Rob Stokes

Dominic Perrottet won’t shake up the state’s ministry until later in the year and wants to keep steady leadership during the pandemic.

Dominic Perrottet will be the premier of NSW after a Liberal party vote that also included planning minister Rob Stokes. 

Targets for both NSW and Victoria outperform the federal government’s current aims for emissions to drop 26% to 28% by 2030.

NSW’s proposed Housing State Environmental Planning Policy mandates boarding house rooms are rented at an affordable rate and managed by a registered community housing provider.

The introduction of a new planning portal in NSW will mean assessment times are reduced by up to 30 days, according to the state government.

New council planning controls will see 10,000 extra affordable rental properties made available across the City of Sydney over the next 15 years.

The New South Wales Independent Planning Commission will be reviewed following an administration hiccup and mounting pressure from mining lobby groups. Planning and Public Spaces Minister Rob Stokes said a two-month review would “ensure confidence in the speed, quality and impartiality of decision-making on major projects”. 

An overheated property market has state ministers, local councils and developers hot and bothered over who reaps the spoils.