Todays NSW Government State Infrastructure Strategy could help bring about the rapid release of 11,000 hectares of employment land in Western Sydney and support $2 billion in new job-creating development.
The call for expressions of interest for the first stage of Barangaroo was great news and the government should consider Jan Gehls criticisms of the parkland, according to the Urban Taskforce.
The Urban Taskforce says North Sydney Council should be stripped of its planning powers for its central business district after a Court decision finding that the public had been misled.
The reform the State's planning laws needs to be more radical if a new system is to save NSW from a social and economic crisis, according to the Urban Taskforce.