From this morning's Sydney Morning Herald:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/city-growth-put-before-habitat/2007/12/14/1197568264666.html?page=fullpage
NEW housing developments on the outskirts of Sydney will not be
subject to environmental laws that protect endangered plants and
animals, in the latest move by the State Government to fast-track
building in the north-western and south-western growth centres.
[ ... ]
The Cumberland Plain Woodlands is the name for a distinct grouping
of plants, including grey box and forest red gums, that once covered
30 per cent of the Sydney Basin. Today, the woodland covers less
than 6 per cent, or 6400 hectares, scattered across the western
suburbs.
The federal Department of Environment says the woodlands will not
survive unless they are protected from development.
The NSW Urban Taskforce, a development lobby group, welcomed the
announcement, saying individual housing developments would no longer
be "bogged down" by endless rules.
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