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Glamping trial in national parks does not make for happy campers

The Herald's View October 27, 2025 — 4.52pm

Prime NSW national park campsites are being loved to death, and the cash-strapped Minns government has seized on the overcrowding as a potentially tidy little earner to help pay the bills and guarantee glamping spots for the better-heeled while bumping the rest to the back of the queue.

However, the proposal to partly privatise national park campsites is sure to be met strong opposition as some fear it is the end of NSW wilderness as many know it and a possible wedge for further privatisation of recreation and conservation lands.

The National Parks and Wildlife Service has called for expressions of interest from businesses t

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