Page 1489 - Week 05 - Tuesday, 9 May 2017
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government’s priorities, including social inclusion, affordable housing, real engagement and consultation with the community, and diversifying Canberra’s economy. As Canberra’s population grows towards half a million, it is vital that the delivery of coordinated development in both the city and our suburbs is pursued. This bill provides the framework to enable government, business and the community to work together to build Canberra’s future in a strategic and focused manner, and in a way that the community wants.
I note that the Chief Minister will move further government amendments to this bill during the detail stage of debate. I am also aware that there are several other amendments that will be proposed from other parties.
In addition to establishing the CRA and the SLA, the bill’s objects clearly articulate the government’s development policies and include the right balance to ensure that Canberrans benefit from our growing city. The bill’s objects are to: promote and facilitate the orderly and efficient delivery of residential, commercial and industrial development in the public interest, including urban renewal; promote development that is environmentally sustainable and applies innovative environmental building and public domain design; and support, encourage and facilitate public and private sector investment and participation in the development of the city.
These objects detail what the government wishes to achieve through this bill: orderly and efficient delivery of development in the ACT. The underlying principles of development that the government wishes to promote include environmental sustainability and good design, and that all development in the ACT is the shared responsibility of both the public and private sectors.
The bill includes promoting urban renewal in the ACT. It is important to detail what that term means, as it is a key element of the bill, and what the CRA and the SLA will deliver for Canberrans. The bill defines urban renewal as supporting, promoting, encouraging, facilitating or delivering development, including residential, commercial, industrial, capital works, public infrastructure and land improvements. Urban renewal includes carrying out work on public land, and reviewing and giving advice about work and development proposed to be carried out on private land. It is important to note that the CRA and the SLA will deliver urban renewal, the CRA within urban renewal precincts declared by the minister and the SLA in areas outside those declared precincts.
Part 2 of the bill establishes and governs the operation of the CRA. Section 8 of the bill lists the CRA’s objects, which include encouraging and promoting a vibrant city through the delivery of design-led, people-focused urban renewal; encouraging and promoting social and environmental sustainability; and operating commercially in accordance with sound risk management practices.
Section 34 of the bill provides that the minister may determine an area to be an urban renewal precinct. Precinct-based approaches have been successful in projects like South Bank in Brisbane and Elizabeth Quay in Perth.
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