Emergency’ powers introduced to push development past public scrutiny
Dear Friends and Supporters
We are entering a new phase in the campaign against the Government’s proposed Planning and Design Code. The COVID 19 pandemic has affected our lives and our methods of communication.
It is difficult to keep visible our messages in the public arena, and the State Government has cleverly utilised the pandemic and concerns about the economy to introduce Emergency Powers, which will allow the fast-tracking of inappropriate development, bypassing monitoring and input from Councils and the community.
COVID 19 will retreat in due course, and if we falter in our campaign, we will still be faced with the consequences of the Code……and worse, the prospect of expedient development decisions that will irrevocably damage our built environment.
We must now intensify pressure on the Premier, the Planning Minister and Liberal Government members of parliament to re-consider their plans for the Code, and to defer its implementation for at least a year.
I urge you to write hard copy letters to Government parliamentarians (link to MP list). These have a greater impact than emails or phone calls, and have to be responded to in kind.
I attach a draft letter which you might find helpful to use. Multiple copies of the same letter going to all MPs have a particularly pervasive impact.
Thank you for your support.
Kind Regards
Warren Jones AO
Convenor, Protect our Heritage Alliance
Professor Warren Jones AO is the Convenor of the Protect our Heritage Alliance, a coalition of concerned organisations and individuals, working to protect our built and natural environment.
Phone: 0419 852 622 Email: convenor@protectourheritage.org.au
www.protectourheritage.org.au Facebook: protectourheritageSA
