Page 1735 - Week 05 - Wednesday, 5 May 2010
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state of childcare provision in Belconnen. And I think she will also talk about other community facilities in Belconnen.
In paragraph (2)(b), Mr Coe suggests that the government “work with the owner of the land to facilitate the construction of the shops as quickly as possible”. I would be really interested to know more precisely what Mr Coe actually thinks the government should be doing here because he has not said that they have done anything to slow it down.
There probably are some other planning issues. Is Dunlop, in fact, a viable local centre and would its development impact on Kippax and Charnwood? To make Dunlop a viable local centre, does the rest of Dunlop need to be developed? There is some future urban area next to the ACT-New South Wales border. Do we need more development there? As I said before, the question comes back to what levers, if any, the government has to ensure development in the situation, as we have here, that the developer has the land, has put a DA in but does not appear to be overly enthusiastic to actually develop.
I will now, at this stage, move the amendment which was circulated in my name and just go through that very briefly. First off, we are noting that there is a DA and it is still within the legal time frame to be built, which is the fact. In (b), I am happy to take on Mr Barr’s suggestion but I am just not quite sure how I actually do that. I do not think I can move an amendment to my amendment. Possibly Mr Barr has to move that amendment. I agree to delete the words.
Then item (c), as we have all been saying, states:
(c) the residents of Dunlop, like the rest of the ACT, need good access to local shops and community centres;
So in (2) we call upon the ACT government “to work with the owner of the land through any problems there may be in the construction of the shops”.
In (b) we state:
(b) provide the Members of the Legislative Assembly with a link to the current development application information on the ACTPLA site and to the new development application;
In (c), I am happy to agree basically with Mr Coe that members of the Legislative Assembly should be informed of progress. But I think we should wait until the end of 2010. So, hopefully, there will be some progress to inform us.
With that, I would like to move my amendment, preferably with the two changes that I just foreshadowed, getting rid of the incorrect reference to the application yet being notified. Could the clerks tell me if I cannot do it?
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: You need to seek leave to amend your amendment.
MS LE COUTEUR: I seek leave to amend my amendment.
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