North-Eastern Metropolitan Region
Aiv PUGLIELLI (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:50): (1843) My question today is to the Minister for Transport Infrastructure. Earlier this year I asked about the large number of non-disclosure agreements that residents around the North East Link project have been forced to sign in exchange for compensation following damage to their properties caused by this project. Minister, in your response you mentioned that these confidentiality agreements are necessary ‘in managing the private information of individuals and for security purposes’. I just want to be clear whether the minister is seriously trying to tell people in this state that they are being forced to sign NDAs which forbid them from talking about the damage this project is causing to their homes for their own privacy? Do we actually think people are going to buy that? ‘Sign this NDA; it’s for your own good, trust us.’ I mean, what? Minister, I ask: will you ensure that residents are able to freely share their experiences about this project when the inevitable future damage is caused to people’s homes by this terrible toll road?