DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS AGAINST DEVELOPERS

The People of NSW were promised a new planning system free of corruption, to ensure necessary growth and return planning powers to communities, and ensure their voice was heard and respected. Minister Hazzard has failed on every one of these criteria, and because of this his flawed legislation has been opposed and amended in the Upper House.

Now Minister Hazzard is threatening to use powers given to the Minister by the previous Labor Government. These are the powers that discredited the whole planning system. The Independent Commission Against Corruption declared these powers an invitation to corrupt practices. 'Given the Minister's promise to restore transparency to the planning system, this looks like a complete about face, a staggering loss of integrity', says Corinne Fisher, Convenor of the Better Planning Network.

Please let your representatives know you are opposed to laws that remove your rights and favour developers. Listed below are some points you could use in emailing or writing to Members of Parliament. On the other side of the sheet is a list of contact details for your Representatives.

POINTS TO RAISE AGAINST THE PROPOSED NEW PLANNING LAWS

 abolishes the right of citizens to comment on developments that affect them personally  perpetuates Part 3A-type approvals under the name of Strategic Compatibility Certificates  fails to control corruption  fails to protect environmental sustainability  fails to provide a mechanism for affordable housing  perpetuates the failed system of private certification of developments  fails to establish a required model for community consultation for strategic plans  reduces the role of Local Government in protecting citizens rights  introduces further levels of unaccountable planning bureaucracy  allows developers to sneak through proposals as exempt or complying developments  perpetuates the system of excessive ministerial discretion  fails to provide for appeals against poor decision making

NSW Cabinet Ministers Portfolio Email address The Hon. John Ajaka, MP Minister for Ageing, Minister for Disability Services, Minister for the Illawarra [email protected] The Hon. , MP Minister for Fair Trading, Minister Assisting the Premier on Western [email protected] The Hon. M.B. Baird, MP Treasurer and Minister for Industrial Relations [email protected] The Hon. , MP Minister for Transport [email protected] The Hon. A.J. Constance, MP Minister for Finance and Services [email protected] The Hon. V.M. Dominello, MP Minister for Citizenship and Communities and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs [email protected] The Hon. Michael Gallacher, MLC Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Minister for the Hunter [email protected] The Hon. Duncan Gay, MLC Minister for Roads and Ports [email protected] The Hon. P.J. Goward, MP Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister for Women [email protected] The Hon. B. Hazzard, MP Minister for Planning and Infrastructure [email protected] The Hon. K.A. Hodgkinson, MP Minister for Primary Industries, and Minister for Small Business [email protected] The Hon. K.J. Humphries, MP Minister for Mental Health, Minister for Healthy Lifestyles and Minister for Western [email protected] The Hon. Barry O'Farrell, MP Premier http://www.premier.nsw.gov.au/contact-premier-new-south-wales The Hon. D.L. Page, MP Minister for Local Government and Minister for the North Coast [email protected] The Hon. R. M. Parker, MP Minister for the Environment and Minister for Heritage [email protected] The Hon. Adrian Piccoli, MP Minister for Education [email protected] The Hon. A.J. Roberts, MP Minister for Resources and Energy, Special Minister of State [email protected] The Hon. J.G. Skinner, MP Minister for Health and Minister for Medical Research [email protected] The Hon. G.E. Smith, MP Attorney General and Minister for Justice [email protected] The Hon. George Souris, MP Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing, and Minister for the Arts [email protected] The Hon. A.J. Stoner, MP Deputy Premier, Minister for Trade and Investment, and Minister for Regional Infrastructure and Services [email protected] The Hon. , MP Minister for Sports and Recreation [email protected]

Key Labor Parliamentarians The Hon. , MLC Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council, Shadow Minister for Planning and Infratstructure, Environment [email protected] Climate Change The Hon. John Robertson, MP Leader of the Oppposition, Shadow Minister for Western Sydney and The Illawarra [email protected] The Hon. , MP Shadow Minister for Energy and for Ports [email protected] The Hon. , MLC Shadow Minister for Local Governemnt, Shadow Minister for Housing and for the Status of Women [email protected] The Hon. Tania Mikailuk, MP Shadow Minister for Fair Trading, Healthy Lifestyles, Volunteering and Youth [email protected] The Hon. , MLC Shadow Minister for Transport [email protected] The Hon. , MP Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Shadow Minister for Family and Community ServicesAboriginal Affairs, Sport and Recreation,[email protected] Hunter and Central Coast The Hon. , MLC Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the LC; Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations and Small Business [email protected] The Hon. , MP Shadow Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Finance and Services [email protected] The Hon. Barbara Perry Shadow Minister for Heritage, Ageing, Disability and Mental Health [email protected]

Shooters and Fishers Party The Hon. Robert Brown, MLC Leader of the Shooters and Fishers Party [email protected] The Hon. , MLC Has responsbility for planning portfolio [email protected]