Roles in shaping Newcastle city ‘too close for comfort’

By Michelle Harris
Updated March 4 2015 - 1:41pm, first published 12:00am
Hunter Development Corporation general manager Bob Hawes.
Hunter Development Corporation general manager Bob Hawes.

The dual roles, in the form of the Department of Planning and government property developer  UrbanGrowth NSW, need to be separated to dispel the ‘‘perception’’ that the private sector had influenced key decisions, the inquiry recommended in its final report into city planning handed down on Tuesday.

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