Sydneysiders are seeing red over Barangaroo
Sydneysiders are seeing red over a blacked-out contract which keeps secret financial details of the deal to develop 22ha of prime CBD land, including 1.4km of harbour foreshore.
Premier Kristina Keneally is keeping mum on the State Government’s deal with developer Lend Lease, refusing to tell the people of NSW how much they will get in return for rights to Barangaroo.
Lend Lease has given the State Government $13 million and another $90 million will follow this financial year.
But the publicly-released contract is covered in black marks which obscure the details of seven future payments.
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Critics of the development say the secrecy surrounding the deal backs up their claims the government wants to push it through before next year’s State election.
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The push to have the financial details of the development deal revealed will hit Macquarie Street today when Greens MLC Sylvia Hale seeks the Opposition’s support to force the government to release all the documents.
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State Government coverup - Friends of Barangaroo uncover!
I'd like to "Bare my breasts for Barangaroo"
Who will join me? Bared breasts and chests, hearts beating as one, striving with courage, speaking out against Lend Lease and the State Government. Campaigning energetically against the gross misuse of our land. We need appropriate development, classy, something Australia can be proud of. We do not need huge bulky buildings that block out the sun, that create massive wind shear.
Barangaroo is publicly owned land, we must have a say in what is built there. Appropriate development must be 'for the greater good of the greatest number'. Lend Lease and the State Government are not interested in the greater good for the greatest number. Lend Lease is on a mission to make money. The State Government is on a mission to retain the support of Lend Lease so that they can secure developer contributions for their party. The Lend Lease gross overdevelopment will effectively form the equivalent of a mountain range along the east side of Darling Harbour. What a tragedy this will be!