“So I don’t think we should be punished down the track,building more houses,” Sloane said. She denied she was arguing for housing supply to be another area’s problem.
“That’s not what I’m saying. I’m saying we need sustainable development in this community,a community that doesn’t have the infrastructure for overdevelopment. So it’s getting the balance right,protecting the integrity of this community.”
The ‘teal’ wave that swept through urban Liberal heartland at the federal election was focused on climate change,integrity in politics and women,but at a state level,the movement has prioritised gripes about planning and development.
Independent ‘teal’ candidate for Vaucluse,former Kerryn Phelps staffer Karen Freyer,hasput development concerns front and centre of her burgeoning campaign.
The government’s housing strategy says NSW needs to build 40,000 new homes a year. While Perrottet has been a critic of so-called NIMBYism,he alsotold The Property Couch podcast last month that preserving local character and amenity was important. “You’ve got to take the community with you on the journey,” he said.
Vaucluse is generally a safe Liberal seat,but sits within the federal seat of Wentworth,which went teal in May. At the last state election in 2019,independents took a significant chunk of the primary vote off the Liberals and Greens. The sitting Liberal member for Vaucluse,Gabrielle Upton,is retiring.