The email exchange between Harry Triguboff and senior New South Wales government figures provides a glimpse into the tactics the billionaire used to try and rezone an area around Little Bay.
Australia's second-richest man asked the New South Wales government to fast-track rezoning plans in Sydney's east, arguing it would generate "billions" and provide money for Lismore's flood victims, emails have revealed.
I understand the desire from the locals to maintain they ‘character’ of the community they bought into. But that is a luxury that I don’t think should be fully accommodated due to the housing crisis we find ourselves in right now. We need more houses built and not just in the western suburbs away from everything and we need to break the hearts of nimbys to do it.