No Miracle On This Agenda

WHAT would Jesus make of planning NSW? This question, which may sound fanciful or even (God forbid) cheeky, is momentarily pertinent. By next week, it'll be over. Then, ideas of the meek inheriting anything, much less the earth, will seem as risible as ever. Come Tuesday, Parliament will, barring a miracle, vote in drastic new planning laws. Until then, though, what Jesus thinks matters. For seven days all that resists the collapse of local democracy in NSW are the twin towers, the reverends Moyes and Nile.