Page 4505 - Week 12 - Thursday, 24 October 2019

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(1) Canberra Health Services (CHS) Winter Management Plan was endorsed by the CHS Health Services Executive Committee on 28 May 2019 for commencement on 11 July 2019.

Municipal services—dog management

Mr Steel (in reply to a supplementary question by Ms Lawder on Wednesday, 25 September 2019):

I receive regular updates from my Directorate on the actions taken by the Compliance Targeting Team. Since its commencement, the Compliance Targeting Team has not issued any notices in relation to second or subsequent offences.

As of 18 October 2019, the Compliance Targeting Team has had 1,436 engagements and issued 97 Warning Notices and 27 Infringement Notices. Of these, 953 related to dog engagements, with one person issued an infringement for keeping an unregistered dog and 36 warning notices issued for:

Ø Not carrying equipment for removal of faeces – 2 warnings,

Ø Keeping a dog not de-sexed without a permit – 7 warnings,

Ø Person keeping an unregistered dog – 23 warnings, and

Ø Carer with dog not on leash in a public place – 4 warnings.

Municipal services—littering

Mr Steel (in reply to a question and a supplementary question by Ms Lawder on Thursday, 26 September 2019):

The option to report litter and illegal dumping has not been removed from the Fix My Street portal. Under a new design finalised in June 2019, the drop-down menus were replaced with grouped icons. The litter and illegal dumping reporting option has been included under every icon.

There was a 2% increase in the reporting of littering and illegal dumping in the three months following the portal’s implementation when compared to the preceding three months.

Housing—Taylor

Ms Berry (in reply to a supplementary question by Ms Le Couteur on Thursday, 26 September 2019):

When a developer purchases land subject to an affordable housing requirement, these requirements are clearly listed in the contract documents, and will include:

the required number of affordable housing dwellings;

requirements for the finishes and inclusions of the affordable housing dwellings;

requirements relating to the Development Application process;


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