South Coast Labour Council secretary Arthur Rorris yesterday sent a terse letter to the Lands Minister, inviting him to a public meeting to discuss the redevelopment.

"This, we believe, is the least we should expect from the NSW Government given the total lack of consultation on this matter up until now," Mr Rorris said in the letter.

Speaking on behalf of the Reclaim Our City campaign, which has fought redevelopment of the harbour area, Mr Rorris accused the State Government of conducting a "secretive and exclusive process".

Mr Kelly, through a spokesman, did not accept or reject the invitation.

The letter came not long after one of Wollongong's state-appointed administrators criticised the Government's expression of interest process as "too wide and open".

Administrator Robert McGregor last week said Wollongong City Council was preparing a submission aimed at warning the government against any "rampant development" of the harbour.

"We will put a pretty clear position in the very near future about what we would see as appropriate or inappropriate," he said.

Six alternate visions for the harbour are presently being assessed behind closed doors at the Department of Lands.

Bound by its expression of interest process, the State Government has consistently refused public access to the proposals.

However, Mr Kelly last month bowed to community criticism and said he would pull together disparate stockholders, including some of his harshest critics, into a consultative committee.

The new consultative committee would not be able to view any of the proposals, but instead provide broad recommendations.