Page 5441 - Week 17 - Tuesday, 3 December 1991
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MR WOOD (Minister for Education and the Arts and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning) (6.00): Mr Speaker, I am not going to speak at length about this. This really does not do anything. It is more a gesture than an opinion. I oppose it. The Government opposes it.
Proposed new clause negatived.
Clause 25
MR JENSEN (6.00): Mr Speaker, I move:
Page 14, line 5, after subclause (1), insert the following subclause:
"(1A) Before exercising its powers under paragraph (1)(a) the Executive shall have regard to any recommendations of a committee of the Legislative Assembly in relation to the draft Plan variation, background papers and reports submitted to the Executive and the committee under sections 24 and 24A".
This, Mr Speaker, is related to clause 24A, which put a requirement on the Executive. Once again, this is something that already has been identified and set up in the interim Territory planning legislation which was approved by this Assembly recently. I think it is appropriate for it to go through.
It requires the Executive to have regard to any recommendations of the committee of the Assembly before it makes its final decisions. That is really what this process is all about. The Executive, in fact, should wait for the committee to make its comments and recommendations before making its final decision, otherwise it makes a whole nonsense of the committee process. That is why I believe that this amendment is required and should be supported.
MR WOOD (Minister for Education and the Arts and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning) (6.02): Mr Speaker, the Government opposes this. It, again, is part of this tactic. I am starting to think that it is a tactic of slowing down everything that happens, of blocking movement. It is going to be one of many measures in these amendments that are just going to stop this city.
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