Page 1686 - Week 05 - Thursday, 11 May 2017
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MR DOSZPOT: Chief Minister, as part of stage 2 what incentive is the government considering to give to developers in order to accelerate development on the corridor?
MR BARR: I do not believe there will be a need to provide incentives. I think there is a pretty clear indication from what is happening in the stage 1 corridor that without government incentives the private sector will respond in terms of their own landholdings and we are seeing a very significant renewal of the privately owned buildings occurring along the Northbourne corridor, in the Gungahlin town centre and along other elements of the stage 1 route.
The government does have some land that sits within our land release forward program that is associated with stage 2. As I have indicated, I have no doubt that the Woden town centre and the significant opportunities that present themselves there for both the government and private sector owned urban renewal projects that will take place associated with light rail stage 2 present an exciting opportunity for urban renewal in the Woden town centre. That is something that we will discuss further with the community, beginning of course with the roundtable that Minister Gentleman is holding later this month. That discussion will continue over the coming years.
Bimberi Youth Justice Centre—detainees
MRS KIKKERT: My question is to the Minister for Disability, Children and Youth. Minister, multiple sources have brought to my attention that young people in the territory are posting on social media sites photographs of themselves taken inside the Bimberi Youth Justice Centre. Under what circumstances is it acceptable for photographs of detainees to be taken inside Bimberi?
MS STEPHEN-SMITH: I am aware of one particular incident that Mrs Kikkert refers to but I am not sure how much I am able to say about that. It is one particular matter. I would describe it as an incident, actually. I am not sure I am able to say about that; so I will take the question on notice.
MRS KIKKERT: The minister did not answer my question. My question was: under what circumstances is it acceptable for photographs—
MADAM SPEAKER: Mrs Kikkert, do you have a supplementary question to ask?
MRS KIKKERT: I do. She did not answer the question. Can you please put that on notice, if that is how it works?
MS STEPHEN-SMITH: I just said that I would.
MRS KIKKERT: Thank you. Under what circumstances might detainees have access to social media sites?
MS STEPHEN-SMITH: I thank Mrs Kikkert for her supplementary question and note that I did take the first question on notice.
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