Page 3720 - Week 13 - Tuesday, 15 October 1991
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Subordinate legislation, Mr Speaker, as we find out from day to day, is a very important and oft forgotten part of legislation. Often we find that subordinate legislation and regulations are signed into law by Ministers without any real ability of the parliament to effectively control them. I cite, for example, the proposals for variations to the Territory Plan under the Interim Planning Act which, quite frankly, Mr Speaker, leave a little bit to be desired in that area. That is something that I note is to be addressed in the new planning legislation.
On this matter it is appropriate to refer, first of all, to the need for public housing and the need to get away from the ghetto-type mentality that we have seen in the past in the ACT. Large groups of public housing have been put up in one place and that has created all sorts of problems. There was a recent variation proposed for public housing in South Tuggeranong which suggests to me that maybe the Housing Trust should have entered into a bit of a joint venture in that area and maybe another joint venture in another area so that they could spread around a little more the extent of the medium density housing which is most important for our residents, particularly the young and the aged. That is something that maybe the Housing Trust needs to continue a little bit further down the track, particularly in that case.
With those few short comments, Mr Speaker, I indicate that the Rally will be supporting this legislation. We wish it a speedy passage through the house.
Debate interrupted.
ADJOURNMENT
MR SPEAKER: Order! It being 9.30 pm, I propose the question:
That the Assembly do now adjourn.
Ms Follett: I require the question to be put forthwith without debate.
Question resolved in the negative.
HOUSING ASSISTANCE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991
Debate resumed.
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General, Minister for Housing and Community Services and Minister for Urban Services) (9.31), in reply: I am pleased that this legislation is obviously going to go through the Assembly with no dissent. As I stated in the introduction speech and as Mr Jensen
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