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  • Finalised state-wide Community Participation Plan

    The new state-wide Community Participation Plan has been finalised and your concerns have been heard loud and clear and actioned in the new CPP. Significant wins include: Unfortunately, there is still a long list of developments that will be exempt from public exhibition including, bizarrely, bed and breakfast accommodation; as well as dwelling houses and…

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  • NSW Government Proposal to make most DA Documentation Guidelines only

    Here is the BPN submission guide for the current exhibition of the NSW Government Improving Development Assessment discussion paper. This exhibition is concurrent with the Standard and Model Conditions of Consent exhibition, which is the tail-end of the DA process. Whereas this second exhibition is about the start of the DA process. It is proposed…

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  • Unaffordable: Australia’s Broken Housing Promise

    Australia has been promised a solution to the housing crisis: affordable rental housing delivered with private developers, public money and big investors. But a Four Corners investigation raises serious questions about whether the system is delivering for the people who need it most. https://iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2603H022S00

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