Greens ‘see red’ over 7D zonings

The New South Wales Greens have used the protection of parliamentary privilege to name companies and individuals it believes have unfairly obtained benefits from land deals in Helensburgh.
The Greens allege that as a result of missing land title records, Wollongong Council accepted rates notices as proof of ownership of numerous lots of land.
The Council administrators are currently going through a process to rezone 7D lands at Helensburgh, Otford and Stanwell Tops to E3, to allow the land to be built on.
Greens' MLC Sylvia Hale has called on the Minister for Lands to investigate the ownership of lands under question.
"Yes, I think there have been some very odd transactions take place concerning land”.
“The upshot of those transactions may well have been that public land has been transferred into private hands," she said.
The Department of Lands says the matter is being looked into but “as it involves archived records it could take some time”.
The Member for Heathcote, Paul McLeay, says he is unaware of the issue and will also look into it.