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Secret deals between government agencies and a private company
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Lack of local consultation
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Subsidies to the event from the public purse
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Inappropriate relationships between developers and approving
authorities
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Overriding legislation used to enable the event
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Exclusion of local communities from decision making processes.
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Special legislation passed by the state government overriding many
state laws and removing the right of affected local residents to take
action through the legal system to seek compensation for damages or
negative impacts
Local residents are
concerned at the political implications of the close and inappropriate
relationships between the state and local government officials and the
rally organisers.
On 29 May the minister for state development, Ian Macdonald, announced
that the NSW Government, at the request of the Paris-based Federation
Internationale d'Automobile (FIA), was preparing "special events
legislation" to ensure the rally goes ahead.
This legislation
was introduced to Parliament in June 09. The Special Events Bill
(see bill) was passed later that month.
The legislation overrides a number of Common Law rights and the
provisions of many state laws, giving immunity to the organisers, state
departments and agencies and local authorities for a range of actions
taken in support of the rally.
The legislation repeats what is
becoming a pattern of behaviour for the state government when local
communities have concerns about proposals they support or have
initiated.
This legislation overrides a number of Common Law rights and the
provisions of many state laws, giving immunity to the organisers, state
departments and agencies and local authorities for a range of actions
taken in support of the rally.
The legislation repeats what is becoming a pattern of behaviour for the
state government when local communities have concerns about proposals
they support or have initiated
