‘Just a disgrace’: experts condemn NSW use of public land to offset huge housing expansion

National Parks Association of NSW president Grahame Douglas has accused the government of ‘betrayal of public trust’ over conservation offsets. Photograph: Carly Earl/The Guardian

The Perrottet government will use land that has already been bought with public funds and put aside for conservation to offset yet more clearing of endangered bushland for new housing developments in western Sydney.

The president of the National Parks Association of NSW, Grahame Douglas, says it is a “betrayal of public trust”.