Back to Obeid? Fast-track housing laws a stalking house for fast-track mines

NSW can return with new fast plan planning laws for “residential”, with the new fast planning laws that deliver an unprecedented power for mines, renewable projects. Michael Sainsbury Reports.

The new planning laws brought to Parliament by the Minns government in the NSW are so controversial that the government spent time to consult their plans with ICAC (independent commission against corruption).

These new laws in the Planning System Reform Law (2025) reach far beyond the housing approvals of the public and potentially to every development in the state.

They effectively return the changes in planning laws, especially regarding the discretion of the ministry, which was initiated after suggestions from ICAC in 2010. Elaine Johnson, Director of Johnson Lawyers of Environmental Law Company, told MWM.

More than just housing

Planning, infrastructure and residence – now intensify the power for Paul Scully – and the President of the Department, Secretary of the Department, Kiersten Fishburn. Critics say that this was the return to the bad old days that ministers such as Ian Macdonald have similar discretionary authority before the Environmental Planning and Evaluation Law overthrow the controversial section 3A.

An environmental lawyer NSW GREENS MLC Sue Higginson told Michael West Media, “These planning reforms are not only about housing and renovation, but this is the whole planning system.”

“When we look at these big, harmful and socially changing projects such as mining, it is very difficult not to see a disabled front in some of the Labor Government of Minns.”

“However, the modernization of a planning system does not mean development or rapid monitoring and saving assurances in relation to these large, environmentally important projects, such as this industrial mining complex projects.

“It is a real mistake to stand there and say these things, and then look at what is actually proposed.”

Two very different things.

ICAC and BACK – “Consultants” behind closed doors

“ICAC was consulted and did not cause any problems, Plan Planning Minister Paul Scully said. Michael West Media.

The “Planning System Reform Act aims to make the entire NSW planning system faster, more fair and more modern to accelerate the presentation of our residential, infrastructure and renewable products. This bill does not weaken or reduce its environmental assessment needs or planning decisions.

“It aims to remove the reproduction from the growing system in about 50 years in planning functions.”

ICAC will not say if he has any concern about the new legislation, but confirmed that he made comprehensive recommendations.

A spokesman, “the participation of the commission, the Premier Department of public officials and housing delivery administration, investment delivery institution and development coordination authority, including the establishment of various suggestions, including planning, housing and infrastructure office consists of discussions ongoing,” he said. MWM.

“The Commission has advised these efforts on issues such as conflicts of interest, task conflicts, lobbying, decision -making criteria and process problems for the last few years”.

The ICAC legislation allows the government to consult ICAC about new laws (1988 – Chapter 13 Corruption Law – Chapter 13), but it does not provide anything about the government to receive this advice.

Higginson asked Icac to give his advice.

New laws have not gone through any parliamentary or public consultation or process, and communities are not kept in the dark when the government chose not to encourage something that is not related to the legislation, but the liberal party is already enthusiastically there is a very small chance of being enthusiastically.

MUDGE MINI MINE IN THE CENTER

Before the parliament -related parliament, the supporters of a lead/zinc and silver mine by the NSW Mining Council and Silver Mines LTD were the ruthless years of lobbying that was promoted as a silver mine near Mudgee’s domestic tourism mast. Despite silver It is planned to produce only 3.4 million ounces of silver per year – thousands of tons of associated lead.

On August 16 last year, the NSW Court of Appeal returned to the 2023 Independent Planning Commission (IPC) for development permit. Bowdens Because the company did not make an EIS for access to transmission lines. The new legislation now means that Bowden can gain consent for the mine by excisioning the transmission line from the project.

“This means that we will make it illegal to deal with big projects and their relevant infrastructure, Johnson says Johnson.

“For example, a project like Bowden’s leader mine is a high -cut leader in a high priority area. A touristic place and agricultural production. A project like this will be divided into small pieces and will only be allowed to look at a piece of the puzzle at a time from the rest of the project.”

Silver Mines

Silver Mines Limited, apparently access to the NSW government and the strong support of ministers – even after the NSW Court of Appeal has broken the IPC decision. Meetings were held between the Silver Minens (Bowdens), which started from the day of the court (16 August 2024) to bring the project back to the project.

Silver Mines Jo Battershill’s CEO of the Beavercreek Precious Metals Summit at an address, but weeks later, he summarized the proximity of the company’s relationship with NSW References Minister Courtney Housos: ne What can I say to the investors of the world? ‘ And he turned and said, ‘Silver Mines has full support to the NSW government’.

In response to the questions he made in the upper house of NSW about the meetings held with silver mines since August 17, Scully’s final response was it: “The department met with the subject of the law seven times since the decision of the Court of Appeal. Legal representation was present for two of these meetings. The ministry held two meetings.”

Nevertheless Demand from the community Johnson, in his statement to MWM, to be involved or involved since the decision of the Court of Appeal was rejected or ignored or ignored by the minister.

Community concerns despise

If the springs receive approval, the Minister of Natural Resources cannot keep the conditions that will be inconsistent with any planning approval in mining rental or mining leasing, so Fait becomes a fact.

This makes Bowden’s inhabitants and their work to be affected by it – a canary in the lead mine. If more than one community, health and environmental concerns have boarded Roughshod – and for the sake of a special mind for the mining points – and other major projects depending on the discretion of the ministry.

“This will inevitably include more and ongoing lawsuits throughout the project, which never makes a faster and better development assessment regime, Jo Johnson says. Ironically, it is likely that new planning laws will make a slower and more chaotic evaluation regime on which the burden of the burden, the effects of their projects instead of those who have come to the fore. ”

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