Page 5206 - Week 17 - Thursday, 13 December 1990
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Mr Speaker, I table the Forward Estimates report 1991-92 to 1993-94 and move:
That the Assembly takes note of the paper.
Debate (on motion by Ms Follett) adjourned.
PLANNING AND LAND USE - DRAFT LEGISLATION
Ministerial Statement and Papers
MR KAINE (Chief Minister), by leave: Mr Speaker, it gives me pleasure to table the revised draft Bills in the Government's package of planning and land use legislation, together with related documentation. The planning and land use legislation consists of five draft Bills. They are the Planning Bill, the Heritage Bill, the Environmental Assessments and Inquiries Bill, the Land Use (Approvals and Orders) Bill and the Land Administration Bill. This, incidentally, was previously called the Land (Leases and Management) Bill.
As members will recall, these Bills were released progressively for public consultation earlier this year. This resulted in the provision of many detailed and thoughtful submissions, providing comments and suggested amendments to the draft legislation. Many submissions expressed the view that more time was needed to examine the Government's proposals in detail, given their importance to all sectors of the community. It was in response to this view that I undertook to release the draft Bills for an additional period of public consultation as soon as they had been revised to take into account comments already received.
The tabling and release of the revised Bills today gives effect to that undertaking. The Government has given careful consideration to all the submissions received and the revised Bills reflect the extent to which it has been possible to accommodate the wide range of views expressed. In view of the subject matter of the planning and land use package, it is neither surprising nor disappointing that the opinions expressed should be diverse. The challenge for the Government has therefore been to achieve a balance between competing attitudes and values, and to adopt an approach which we believe to be in the interests of the community as a whole.
Mr Speaker, I should like to take this opportunity to commend the efforts of all those who took the trouble to provide submissions during the first round of consultation and thus contribute to the further development of the planning and land use package. Their comments have improved the overall quality of the package, both by raising significant policy issues and by suggesting numerous technical or legal amendments to enhance the
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