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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 8 Hansard (29 August) . . Page.. 2560 ..
MR SMYTH (continuing):
I present, for the information of members, the government's response to the work of the select committee. In preparing the government's response to the select committee report, I have also sought the views of the Workers Compensation Monitoring Committee.
The government plans to introduce a bill to amend the Workers' Compensation Act 1951 later this year. This bill will substantially incorporate the intent and direction of not only the select committee report, but also the report of the Workers Compensation Monitoring Committee.
The attached response details the government's position in relation to each of the recommendations of the select committee's report.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
MR SMYTH (Minister for Urban Services): For the information of members, I present:
Land (Planning and Environment) Act, pursuant to section 29-Variation (No 110) to the Territory Plan relating to the Heritage Places Register, together with 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 statement.
Leave granted.
MR SMYTH: Variation No 110 to the Territory Plan proposes to enter a further three places onto the Heritage Places Register as part of the Territory Plan. Those three places are the Northbourne oval in Braddon, the Ainslie primary and public schools at Braddon, and the Ginninderra village complex at Nicholls. In response to the issues raised during the consultation process, a number of revisions have been made to the original draft variation.
In particular, in response to concerns expressed by the community about the reference to educational use in the conservation policy for the Ainslie primary and public schools, the policy was revised as follows:
The features intrinsic to the heritage significance of the place are to be conserved, maintained and used, consistent with the heritage significance of the place and reflecting its role in the educational and cultural history of Canberra.
The Standing Committee on Planning and Urban Services considered the revised draft variation and released report No 46 of April 2000. In its report, the committee recommended that draft variation No 110 to the Territory Plan re Heritage Places Register be endorsed, with a further amendment to the conservation policy for Ainslie school. The report recommends that the conservation policy be amended to include a reference that states that "the site's conservation is best achieved through continued use
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