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Help! Trump’s ballroom blitz is turning me into a NIMBY

Michael Koziol North America correspondent October 29, 2025 — 3.30pm

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but where the hell is this guy’s planning permit?

Three years covering urban affairs in Sydney made me highly critical of planning systems – in NSW, certainly, but also more broadly.

Typically, there is no level of minutiae that planners don’t want to be involved in. Whether it’s zoning, building heights, setbacks, heritage or window sizes, you can bet there’s a rule for it and a convoluted process to follow.

Indeed, City of Sydney council planners are assessing a development application from Deicorp to put temporary, non-illuminated signage bearing the company’s name on

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