The NSW government this week narrowly succeeded in passing controversial new planning legislation which Minister Frank Sartor says is designed to make planning decisions more efficient.

But not everyone agrees.

The Local Government Association led a ‘Keep it Local’ campaign, which brought together The National Trust, the Environmental Defenders Office, and several other groups to fight the State Government.

These organisations all say that the Government’s plans will make an already-complex system even worse, reducing accountability and favouring the interests of developers.

Genia McCaffery is the President of the Local Government Association and the Mayor of North Sydney.

2SER’s Glyn Cryer asked her what change we can expect from the new laws.