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will be provided to the Leader of the Opposition. We are able to strike the right balance here between being clear and transparent and getting our public services resources focused where we need them. The Greens will not be supporting Ms Lee’s amendment.

Question put:

That the amendments be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Ayes 9

Noes 16

Mr Cain

Mr Barr

Ms Orr

Ms Castley

Ms Berry

Dr Paterson

Mr Coe

Mr Braddock

Mr Pettersson

Mr Hanson

Ms Burch

Mr Rattenbury

Mrs Jones

Ms Cheyne

Mr Steel

Mrs Kikkert

Ms Clay

Ms Stephen-Smith

Ms Lawder

Ms Davidson

Ms Vassarotti

Ms Lee

Mr Davis

Mr Parton

Mr Gentleman

Amendments negatived.

Bill, as a whole, agreed to.

Bill agreed to.

Gungahlin—town centre

MS ORR (Yerrabi) (11.22): I move:

That this Assembly:

(1) notes that:

(a) the development of Gungahlin Town Centre is a matter of note to the residents of Gungahlin;

(b) unlike other more established town centres, Gungahlin is relatively young and has been developed from its earliest days with the ambition of being a genuine mixed-use precinct; and

(c) there is great opportunity to guide the remaining development of the town centre to ensure more recent learnings from practice in the ACT and other jurisdictions are applied to future developments; and

(2) calls on the ACT Government to support the further development of the Gungahlin region and town centre by:

(a) implementing best practice mixed-use development through the planning framework, and allowing for:

(i) specific requirements to achieve a balanced diversity of uses within mixed-use developments including community uses;


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