Update: Our petition was officially presented and debated in Parliament!
We're calling on the NSW Government to:
Repeal the amendments to the State Environmental Planning Policy (Planning Systems) 2021, so that the 227.3ha of land in the Northern Beaches is no longer subject to the Development Delivery Plan;
Work with the owners of the land, Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council, to find an alternative means of realising a fair and timely income from their landholdings, while retaining the bushland located on the Northern Beaches. This could take the form, for example, of leasing or purchasing the land as a new National Park, compensating MLALC for the loss of development potential, or a land swap for a developable site elsewhere that has no conservation value.
Our petition has officially received over 12,000 signatures, and was tabled in NSW Parliament by Michael Regan MP and debated on Thursday 29 June at 4PM. The Youtube video below contains a recording of speeches by Michael Regan MP for Wakehurst, Matt Cross MP for Davidson, Rory Amon MP for Pittwater and James Griffin MP for Manly, and the reply from the Minister for Planning Paul Scully.
Above: Holding the 10,000 with Uncle Neil Evers, Sarah Baker, Conny Harris, Deb Harris, Rachael Jackson, Councillor Kristyn Glanville and Pam Dawes.
Left: At NSW Parliament House with "Lungkura" the Lizard, a community art project decorated by local students in support of saving our local bushland. A crowd of over 120 residents came to watch the petition debate. (Photo: Alec Smart)
Presenting the petition to Michael Regan MP
Michael Regan MP tabling the 12000 signatures in Parliament
At the State Election, we asked as many candidates as we could find announced whether they would commit to assisting us with our petition being tabled and debated. For full transparency, we are retaining this on our website.
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