State opposition leader Barry O’Farrell receives a petition from Parramatta residents. PICTURE: JOHN APPLEYARD
THE oldest profession in the world has caused quite a stir in one of Parramatta’s oldest suburbs of Rydalmere with residents presenting a petition against the latest brothel application to NSW Opposition Leader Barry O’Farrell.
Not one to miss a chance to attack the Government, Mr O’Farrell doesn’t mind becoming Brothel Buster Barry, speaking out against the high concentration of brothels in the industrial area of Rydalmere which happens to be very close to family homes.
O’Farrell has hit out at the Government for “reneging’’ on a guarantee that councils could decide where brothels go when it decriminalised brothels and massage parlours in 1995.
Parramatta Council has found its hands have been tied, with the Land and Environment Court invariably approving applications the council and community do not want.

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