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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2001 Week 4 Hansard (28 March) . . Page.. 1050 ..
MR SMYTH (continuing):
Whilst maintenance of the planned hierarchy of centres is regarded as vital, the Plan also allows commercial development to respond, where appropriate, to emerging community needs and business trends. This includes recognition of the growing importance of the service, leisure and tourism areas.
4.1 An appropriate range of commercial activities will be encouraged at each level of the planned hierarchy of Civic, town, group and local centres, and in other selected locations.
4.3 Town centres or business parks will be the preferred location for major new office developments.
5.1 Industrial estates will be situated in locations accessible to suitable freight services and public transport, and where industrial activity is unlikely to have a significant adverse effect on the environment or the amenity of residential areas.
Mr Deputy Speaker, under the agreement between Canberra International Airport and the government, in a set of arrangements announced by the Chief Minister on 19 February, the ACT and the airport have worked together to pursue a number of shared goals. These include:
- developing the airport as an integrated transport hub;
- developing a joint business attraction program which recognises the unique business attributes of an airport location;
- working with the ACT to achieve high levels of defence business;
- the pursuit of a supportive planning environment within the metropolitan, sub-regional and regional context which will encourage certainty and long-term planning stability in the development of the airport; and
- developing a framework to facilitate the timely and appropriate provision of infrastructure.
The government and Canberra International Airport are working together to achieve the development of a fundamentally important piece of infrastructure which will undoubtedly contribute to the ongoing development of Canberra as a growing business environment.
Mr Deputy Speaker, paragraph 2 (c) of Ms Tucker's motion questions a possible failure of the corporation's board to comply with the disclosure of interest provisions of its act. Let me describe the facts as I have been advised. The lease is being negotiated with Canberra International Airport Pty Ltd. Mr James Service is not associated with this company and does not hold any interests in it. His father, Mr Jim Service, is not associated with this company either and holds no interest in it. One CTEC board member, Mr Stephen Byron, is a director of the Canberra International Airport Pty Ltd. Having disclosed his interests, Mr Byron was not involved in any way during the lease negotiation process.
Mr Jim Service-father of James Service-is a director of a separate company, the Capital Airport Group which manages the actual airport. Both Mr Jim Service and Mr Terry Snow have declared that Capital Airport Group has no involvement in the Brindabella Business Park development. Canberra International Airport Pty Ltd and Capital Airport Group are both companies held by Capital Property Corporation Pty Ltd.
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