HERE IS MORE PROOF THAT R2COUPE IS FULL OF SHIT.
His entire flood argument was based around this document.
https://majorprojects.affinitylive.com/public/b3b61a272ebb9c78e1b6827e9c6fcefb/Office%20of%20Environment%20and%20Heritage%20comments_%2022%20November%202011.pdf
Which is a state govt submission response to the DA that ive only just got around to reading.
Coupes 'smoking gun' is this paragraph.
"Suitable arrangements for floodwater and overland flow need to be considered from the earliest stages of the design process, particularly when the site is identified as being on a floodplain".
You can read the whole document yourself (cant copy and paste) to find out that Coupe is using this waaaaaaaaaay out of context. This is a standard, generic government phrase that has been pasted in to this document, as it is to ALL DAs (and it further goes on to list what the developer needs to submit re flooding, aboriginal heritage, wetlands, heritage blah blah blah very, very standard stuff). NOWHERE DOES IT ACTUALLY SAY THAT THE AREA OF THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT IS ON A FLOODPLAIN. It merely says that certain steps need to be taken IF the site is identified as being on a floodplain and suggests that the developer needs to implement a 12 month study to find out if it is! It even suggests later on that underground parking can be considered "with the right mitigation plan".