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position to set-out a programme for planning policy initiatives. I do not expect that these will be available for at least a year.

I would also point out that the proponents of one development scheme for this area propose an office complex of 100,000 me floor area as a major component of the development. Frankly I do not believe that from the Metropolitan employment and transportation standpoints, Kingston is an appropriate location for such a major office concentration. I would have thought that tourist, recreation and residential uses would be more appropriate. In the current economic climate I suspect that major tourist and recreation facilities would be difficult to achieve.

For all these reasons I believe it would be premature to require the ACT Planning Authority to undertake major planning initiatives that have little chance of bearing fruit in the medium term. The Authority will have its hands more than full in dealing with the public consultation and finalisation of the Territory Plan.

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