QUENTIN DEMPSTER: The revelations of developer compromise at Wollongong City Council has devastated the Local Government Association's campaign to resist the State Government taking over many of its planning powers. It adds weight to Planning Minister Frank Sartor's reform proposals for the appointment of expert DA assessment panels.

KEN MORRISON, PROPERTY COUNCIL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: There is a lot more we can do to corruption proof our system, and some of the changes that the Government are talking about will actually do that.