A Hunter Partnership

PREMIER Bob Carr gave an unequivocal guarantee yesterday that the future of some of the most important land in the State more than 900 hectares with waterfront access in the Hunter estuary would be decided by ``locals", rather than ``faceless bureaucrats from Sydney".

Carr Says Local View Will Win

NSW Premier Bob Carr said yesterday the future of thousands of hectares of vacant industrial land around the Hunter River would be decided by "locals", not "faceless bureaucrats from Sydney".