Page 1514 - Week 04 - Thursday, 12 April 2018

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Public housing is not a permissible use under the zoning on the site. In 2012 Territory Plan Variation (TPV) 302 (which included public consultation as part of the process of the TPV), saw a further restriction added to the O’Malley Precinct Code which prohibits the development of residential aged care and supportive housing.

The site has been zoned for community uses for a number of years and given the growth in this area, it was considered appropriate timing to provide a community facility as planned. The site was identified for release in the 2017-18 to 2020-21 Indicative Land Release Program (published in June 2017).

The release is now on hold until further investigation.

Light rail—local employment

Ms Fitzharris (in reply to a question by Mr Wall on Thursday, 22 March 2018):

The ACT Government is not privy to the length of time individual workers on the light rail project have lived in Canberra.

The ACT Government does not have details of the exact employment arrangements between Canberra Metro and its employees with regard to whether there are fly-in, fly-out arrangements or not. However, it is highly likely that some employees commute from other major metropolitan centres.

To date 78% of workforce during the construction phase is from Canberra and the surrounding region.


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