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Above all, it needs to be understood, that whatever council recommends, the NSW Government Minister of Planning will be the final arbiter.


Ian Brown

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IAN MACKAYE To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.
IAN MACKAYE Music is a language and different people who come along are each using that language to do something...
IAN MACKAYE An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means yo...
IAN MACKAYE What we did ten years ago with the Playstation was a phenomenal success story for the company. That ...
IAN JACKSON I think PSP is going to be the most successful handheld entertainment device ever. What it will do i...
IAN JACKSON I think it's going to deliver on the promises we've said it's going to and it is going t...
IAN JACKSON If we deliver on those promises, we'll have done our job, and we did it with PSOne, and we certa...
IAN JACKSON