NSW Liberals reverse housing stance ahead of March election
Liberal MPs are attacking Labor's planning reforms. NSW Liberals are reversing the party's pro-development stance from a year ago.
NSW Liberal MPs have abandoned support for Labor's housing and planning reforms. NSW Liberal MPs are now opposing developments in their own electorates.
A year ago, Liberal leader Mark Speakman called the party unashamedly YIMBY, meaning yes to new homes. Now inner-Sydney MPs are running local campaigns against the government's policies.
Drummoyne MP Stephanie Di Pasqua attacked plans for 60,000 homes in her electorate over 15 years. She called the reforms destructive.
Matt Cross and other Liberal MPs have raised concerns that infrastructure has not kept pace with housing supply. Planning Minister Paul Scully shot back.
He accused the Liberals of returning to their anti-housing NIMBY tendencies. The party's reversal will shape the March state election.
- 60,000 homes planned over 15 years
- Drummoyne target
- Drummoyne held by 1285 votes
- Margin at stake
- 10,000 homes around metro station
- Cherrybrook plan
- March state election
- Election date
Why it mattersHousing was meant to be a bipartisan issue. But NSW Liberals are now using it as an election weapon in marginal seats.
AustraliaNSW's housing crisis and planning reforms are now a key election battleground, with one major party abandoning its pro-development position ahead of the March election.
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