Page 502 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 20 February 1991
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
Commercial Leases
MS FOLLETT: My question is addressed to Mr Kaine as Minister responsible for planning. Mr Kaine, are you aware of the push by the Building Owners and Managers Association, backed by senior Liberal Party officers, to grant virtual freehold title to commercial lessees? Will you assure the Assembly that the Government will not abandon the commercial lease policy and the draft planning package?
MR KAINE: First of all, I am aware from a newspaper report this morning that some dissatisfaction has been expressed by certain people in connection with the draft planning legislation. Since then I have let it be known quite forcefully and bluntly that that legislation is out for public consultation, and if people have a view they can express it; but they should do so to the Government formally and properly so that their views can be taken into account.
The legislation is draft legislation. Any aspect of it is open to public discussion and questioning. We will take into account all of the comment that we get from all quarters when the consultation period ends at the end of this month, and out of that will emerge a package of legislation that will satisfy, as far as we can, all of the people who are most directly affected by it, with our primary consideration being the protection of land, which is the major asset in Canberra - and it is the asset of the people, not of the Government or anybody else - in the interests of the majority of people who reside in the ACT. Beyond that, I will not give any guarantee as to what the final legislation will entail because, until I examine all of the comment made by all of the interested parties, weigh that comment and talk it through with all of the parties concerned, it is a bit early to say just what the outcome of that negotiating process will be.
House Building Approvals
MR STEVENSON: My question is addressed to the Chief Minister and it is in regard to the environment, land and planning. It concerns the building approvals given for three adjoining dwellings at blocks 2, 3 and 4 of section 77, Tuthill Place, Calwell. I have been informed that the developer of these three dwellings works for the public service in a department from which access to confidential planning information would be readily available. I believe that concerns about the possibility of that developer receiving confidential information or favourable treatment were raised by local residents with Mr Norm Jensen. I am
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