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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 7 Hansard (29 June) . . Page.. 2258 ..
MR HUMPHRIES (continuing):
Three community sites will also be sold. The program for next year gives significant emphasis to expanding the Gungahlin Town Centre. Four hundred additional residential dwellings will be released, as well as a second retail site and a site for a possible veterinary surgery/hospital.
A key milestone will also be achieved at the Kingston foreshore. The first land release on the site, for approximately 150 residential dwellings, is to be sold along Wentworth Avenue. This is the start of a 10-year program of land releases which, when completed, will see up to 1,900 new dwellings on the foreshore.
As a general principle, land will be released through open competitive processes. This is consistent with the ACT Property Advisory Council's advice in this regard. Open and restricted auctions will be used, although tenders may also be used for significant developments. The timing and number of releases will be determined by market conditions and market demands for additional land. Releases will be made in close consultation with the residential and commercial advisory groups. The work of these groups is essential in having the best possible market information across Canberra and Queanbeyan.
The document tabled today will be circulated to all community councils and LAPACs, and officers from treasury and infrastructure will also offer to consult with them on the program.
MR HUMPHRIES: (Treasurer, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Community Safety): Mr Speaker, I present the following paper:
Electoral Act, pursuant to section 54-Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly Electoral Boundaries Redistribution Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000, dated 22 June 2000-Report by the Augmented ACT Electoral Commission, dated 22 June 2000.
I ask for leave to make a statement.
Leave granted.
MR HUMPHRIES: I have received from the Augmented ACT Electoral Commission a report on the 2000 redistribution of the Legislative Assembly's electoral boundaries, pursuant to section 53 of the Electoral Act 1992. I am required to present a copy of the report to the Assembly under section 54 of the Electoral Act. Members will be interested to note that the augmented commission has determined that the major change to the boundaries is the transfer of Nicholls from Molonglo to Ginninderra.
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