Page 641 - Week 02 - Thursday, 23 March 2023
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Canberra community. It also shows us the scale of these reforms. Between 1 November and 3 March, there were over 70,000 views of the YourSay page and over 1,000 contributions to the page. There were over 80,000 downloads of documents, with the most popular documents being the Territory Plan and the Territory Plan snapshots, as well as the technical specifications and the district strategy summary.
Feedback is being coordinated within the directorate, as we work through the next steps of the project. Generally speaking, what we have heard so far centres on interest in the planning for possible change areas, the protection of environment as a key consideration in planning, the importance of having shops, parks and services close to where people live, and providing housing diversity and housing affordability.
We have also heard some really good feedback from the community about the introduction of district-level planning through the district strategies. I want to thank the Canberra community for their interest and engagement in this process. I am looking forward to delivering the new system later in the year.
DR PATERSON: Minister, what are the next steps in the planning review project?
MR GENTLEMAN: I thank Dr Paterson for her question. We are working through the hundreds of substantive submissions on the draft new Territory Plan and draft district strategies that were received in the consultation period. This week submissions on the Territory Plan have been uploaded to the project’s YourSay web page. More submissions will be uploaded as they are processed. There will also be a listening report released which will summarise and respond in general terms to the feedback and consultation report. Once the consultation report and revised documents are prepared, these will be considered further by government.
The government response to the Standing Committee on Planning, Transport and City Services report on the inquiry into the Planning Bill 2022 will be tabled in the Assembly by 22 April this year, as is required. It is the government’s intention, pending feedback on the draft district strategies and the Territory Plan, and consequent amendments to the Planning Bill, to finalise debate on the bill in the middle of this year. The new planning system will come into effect after this.
Mr Acting Speaker, I have previously provided much of this information to the committee as well, which I know that you have seen. I am pleased also to be able to provide it to the Assembly today. This is a mammoth project, and it is one that the government is proud of. We are making our planning system easier to use and ensuring that it is focused on sustainability and the growth of our city.
Canberra Health Services—data security
MS CASTLEY: My question is to the Minister for Mental Health. I refer to reports in Today’s Canberra Times entitled, “Data Abuse victim’s outrage turned to fury after privacy breach”. In it, a victim of a previous privacy breach bravely speaks up and says that she is “outraged” and that, in her view, “the right lessons have not been learnt”. The current breach is in the same area of mental health as previous ones, and she said:
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