Page 3866 - Week 15 - Tuesday, 15 December 1992
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CANBERRA IN THE YEAR 2020 STUDY
Ministerial Statement
MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (3.12): Madam Speaker, I ask for leave of the Assembly to make a ministerial statement on the "Canberra in the Year 2020" study.
Leave granted.
MS FOLLETT: I thank members. Madam Speaker, on 20 August of this year the Assembly passed a motion:
That the Government inquire into and report on strategic planning in the ACT addressing the key question "What should Canberra be like in the year 2020?".
The motion requires the Government to provide quarterly reports on the progress of the study to the Assembly, with a final report on the first sitting day in August 1993.
I present the first quarterly report of the "Canberra in the Year 2020" study and I move:
That the Assembly takes note of the papers.
Madam Speaker, the report provides an outline of past strategic plans in Canberra and their applicability in the city today. It discusses potential social, environmental, technological and demographic trends which will impact on our quality of life in the ACT, and briefly outlines the fundamental goals, trends and challenges over the next three decades. The progress report also sets out the process by which the "Canberra in the Year 2020" study will be completed.
The study will be undertaken in four stages, coinciding with the reporting requirements of the Assembly motion. The tabled report represents the end of the preliminary work undertaken in the first stage. In the second stage of the study a number of issues papers will be prepared, to raise key issues and options for the range of subject areas mentioned in the Assembly's motion. These issues papers will form the basis for discussions with a range of government and non-government bodies during the third stage of the study. These discussions will further develop the issues and options raised in the issues papers and form the basis for the final report. The final stage of the study will draw conclusions based on the issues papers and discussions, and develop goals, implementation strategies and evaluation and review processes as called for in the Assembly's motion. At the completion of this stage a final report will be presented to the Assembly.
Madam Speaker, the approach set out in the tabled report allows for the participation of members of key government advisory groups and also members of peak non-government bodies in the ACT. The principal avenue of community participation will be through the "Canberra in the Year 2020" Reference Group, which will be formed to provide input to the development and review of issues papers and the final report.
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