Sydney stadium gets stay of execution after court ruling

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The Land and Environment Court halts the hard demolition of the Sydney Football Stadium while it prepares a judgement on a legal challenge to prevent the $730 million plan knock it down and build a new arena.

while they prepare a judgement on a legal challenge on its reconstruction.

Speaking in court today, Local Democracy Matters' barrister Tim Robertson SC said the matter was urgent because the process was"moving from so-called soft demolition to hard demolition". "It's the initiating step to destroying the stadium," he said. "This is not the demolition of a toilet block — this is a demolition of exceptional value." Philip Clay SC, representing Waverley Council, told the court there was significant public interest in the case.

 

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