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policy, as far as this goes, is incredibly naive. In fact, the National Capital Planning Authority's interest and the national capital interest is in the nature of the whole city.
The greatest weakness of the Labor Party policy is the cost. If we limit the NCPA's interest and the designated area interest to the very small area that its members are talking about, it will be only a short time before the national Government decides that it will not pay for areas in which it does not have interest and that we will be paying to maintain the features that make the whole of Canberra, with its characteristics, the national capital. That is something that we do not want to do. We certainly want to have an equal say. Hence, we should have a body equal to the National Capital Planning Authority and the Interim Territory Planning Authority, or the Territory Planning Authority as it will become.
The most important thing that we have to keep in mind is that people are frightened that the Territory Planning Authority will not protect that interest and will hand things over to the land speculators who wish to build because they can make a lot more money on it - good for them, if that is what they want.
The National Capital Planning Authority's draft protects that, and the Territory Planning Authority's plan must also ensure that development in Canberra gets back in balance. When it does so, it is time to start developing Civic.
MR JENSEN (4.16): Mr Speaker, before I commence, I wish to comment on a statement made by Mr Whalan in his opening remarks about failure to consult. Last week I spoke to Mr Whalan about his planning proposal, which was subsequently printed in the Canberra Times of 9 February 1990. During that discussion, in the presence of one of his staff members, Mr Whalan indicated that he was going to provide me with a copy of the document on which that article was based. I am still waiting for it, and I would be quite happy for Mr Whalan to have it delivered or I will have someone collect it from him.
Mr Whalan: It had been released publicly before that.
MR JENSEN: As I said, I have yet to receive that document, and I would be happy to receive it at any time. Let me now turn to previous comments by Mr Whalan about the apparent lack of any comment in the Alliance Government's policy about the National Capital Plan or the National Capital Planning Authority. I know Mr Whalan has received a copy of this, because it was passed to him. It is the land planning and development and leasehold management policy of the Alliance Government. I refer him to the section headed "The National Capital Plan", paragraph 4. I would like to read it into the record for the benefit of those present.
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