Independent Review – Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
In October 2019 the Federal Minister for the Environment commissioned an independent review of the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust (SHFT), which manages significant landholdings in Mosman. The results of this review were released in June this year, including recommendations that the SHFT operate as an ongoing (rather than a transitional) entity and that all Trust sites remain in public hands. The review also identified the need for much stronger collaboration with the NSW Government and local councils to support a ‘whole of Harbour’ approach to foreshore public lands. Council noted the review findings and resolved to write to both the Minister for the Environment and Chair of the SHFT reiterating its desire for greater involvement of local government in the management of Trust sites, as well as a more specific role in future planning for the 10 Terminal site at Middle Head.
