Page 155 - Week 01 - Wednesday, 14 February 1990
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That brings me back to the draft National Capital Plan. It provided a sense of security for people who read it and who saw that it wanted to keep that in balance, that it wanted to save us. At this stage, we have not had an Interim Territory Planning Authority plan, and that is probably the major problem. People are not prepared to trust what they do not know, and they have indications that they ought not be prepared to trust it. Those indications have come from the Labor Party and Liberal Party, and that is what the problem is. I believe that, given the complete control of all the leasehold, as Mr Whalan has suggested, the Liberal Party will change it to a freehold system. It will sell off our land, the land of the people of Canberra.
Mr Kaine: It's never been in our policy. Where do you get that from? It has never been in our policy, Michael. You're quite wrong.
MR MOORE: Mr Kaine interjects and says it has never been in their policy. I am sure I have read it, but hearing that is just such wonderful news to me. I am delighted.
Mr Kaine: It has often been misrepresented by the Labor Party, but it has never been in our policy, I assure you.
MR MOORE: I cannot express my delight to hear such a thing. Therefore, allow me to withdraw any implications that that would be the case. It is a great fear that the best land system in Australia could be ruined by any government. In this area, I am very strongly in agreement with the Residents Rally. Earlier in the day Mrs Grassby referred to a paper from the Rally, from Mr Donohue, in which he supported the main thrust of the National Capital Planning Authority. There are some areas in which that plan has weaknesses. There are some major areas of weakness.
Mr Berry: Does Bernard agree to that?
MR MOORE: This is from Chris Donohue. I do not know what Bernard thinks, though. One of the major weaknesses, for example, is the attitude to green spaces. I think some other areas need to be looked at, and that is part of the consultation process that needs to be completed in relation to that plan. I quote from a document to Mr Neilson, the Chief Executive of the National Capital Planning Authority, from Mr Donohue, President of the Residents Rally:
The Rally strongly supports the broad thrust of the National Capital Plan and in particular supports the extent of the designated areas.
I think it is very important that we recognise that we cannot divide Canberra into what is of national capital interest and what is of local interest. The concept that the National Capital Planning Authority should be responsible for only the Parliamentary Triangle is incredibly naive, and I consider that the Labor Party
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