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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2003 Week 6 Hansard (17 June) . . Page.. 1945 ..
MRS DUNNE
(continuing):of discussion and debate on a number of occasions in this place since 1998. The negotiations for redevelopment of the land leased by the Croatian Deakin Soccer Club began in 1998 and have involved intensive consultation with members of the community, the Burley Griffin Local Area Planning and Advisory Committee, other government agencies and members of the Assembly.
It was in 2000 that the then government made an agreement with the Croatian Deakin Football Club Incorporated to give it a new concessional lease over the oval and the grant for adjacent land for residential units. I will not labour the chronology of events which have overtaken this development proposal. Needless to say, it has had a contentious history over some five years.
At 5.00 pm, in accordance with standing order 34, the debate was interrupted. The motion for the adjournment of the Assembly having been put and negatived, the debate was resumed.
MRS DUNNE
: The committee recommends that draft variation 150 be adopted so the period of uncertainty for both the community and the developers can cease and the project can move along. The committee particularly refers members to chapter 3 of its report, as there are lessons to be learned by both present and future governments from processes that attended this project.The manner in which these processes have been transacted, in fits and starts over five years, has left this committee with its ability to objectively consider the land-use policy somewhat compromised. The issues have become clouded by matters relating to the process.
The committee also recommends that this draft variation, when adopted, be accompanied by attention being given to the safety aspects of adjacent and adjoining blocks in Deakin, as suggested by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in its decision of 20 March this year. I commend the report to the Assembly. I move:
That the report be noted.
Debate (on motion by Mr Corbell ) adjourned to the next sitting.
Report No 18
MRS DUNNE (5.04): I present the following report:
Report No. 18-Draft Variation to the Territory Plan No 207-Oaks Estate Section 7 Blocks 4, 5, 6, 9 to 14; Section 10; Section 12 Blocks 23, 24, 25; and Section 15 Blocks 1, 2, dated May 2003, together with a copy of the extracts of the relevant minutes of proceedings.
The report was circulated to members out of session on 5 June. I move:
That the report be noted.
Members will note that the minister responded to this report earlier today. Draft variation 207 is the first Territory Plan variation applying to the Oaks Estate area. A review of
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