Page 4699 - Week 15 - Wednesday, 7 December 1994
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LEASE VARIATIONS - 1 JULY TO 30 SEPTEMBER 1994
Schedule and Ministerial Statement
MR WOOD (Minister for Education and Training, Minister for the Arts and Heritage and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning): Madam Speaker, for the information of members, I present the schedule of lease variations for the period 1 July to 3 September 1994, and I ask for leave to make a brief statement.
Leave granted.
MR WOOD: Madam Speaker, members will recall that in August I undertook to advise the Assembly of all lease variations approved by my department. I now table the lease variations which have been approved for the period that I indicated. A public record of all applications to vary Crown leases is available at the department's shopfront at the John Overall offices.
CANBERRA IN THE YEAR 2020 STUDY
First Annual Progress Report
MR WOOD (Minister for Education and Training, Minister for the Arts and Heritage and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning) (3.23): Madam Speaker, for the information of members, I present the first annual progress report on the Canberra in the year 2020 study, and I move:
That the Assembly takes note of the paper.
Just over 12 months ago the Chief Minister tabled in this Assembly the Government's report of the Canberra in the year 2020 study. The report, titled "Choosing our future: Canberra in the year 2020", set out a strategic framework for the development of Canberra over the coming decades. The report that I am tabling today represents a record of the Government's achievements over the past year that will help to make the 2020 vision a reality. Some are key strategic developments focusing on long-term impacts on the quality of life in Canberra. Others represent initial steps along the way towards meeting our goals. Nevertheless, they will all contribute to making Canberra a better place in which to live. At the crux of the 2020 vision is the concept that we should retain the qualities that make Canberra unique among Australian cities, as well as the most livable. At the same time, we need to address the areas that can be improved.
This progress report shows that the Government has adopted a balanced approach to strategic development. Many of the initiatives described in the report are setting the stage for a better future as much as dealing with current problems. I would like to outline a few of these key initiatives. The ACT environment strategy will be finalised before the end of the year, after extensive community consultation. The strategy has been developed as a key means of achieving the ecologically sustainable future described in the study.
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