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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Kelly Burke

‘Ignorant’: former Labor MP condemns Minns government for threatening Blue Mountains protesters over historic site

Former NSW environment minister and Attorney-General Bob Debus has called the Minns government ‘completely ignorant’ over a threat to charge protesters in Katoomba with trespass.
Former NSW environment minister and attorney general Bob Debus has called the Minns government ‘completely ignorant’ over a threat to charge protesters in Katoomba with trespass. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

The state government has threatened to treat First Nations and environmental groups as trespassers if they continue to use a historic home in the Blue Mountains that was once an infamous “house of horrors” but was reclaimed as a community hub.

But a former state and federal MP and stalwart of the Labor party has criticised the Minns government as “unethical” and “ignorant”, for enforcing the eviction of the groups from Clairvaux in Katoomba.

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