Department secretary Kiersten Fishburn says outdated integrity measures must be removed to speed up housing delivery, even if it risks “malfeasance” creeping into the system.
involving fugitive Sydney developer Jean Nassif, who is wanted by police over dealings related to his collapsed Toplace empire.
“A lot of the ‘dodgy’ has come out of the system,” Fishburn said. “We had a few bad decades in the planning system in terms of integrity, so you tighten all the screws down really hard, [but] they’re tied too hard at the moment.Kate Geraghty The current Building Commissioner David Chandler was appointed in 2019 to enforce building regulations and improve quality following the evacuation of the Opal Tower and Mascot Towers. Premier Chris Minns has announced Chandler’s remit will be expanded by the end of this year.The new planning secretary has inherited a housing supply crunch that has contributed to an affordability crisis, especially in Sydney.
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