

I heard while in mining that breaches of dust and noise result in fines that act more like a relaxation cost when price of coal is high enough.
At some point a law is more like a purchase price for the wealthy when a final sales value of a home could result surpass 5 mill and the “relaxation” fine is only $50k.
The wealthy value time. Time is an equaliser. Put them in jail. 6 months for every tree past the 5 that might have been allowed in 2008.
The council said it was too complex for them and somehow there was no mention of incompetence in the article.
The only answer is they’re too incompetent. He means to say, either the council laws themselves that they create, has too many loopholes like the ambiguous 2008 relaxation, or they aren’t equipped to enforce the laws they have. In other words if you bully them, they’ll fold since they’re not competent to stand up.