NSW Coalition accused of racism and paternalism after pledge to stop controversial development
by Tamsin Rose from Environment | The Guardian on (#69HST)
Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council proposed building 450 homes at Sydney's Lizard Rock
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The New South Wales Coalition has been accused of racist, paternalistic and politically expedient decision-making after it vowed to spike a proposal to build 450 homes in bushland on Sydney's northern beaches by its Indigenous proponents.
The Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council's chief executive, Nathan Moran, said the decision by the government to block its plan for the 71-hectare Lizard Rock site was an attempt to save three seats at risk from teal independents at the 25 March election.
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