Page 2562 - Week 12 - Wednesday, 15 November 1989
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like to add that I do have in my office a detailed and precise list of the building approvals which have been made since May of this year and I will make those available to the Assembly this afternoon.
MR COLLAERY: I ask a supplementary question, Mr Speaker. I also asked whether the Minister was contemplating any development approvals outside the Canberra Times site, which I exclude from this question. Is he contemplating any in the central area of Canberra City - I will put it more precisely - within, say, 300 metres of this building?
MR WHALAN: Mr Collaery has asked whether the Government is considering any development projects within 300 metres of this building. Quite clearly, when somebody wishes to proceed with a development he will approach the Government at various levels, sometimes through the department; sometimes through the planning authority, the ITPA; indeed, sometimes through the National Capital Planning Authority. The area within 300 metres of this building is included in the Parliamentary Triangle, and we do not know what approaches have been made to the NCPA in relation to the Parliamentary Triangle.
However, we do know from information that has been made available that there have been some proposals in relation to Civic and the ANZ Bank project, none of which has proceeded to the approval stage. I am not quite sure what the present status of that particular project is. There is also the proposal in relation to a building in Petrie Plaza. Both of those have been delayed to a certain extent pending the outcome of the Canberra Times decision. There is a further proposal for the redevelopment of section 10, which is the site on the other side of the Amdahl Building on the other side of the street. That would involve two sites there - the Olympic Bowl site and the YMCA. There is a proposal for the joint development of that to provide office accommodation to consolidate the Australian Taxation Office on that one particular site. Of course, every man and his dog have come forward with a proposal to redevelop the Civic Pool.
A member: Or woman.
MR WHALAN: I am sorry; every man, woman and child and their dogs and cats have come forward with proposals for the redevelopment of the Civic Pool.
Nurses
MR STEFANIAK: My question is to the Minister for Community Services and Health. Can the Minister tell us why the Royal Australian Nursing Federation is supporting the removal from the interim hospitals board of the democratically elected ACT nurses' representative on the board? Will the Minister allow this union interference to
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