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parkland and not build a car park on Weston section 75, block 2. The committee notes that block 2, section 75 Weston is zoned as CFZ—community facilities zone.
The committee notes that the minister’s response to the petition, under standing order 100, made reference to a development application for the land, DA-202037191, which was lodged with the authority on 20 May 2020 and publicly notified from 28 May to 19 June 2020. Fifty-six representations were received as part of this process. The minister noted:
The decision on this development application is a matter for the authority… Petition No 5-20 forms part of the representations received during the formal public notification period. I am also informed by the authority that they are aware of the issues raised in the petition, and representations received during the public notification period will be considered as part of the authority’s assessment.
Development applications—DAs—are an independent public administrative process and it would be inappropriate for the committee, as a part of the ACT Legislative Assembly, to inquire into, offer any advice on or otherwise be involved in any DA process. Additionally, as the Standing Committee on Planning and Urban Renewal has already undertaken an inquiry into DV344, Weston town centre, which considered a number of the planning and zoning issues raised in this petition, the committee has determined that it will not be holding an additional inquiry at this time.
Executive business—precedence
Ordered that executive business be called on.
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Bill 2020
Debate resumed from 23 July 2020, on motion by Mr Rattenbury:
That this bill be agreed to in principle.
Debate (on motion by Mr Hanson) adjourned to a later hour.
Education Amendment Bill 2020
Debate resumed from 23 July 2020, on motion by Ms Berry:
That this bill be agreed to in principle.
MS LEE (Kurrajong) (11.10): The Education Amendment Bill, as the minister has previously told the Assembly, is not a significant bill in the parliamentary sense. As is usual in the electoral cycle, it is an attempt to tidy up loose ends in current legislation, and that is what this bill does. It covers a number of amendments to the Education Act 2004 and also responds to recommendations in the report by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
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