Minister inundated, more than a thousand Save Wallum emails sent in 48 hours
16 February 2024 - The NSW Minister for Planning, Paul Scully, has been inundated with more than a thousand emails in the last 48 hours. Concerned residents of NSW are calling for him to exercise his explicit authority to refer the Wallum development at Brunswick Heads to the Federal Government a development that will impact Matters of National Environmental Significance (MNES).
Greens MP and spokesperson for Planning and Environment Sue Higginson said “Communities across NSW are faced with disastrous developments that will clear habitat for threatened species and desecrate First Nations cultural heritage, the Wallum development is one of these,”
“The NSW Minister for Planning has an express authority under Federal law to intervene in development proposals that will impact on threatened species, unfortunately he has refused to do this so far,”
“The wave of emails that have been pouring into the Minister’s email should be a clear sign to him and the Minns Labor Government that the community expects better than excuses when it comes to protecting the environment and cultural heritage,”
“The Minister should act now, take on board the clear community will to protect Wallum, and refer this development to the Federal Government for review,” Ms Higginson said.