As much as 48 hectares, or a third of the 160-hectare headland separating Malabar and Maroubra beaches, had been earmarked within the document as suitable for possible mixed-use development following remediation.
Resistance immediately came from local MPs, Randwick City Council, community groups and the public at large who have all called for the headland to be protected from any future development.
Later in the day Federal Minister Hunt appears to have ruled out any sell-off to developers, a sure sign that the embattled Federal Government didn't want to add this element to the already shakey NSW State election.
"Trying to make money out of it just doesn't wash with the community," said the Friends of Malabar Headland's Claire Bettington.
"It's something that has to be looked after, not flogged to death," she said.
Resistance immediately came from local MPs, Randwick City Council, community groups and the public at large who have all called for the headland to be protected from any future development.
Later in the day Federal Minister Hunt appears to have ruled out any sell-off to developers, a sure sign that the embattled Federal Government didn't want to add this element to the already shakey NSW State election.
"Trying to make money out of it just doesn't wash with the community," said the Friends of Malabar Headland's Claire Bettington.
"It's something that has to be looked after, not flogged to death," she said.
 |
| Friends of Malabar Headland |
No comments:
Post a Comment