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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 14 Hansard (12 December) . . Page.. 5103 ..

trends, emergent issues and possible implications for the future. It also suggested some key questions and challenges facing the ACT today. The paper was framed to provide a context for eliciting the views, values and ideas of the ACT community, business and public sectors about Canberra and its future. The formal consultation period ended on 19 July 1996, but input to the development of strategic issues continued until the beginning of September 1996.

The release of the Facing Our Future publication was followed by an intensive period of targeted consultation with key stakeholders and the wider community to identify strategic issues, dilemmas and strategic choices. The consultation program involved:

distributing the Facing our Future document to over 300 individuals and organisations.

analysing over 1200 questionnaires responding to the issues identified in Facing our Future.

placing the document at shopfronts, libraries, secondary schools, colleges, universities, and with elected members of the ACT Assembly.

distributing 100,000 supplements/questionnaires through the Canberra Chronicle;

undertaking 6 focus group sessions with a representative cross-section of the Canberra community.

undertaking 2 major workshops with key business, community and government representatives.

conducting 2 large public meetings.

conducting a series of seminars with a wide cross section of professional and business organisations and with the Community Councils.

providing briefings to the Regional Leaders Forum.

preparing articles for newspapers and specialist newsletters.

providing radio and television interviews.

placing the Facing Our Future document on the internet site, AUSTOUCH terminals and on e-mail systems within ACT and Commonwealth government departments, secondary schools, colleges and universities.

conducting a series of in-depth interviews with a cross-section of over 40 business and opinion leaders.

briefings to the Planning and Environment Committee at every stage of the development of the plan, including at the inception stage, before the release of the public consultation document Facing Our Future, at the conclusion of the formal period of consultation and before the completion of the final Plan.

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