In relation to the Residential, Commercial and Community Land Release Program 2000-01 to 2004-05:

(1) What consultancies have been initiated to prepare for the release of land identified in the program.

(2) What is their purpose, in:

(a) each case; and

(b) for which areas of land.

(3) Will the Minister provide the brief for each consultancy initiated in relation to the Program.

Question 1

Specific consultancies have been initiated for the following areas under the land release program:

New Development areas

Gordon 6 estate

Phillip/Athllon Drive corridor

Lawson

East O'Malley estate

Studies

Yarralumla Section 102 Block 1 (Brickworks)

Griffith Section 78 (ex-Griffith Primary School)

Gungahlin District Block 354 and Ngunnawal Section 1 Block 23 (Gold Creek Homestead)

In addition to the above areas, consultancies have also been engaged by the Gungahlin Development Authority and Kingston Foreshores Development Authority to prepare land for release.

The Government is also participating in a proposal to vary the Territory Plan in respect of changing land uses within the Bruce precinct (associated with the Fern Hill development). The Fern Hill Joint Venture, not the Territory, is managing this work.