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Keep It Local Campaign
On 3 April the Minister for Planning released draft exposure bills that contain over 200 pages of changes to the NSW planning system.
They include legislative amendments to three main Acts - the Environmental, Planning and Assessment Act, the Building Professional Board Act and the Strata Management Act - and a number of minor amendments to other Acts.
The Local Government Associations have serious concerns with many aspects of the legislation as communities will lose their rights to have a say over local development, councils' role in the development process will be significantly reduced, and funding of local infrastructure is under threat.
In order to gain more information and register your protest, you can go to http://www.keepitlocal.org.au. It is crucial that as many people as possible use the automated letter of concern on the site to write to their local MP.