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CONSERVATION, HERITAGE AND ENVIRONMENT AND TOURISM
AND A.C.T. PROMOTION - STANDING COMMITTEES
Membership
MR HUMPHRIES, by leave: I move:
That Mr Stefaniak be appointed as a member of the Standing Committee on Conservation, Heritage and Environment and the Standing Committee on Tourism and ACT Promotion.
Madam Speaker, I bring to the Assembly's attention that these are the two committees on which Mr Westende served on behalf of the Liberal Party. Mr Stefaniak, as Liberal spokesman in the areas of business, the environment and tourism, will be filling the shoes Mr Westende has vacated.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
CONSERVATION, HERITAGE AND ENVIRONMENT -
STANDING COMMITTEE
Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve - Draft Management Plan
MR MOORE: Madam Speaker, I seek leave to make a statement on the Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve management plan.
Leave granted.
MR MOORE: I rise today to inform the Assembly of the consideration by the Standing Committee on Conservation, Heritage and Environment of the draft management plan for the Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve, which was referred to the committee pursuant to the Land (Planning and Environment) Act. On 15 June 1994, the Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning, Mr Wood, wrote to the committee requesting that the committee consider the draft plan of management for the Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve. Accompanying his letter was a report on the public consultation processes associated with the development of the plan.
The Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve, which is situated at the eastern end of Lake Burley Griffin, is one of the most important areas of wetland habitat in the ACT. It contains habitat of international importance in the conservation of migratory species of water birds and is an important source of food, shelter and breeding sites for many of the species of water birds that frequent the Southern Highlands. The draft management plan has been prepared by the ACT Parks and Conservation Service. It describes how the wetland is to be managed to enhance its conservation, educational and recreational value.
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