Page 78 - Week 01 - Tuesday, 22 February 1994
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LAND (PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT) ACT - VARIATIONS TO THE
TERRITORY PLAN
Papers and Ministerial Statement
MR WOOD (Minister for Education and Training, Minister for the Arts and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning): Madam Speaker, for the information of members, I present approval of variation No. 6 to the Territory Plan for Kingston, section 25, blocks 4, 5 and 6, pursuant to section 29 of the Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991 - in accordance with the provisions of the Act, these variations are tabled with the background papers, a copy of the summaries and reports, and a copy of any direction or report required; approval of variation No. 4 to the Territory Plan for Richardson, section 450, block 1, Tuggeranong Homestead, pursuant to section 29 of the Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991 - in accordance with the provisions of the Act, these variations are tabled with the background papers, a copy of the summaries and reports, and a copy of any direction or report required; and approval of variation No. 5 to the Territory Plan for North Watson, sections 61 to 64, 72, 73, 74, 76, 79, 80 and 83, and approval of variation No. 12 to the Territory Plan for Lyons, section 41, block 1, part, and section 55, block 6, part, both pursuant to section 29 of the Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991. For both of those variations, in accordance with the provisions of the Act, these variations are tabled with the background papers, a copy of the summaries and reports, and a copy of any direction or report required. I ask for leave to make a brief statement.
Leave granted.
MR WOOD: Madam Speaker, my colleague Mr Lamont, chairman of the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Committee, has tabled his committee's reports on several significant variations to the Territory Plan. Pursuant to the planning Act, I now table variations 4, 5, 6 and 12 to the Territory Plan. For the last three hours or thereabouts, members have spoken at length about those variations. Mr Kaine made some remarks. You cannot win with Mr Kaine. On the last one he said, "Why did the community have to initiate it? Why is the Planning Authority not initiating it?". Strangely, he did not say that about the three previous variations, which had been initiated by the Planning Authority.
There are times when we get caned because it is claimed that we are reactive and not proactive in the Planning Authority. The Planning Authority has set down a very good structure to examine these issues. That comment is relevant also to the guidelines. Mr Kaine earlier today commented on the guidelines that had been prepared. The fact is that they were being prepared at the end stage of the Territory Plan; and not too far ahead of that, because one could not be sure how that Territory Plan was going to finish. It could not have been done at quite the same time. Mr Kaine wanted to know why it is happening now and has taken so long.
Mr Kaine: I did nothing of the kind. I simply suggested that they should be adopted as part of the Territory Plan.
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