ON Thursday night the NSW parliament approved Greg Piper's Port of Newcastle (Extinguishment of Liability) Bill 2022, almost certainly the biggest step forward in more than 20 years of effort to have a container terminal built in Newcastle.
It's a great moment, and the region as a whole should be thankful to the Lake Macquarie Independent (and his staff), for achieving what he has against a battalion of enemies, some obvious, and others hidden.
