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Section 181 of the act requires the Minister for the Environment and Heritage to refer the plan, and a report on public consultation, to the relevant committee, being in this case the Standing Committee on Environment and Transport and City Services, for consideration. The act requires the committee’s consideration of the plan within six months. The committee has discretion whether to refer the plan for an inquiry, which it has chosen to do. The committee will present its report to the Assembly in the first sitting week of 2018.
Planning and Urban Renewal—Standing Committee
Statement by chair
MS LE COUTEUR (Murrumbidgee): Pursuant to standing order 246A, I wish to make a statement on behalf of the Standing Committee on Planning and Urban Renewal relating to petition No 6-17. The petition was received by the Assembly on 21 March 2017 and was referred to the committee under standing order 99A. This petition requested that the Assembly stop the proposed development of a KFC drive-through at Gold Creek Village, raising concerns about the potential impact of the development on the heritage-listed buildings as well as on the existing character and ambience of the village.
The committee notes that the minister’s response to the petition under standing order 100 indicates that the development application in question, currently under assessment, has attracted several representations raising similar concerns to that contained in the petition. The committee also notes that the decision on the development application is expected shortly and that the minister has clearly indicated in his response that the government will not be stepping in to determine the DA. Following consideration of the petition and the minister’s response, the committee has determined that it will not be holding an inquiry into the matter at this time.
Executive business—precedence
Ordered that executive business be called on.
Holidays (Reconciliation Day) Amendment Bill 2017
Debate resumed from 17 August 2017, on motion by Ms Stephen-Smith:
That this bill be agreed to in principle.
MR RATTENBURY (Kurrajong) (11.11): I rise today to give my and the Greens’ support to the Holidays (Reconciliation Day) Amendment Bill. Reconciliation Day is an important symbol of our shared commitment to advancing reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians. At a time when Australians are presented with proposals to incorporate an Indigenous voice into our constitution, Reconciliation Day will be a day for Canberrans to actively contribute to the conversation about reconciliation, constitutional change and our collective sense of nationhood.
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