Hitting 'rock bottom': Prospect of big revamp of NSW environmental controls

By Peter Hannam
Updated October 18 2016 - 7:19am, first published October 17 2016 - 8:56am
NSW Premier Mike Baird (near microphone) and Planning Minister Rob Stokes during a visit to the Hunter Valley in 2015. Photo: Marina Neil
NSW Premier Mike Baird (near microphone) and Planning Minister Rob Stokes during a visit to the Hunter Valley in 2015. Photo: Marina Neil

The Baird government is about to embark upon the biggest overhaul in decades of environmental planning rules that affect major coal mines and infrastructure projects.

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