Page 57 - Week 01 - Tuesday, 22 February 1994
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back fences and see an operating farm that is representative of an era long gone, where the old buildings that have some historical significance have been restored and are being used for useful community purposes in today's world but represent the world that existed when those buildings were constructed. The people living there can be part of that.
At the same time, we have recommended that the responsibility for the management of the historical area and the public area, which is about two-thirds of the total property, be vested in an arrangement whereby people like the Minders of Tuggeranong Homestead and others who have a particular interest in this project can be involved in its day-to-day management. They can ensure that there is continued public access to this property. They can ensure that the historical and heritage buildings are properly preserved and maintained. They can ensure that, to the extent that this property has a potential for tourism, it can be exploited. They can ensure that the continuing interest of the community in this property can be provided for.
For those reasons, I support the general conclusions of the committee. Being a committed resident of Tuggeranong, I am looking forward to being able to go down to the Tuggeranong Homestead 10 years from now to see that site being properly used - - -
Mr Lamont: When you are the Deputy Chief Minister.
MR KAINE: Maybe even Chief Minister. I want to see that site being properly used, with the community actively involved and participating in its management, and being utilised to the fullest possible extent in the interests of the community. I believe that that is possible within the framework of what the committee has proposed.
To come back to where I began, I know that some people will be disappointed that residential accommodation is being provided on this block, but I see no other way in which the finance can be provided that will ensure the preservation of the historical and heritage aspects of the property. I support the recommendations. I ask the Government to ensure that they take these recommendations seriously and put them into practical effect. I believe that, in the longer term, that is in the best interests of the community and that this property can be preserved only by so doing. As almost my last act as a member of the Planning Committee, I commend these recommendations to the Assembly.
Government members: Oh!
MR KAINE: You can say all that good stuff again later, if you like, during the adjournment debate. It was fantastic. I commend this report to the Government. I think the community, on reviewing what the committee is recommending, should be well satisfied with the outcome.
MS SZUTY (8.25): In speaking to this report of the Planning Committee on the draft variation to the Territory Plan for what is known as the Tuggeranong Homestead site, I would like to remind members of my thoughts about the site as I articulated them in response to my colleague Mr Moore's Conservation, Heritage and Environment Committee report tabled in the Assembly at the end of 1992. When I commented on the report on 18 February 1993, just over 12 months ago, I said that I believed that there
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