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‘Ignorant’: former Labor MP condemns Minns government for threatening Blue Mountains protesters over historic site


Former home affairs minister Bob Debus, who served in the Rudd government, throws his support behind Clairvaux in Katoomba

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The state government has threatened to treat First Nations and environmental groups as trespassers if they continue to use a historic home in the Blue Mountains that was once an infamous “house of horrors” but was reclaimed as a community hub.

But a former state and federal MP and stalwart of the Labor party has criticised the Minns government as “unethical” and “ignorant”, for enforcing the eviction of the groups from Clairvaux in Katoomba.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/26/ignorant-former-labor-mp-condemns-minns-government-for-threatening-blue-mountains-protesters-over-historic-site

Author : Kelly Burke

Publish date : 2025-10-26 01:56:00

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