Normally, I am an advocate for openness and transparency. If an objector feels very strongly to a Development Application proposal, their identity should be disclosed.
However, from recent personal experiences from some residents who were bullied, verbally abused, directly antagonised by a minority of applicants who were able to find our these residents' home or mobile telephone numbers, residential and e-mail addresses, I changed my mind.
Following the Council’s decision in October 2008 to explore expressions of interest to expand the Lake Parramatta Reserve Kiosk’s operations, some community concerns have arisen.
“I always thought
Australia was an egalitarian society. If so,
LakeParramatta should not be known as a jewel for only an elite few, but to be enjoyed by everyone,” said Councillor Chiang Lim.
On the evening of Monday, 20 October 2008, Parramatta's Liberal and Independent Councillors successfully overturned a policy which referred all tenderers' submissions worth over $100,000 to Unions NSW for their advice on each tenderer's workplace relations history and practices.
"With wall-to-wall Labor until 13 September 2008, this practice if continued meant that Parramatta's Labor Councillors had no faith in the Rudd Labor Government's workplace relations regulations, nor Minister Julia Gillard's abilities to protect workers' entitlements, but instead would trust Unions NSW for their recommendations on which tenderers Parramatta City Council should support," said Clr Chiang Lim.
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