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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Anne Davies

Morris Iemma’s lobbying firm does bumper business after Minns’ election as NSW begins planning overhaul

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NSW Premier Chris Minns
Since Chris Minns was elected premier in March 2023, big development companies have signed up to Iemma Patterson Premier Advisory (IPPA). Photograph: Bianca De Marchi/AAP

Property developers in New South Wales have flocked to the lobbying firm of former premier Morris Iemma – political mentor to the current premier Chris Minns – as the government embarks on the most extensive changes to the state’s planning laws in two decades.

Since Minns was elected premier in March 2023, big development companies have signed up to Iemma Patterson Premier Advisory (IPPA), where Iemma and the former Liberal MP Chris Patterson are the principals.

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