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MS SZUTY (4.49): I am pleased to endorse the report of the Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Infrastructure on the capital works program for 1992-93. The committee has recommended, as both Mr Lamont and Mr Kaine have said, that the ACT spend an extra $15m on additional capital works. This expansion of the capital works program will create more job opportunities at a time when unemployment, especially youth unemployment, in the ACT is increasing, and will enable the spending of moneys both to maintain community assets and to improve the landscape environment in the ACT.
As the committee has recommended to the Government that it spend these additional moneys on the refurbishment of school buildings, playgrounds and community centres, the community will see real returns from the expenditure and, hopefully, reduced deterioration rates of these assets in the future. The community would also welcome additional expenditure to be committed to maintaining and enhancing the quality of the urban landscape environment in the ACT, as advocated by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects, emphasising our reputation as the bush capital.
The committee has also drawn the attention of the ACT Government to the role of the Commonwealth, emphasising that decisions need to be made quickly on projects such as the refurbishment of the old Parliament House and the establishment of the National Museum of Australia. As a consequence of the Commonwealth Government's neglect of major infrastructure in the ACT, significant moneys have been allocated to the upgrading of the courts complex. The committee noted also that the ACT will be spending more moneys than anticipated on the upgrade of works previously completed under the auspices of the Commonwealth; for example, $450,000 on stormwater channel reconstruction in Calwell.
The committee has also made a number of recommendations on the process and conduct of the capital works program inquiry. Full and complete documentation from government departments, including details of the nature and extent of public consultation, the application of an analysis of through life cost liability and an appropriate timeframe for the committee's consideration of the capital works program will improve the process in future years. I wish to record my thanks to the many participants in the inquiry, through their submissions and contribution to the public hearing process, including both representatives of various groups and organisations and departmental officers.
Debate (on motion by Ms Follett) adjourned.
PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE -
STANDING COMMITTEE
Report on Draft Variations to the Territory Plan - Kambah and Barton
MR LAMONT (4.52): Madam Speaker, I present report No. 5 of 1992 of the Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Infrastructure on the draft variations to the Territory Plan, Kambah, section 346, part blocks 18 and 19, and section 353, part block 8, the Burns Club; and Barton, section 17, block 1, the Barton Cafe; together with a copy of the extracts of the minutes of proceedings. This report was provided to the Speaker for circulation on Friday, 7 August 1992, pursuant to the resolution of appointment. I move:
That the report be noted.
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