Pressure builds over Western Sydney rezoning that saw land value plummet to $1

The NSW government is facing increasing pressure from within its own ranks to fairly compensate Western Sydney residents impacted by infrastructure projects, including the under-construction international airport.

In the same week as two Liberal MPs were highly critical of their own government for treating some residents unfairly, Labor and the Greens have joined to launch a parliamentary inquiry into land acquisition.

The issue of rezoning and forced acquisitions around the so-called…