Alister Henskins SC MP for Wahroonga and Matt Cross MP for Davidson met with FOKE about NSW Labor’s new Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Planning System Reforms) Bill 2025.

Both MPs listened to our concerns that the Bill would:

• reduce public consultation
• centralise power
• remove local democracy
• remove environmental protections
• increase risk of corruption

FOKE presented the following to both MPs

• list of concerns about the new Planning & Environment Bill
• latest State Significant Developments (SSDs) in Ku-ring-gai
• latest Housing Development Authority (HDA) that overrides local powers and local democracy

List of concerns about the new Planning & Environment Bill (2025)

State Significant Developments in Ku-ring-gai

Latest Housing Development Authority (HDA) that overrides local powers and local democracy

Read Legislative Assembly Hansard – 17 September 2025 HERE

Read Environmental Planning and Assessment (Planning System Reforms) Bill 2025 HERE