Bourke or Bateman's Bay.
The new generic codes will dismiss community views as unnecessary and reduce local input by ignoring community views about how our neighbourhoods should look.
We want to make sure that housing developments don't undermine the character of local communities.
[See http://www.keepitlocal.org.au/background/]
I believe this campaign is worthy of our support, even if it's just another avenue to stay in their face about Frank Sator's dictatorial and anal approach to wiping out community diversity.
Use the form on their website to write to either Kerry or George, and add to or adjust the suggested text to localise your message to our issues.
http://www.keepitlocal.org.au/
See their Media Centre for some further info
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