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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 6 Hansard (23 May) . . Page.. 1767 ..

. planning and management of ACT land;

. the nature of the ecological attractions;

. recreational and sporting potential;

. heritage and cultural aspects of these areas;

. tourism and the ACT;

. marketing and promoting the ACT nature based tourism product;

. the degree of development which should be permitted; and

. revenue generation.

Mr Speaker, I am happy to say that the Government either agrees or agrees in principle to all of the Committee's Recommendations. In fact the Government agrees with 13 of the 21 Recommendations from the Committee's Report. These include agreeing to :

. complete Management Plans for all the parks and reserves;

. strengthen links between Canberra Tourism and the Parks and Conservation Service;

. development of a strategic plan for the development of nature based tourism in the parks;

. further use of the parks in marketing the Territory;

. consideration of a licensing system for commercial operators; and, most importantly,

. a continuing commitment to conservation as a first priority for the parks, a point I will return to later.

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