Page 2782 - Week 10 - Tuesday, 13 September 1994
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. once one multistorey townhouse development is approved, further multi storey developments will occur so that within time, the suburb of Griffith will resemble Kingston;
. the current Guidelines and Territory Plan do not place sufficient restrictions on multi storey townhouse developments; and
. there is no adequate or meaningful process whereby residents are involved in any consultative mechanism when their neighbourhood is being changed forever.
Your petitioners therefore request the Assembly to:
. take appropriate action to ensure the variation of lease application and the development application for Block 2, Section 36, Griffith are rejected;
. request the Committee on Planning, Development and Infrastructure to re-examine the current Guidelines and Territory Plan with a view to zoning multi storey townhouse developments only within designated areas of Canberra;
. introduce a moratorium to stop all multi dwelling proposals, until the Committee on Planning, Development and Infrastructure has completed its examination; and
. introduce improved mechanisms for community consultation in respect of any development applications.
Petition received.
PAPERS
MR BERRY (Manager of Government Business): I seek leave to present two petitions which do not conform with the standing orders, as both do not address the Assembly, nor does either contain a request.
Leave granted.
MR BERRY: I present two out-of-order petitions, similar in wording, from 302 residents and 1,265 residents respectively, asking that the Assembly repeal sections 42, 43 and 44 of the Crimes Act 1900 - in other words, that this Assembly make a statement about the empowerment of women over their fertility.
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