"Both public and privately owned land can be can be compulsorily acquired by the government and handed over to the project. Houses, local parks, local sports fields, childcare centres – in short anything – can be demolished to make way for a freeway. National parks, heritage listed buildings, threatened species habitat, native title land, coastal foreshores and council land can all be acquired by the Planning Minister and cleared for roads and rail. The laws also allow the project minister to delegate his or her powers under the Act to any person – including the project proponent or a sub-contractor – such as the power to order councils to surrender land or the power to order compulsory acquisition of native title rights. Almost all the safeguards that previously existed in various pieces of legislation are being removed to allow major transport projects to be rushed through."
Posted on: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 03:26:32 +0000
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