Former Deputy Mayor of the Hills Shire Council Alan Haselden did give evidence today, telling the inquiry how he was swept aside during the 2021 pre-selection in favour of other canditates including Virginia Ellis.

Source: https://www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-state-politics-missing-liberal-trio-fails-to-show-at-third-parliamentary-committee-hearing/12cbc5b3-e341-4c64-ab88-9e9319a84acc

Other councils such as Northern Beaches, Mosman, The Hills Shire and Ku-ring-gai require an even greater proportion of private property in some areas to be landscaped.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/eastern-suburbs-council-brings-in-tree-cover-quota-to-stop-overdevelopment-20230727-p5drn8.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national