Page 4927 - Week 16 - Tuesday, 26 November 1991
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With those few comments, I conclude by imploring the Minister to ensure that the residents, particularly those directly affected, are advised of those very important changes in their neighbourhood before we go too much further down the track.
MR WOOD (Minister for Education and the Arts and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning) (8.10): I thank Mr Jensen at least for acknowledging that the processes that we are putting in place will bring about a much improved appeals system. Unfortunately, it seems that it has not improved to the extent that he thinks it is perfect. Mr Jensen wants to go down the path of slowing down, if not locking up, all the processes in the ACT. I do not quite understand his comments about the new legislation coming into effect on 2 April when he has said at other times, as I recall - check me if I am wrong here, Mr Jensen - that the plan and the planning legislation go very closely together. Mr Jensen was adamant that the plan should be put in place at the same time, or approximately the same time. So, I am just not sure what his point is or just where he stands on that.
We are spending a very large amount of money - or at least the Territory Chief Planner is spending a great deal of money - on community consultation; getting out there and advising people about what is happening. I do not believe that there will be too many people who are not aware of the events that may be happening around them. I think it is well and truly in the news. People have been letterboxed, as Mr Jensen says, with a letter simply advising them to take notice. There is plenty of activity - a great number of meetings - and I would be very surprised if people did not know what is happening.
Mr Jensen: Not by the Government.
MR WOOD: Mr Jensen, it is not the Government's role to be involved in that. It is the draft plan of the Territory Chief Planner, and I believe that he is doing well in spending the very large amount of money that was allocated in the budget to this community consultation.
Proposed expenditure agreed to.
Proposed expenditure - Division 80 - Land, $16,042,700 - agreed to.
Office of Sport and Recreation
Proposed expenditure - Division 90 - Sport and Recreation, $8,546,400
MRS NOLAN (8.12): I will be very brief in relation to this particular division, but I think it is appropriate that I place on record my concerns in relation to a couple of things that are coming up in relation to sport and recreation. I refer to the proposed council, and to the
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