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Sydney developer gets 'slap on the wrist' after illegally clearing hundreds of trees to build $3 million mansion (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 9 months ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/sydney@aussie.zone

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[–] biscuitswalrus@aussie.zone 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"The complexities of this case is above and beyond what sometimes you can take through [the courts] and we've got limited actions as a council,"

The only answer is they're too incompetent. He means to say, either the council laws themselves that they create, has too many loopholes like the ambiguous 2008 relaxation, or they aren't equipped to enforce the laws they have. In other words if you bully them, they'll fold since they're not competent to stand up.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 4 points 9 months ago

Haha, yes. If the laws are too complex, that's the councils fault. If the laws are too simple for complex matters, that's the councils fault.

It's been my experience with neighbours that are a menace that they get away with it by being abrasive and abusive to council. They just don't want to deal with them. It's a sad state of affairs.