Peter Downes
Planning NSW

Because of Australia's constitution, the New South Wales state and local
governments, rather than the Commonwealth, must protect observing
conditions for the Siding Spring Observatories. This presentation
describes the evolving planning controls used to try to achieve good
lighting in the land area visible from the observatories.

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Peter Downes, Senior Policy Officer at Planning NSW, is a member of a
Work Group revising the Regional Environmental Plan for SSO.  He is well
suited to talk about Australian Government issues and Light Pollution.
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