Meeting labels land plan unpopular and perplexing

More than 30 people attended a meeting on the draft regional land use plan for the Upper Hunter, held at Muswellbrook library last week. Six NSW government representatives faced farmers, vignerons and others criticising the plan and the maps of important land that requires protection. Many in the audience arrived angry and left puzzled at the bureaucratic process that had produced what they said were faulty maps and a plan that failed to safeguard their livelihoods, reports the Muswellbrook Chronicle.