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12 January 2011
The Urban Taskforce has never supported a national policy merely for the sake of having something that's national. Our support for any policy has always been conditional on: ¢ the policy not being harmful to urban development; and ¢ the policy adding something concrete and positive to the urban development process (in terms of significant federal funding for urban infrastructure or reduced red tape).File Size:
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25 December 2010
A review the draft special infrastructure contribution practice notes for the Western Sydney Growth Area and the Western Sydney Employment areas.File Size:
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15 December 2010
The proposal to amend the LEP to set a maximum number of car parking spaces for development in the Parramatta City Centre is of grave concern.File Size:
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08 December 2010
The notion that environmental considerations should always trump social and economic concerns has been popular with green pressure groups and some policy-makers for many years. Occasionally, the stars align for these groups, and legislation is enacted that compels governments to ignore the non-environmental consequences when they make decisions. Its a problem with some threatened species laws and it has clearly become a problem with the administration of the federal Water Act.File Size:
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30 November 2010
Australian urban development has been stalling because of a serious reduction in the availability for finance to property developers.File Size:
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22 November 2010
The urban development industry has serious concerns about the implications of a recent decision of the NSW Supreme Court: Leda Manorstead v Chief Commissioner. This decision related to whether certain land used for primary production qualified for the primary production land tax exemption.File Size:
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15 November 2010
A mandatory conciliation-arbitration scheme should not be extended beyond small-scale development.File Size:
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12 November 2010
Where there are planning rules that limit the discretion of decision-makers to refuse development, and in particular limit the ability of decision-makers to make rules or refuse development by reference to public opinion, the need for political involvement is reduced.However, there will always be a need to allow for departures from pre-determined planning controls to embrace innovative development, overcome obsolete rules or respond to unanticipated community needs. Any system must cater to this, and at times, decisions to vary rules will need to be made by state politicians as representatives of the community.
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05 November 2010
The undesirable proposals and missed opportunities of the proposed new planning regulation. A submission to the NSW Department of Planning on the draft Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2010.File Size:
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