Index

1. Response to Bankstown Council's 'South West Local Area Plan'
   • Fig 1. East Hills rezoning area (one of 9 areas.)
2. Geographical Reality
   • Fig 2. Relative sizes of urban vs commercial (gray) centers
3. Commercial Stupidity
4. Trust in Government... *pop!*
5. Even more disastrous timing
6. The Right Price
7. Hypocrisy and Lip Service to Environmental Concerns
   • Fig 3. An example of petty building approval adjustment
8. Open Space
9. Noise is noise
10. Red Area
    • Fig 4. Council's 'red area' highlighted, also showing developer-owned lots.
11. Consorting With Criminals
    • Fig 5. A small cottage and a few goats. No, really!
12. Ratcheting up, phase two?
13. How Developers Operate
14. It's not what they say, it's what they don't say
    • Fig 6. Things they don't mention. (map)
15. Information Demand
    1. Identity of developers.
    2. Recent land sale prices.
    3. Estimated increased land rates cost.
    4. Due diligence on population increase projections.
    5. Voting records of councilors on the rezoning.
16. The people whose lives you planners are ruining
    • Fig 7. Gallery of doomed homes.
17. Political Context
    1. Population References
    2. Terms
    3. Fig 8. Total fertility rate. (Below replacement since 1975.)
    4. Fig 9. Natural increase around 40,000.
    5. Fig 10. Immigration (and natural increase around 150,000.)
    6. Fig 11. Immigration projections. (Minus any common sense.)
    7. Fig 12. Natural increase projections.
    8. Fig 13. Animated population pyramid.
18. Means, Motive and Opportunity
19. The Pretense
    1. More/skilled workers
    2. More economic growth
    3. More defensible
    4. More taxes
20. True Motives
21. Reality
22. Black Swans
    1. Sudden global demographics change
    2. Financial & Economic Crisis
    3. Energy Crisis
    4. Climate Change (Not what you were expecting!)
    5. Environmental Surprises
    6. War
    7. Revolution
23. Conspiracy or Stupidity?
24. If it's stupidity, it's really world class stupidity
    • Fig 14. First notification.
    • Fig 15. Council's notification flyers
25. Summary