Page 3134 - Week 10 - Thursday, 18 October 2007
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my statement of planning intent earlier this year that I would be tasking the planning authority with providing five years of planning-ready land so that we would have 11,000 lots available at that planning ready stage to be able to pass on to either the LDA or private sector developers to get to market so that we are able, as I have indicated very firmly, to address this issue from the supply side. It is, of course, important that we continue those efforts and that we do have in place five years supply of planning-ready land. That is the intention of the government.
MR SPEAKER: Supplementary question?
MR SESELJA: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Minister, doesn’t your citing of Casey, a development that is years away, simply highlight the fact that very little has happened and is happening now to improve the situation that your government has created?
Mr Corbell: That shows you have no idea how land development works.
Mrs Dunne: You have no idea how to do it. That is why you are not doing it anymore.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Mrs Dunne!
MR BARR: In response to the shadow minister’s question, the government is getting on with the supply side solution to housing affordability issues. We have introduced the most comprehensive affordable housing action plan of any jurisdiction in Australia. We are working in partnership with both the LDA and private sector land developers to ensure that this year we have more than 3,000 blocks available.
There are a number of new suburbs coming on line in Gungahlin. I have also announced that we have begun the consultation in partnership with the National Capital Authority in relation to the Molonglo Valley development. I have also made an announcement in relation to the commencement of planning studies for the East Lake region, to provide further housing within a 7½ kilometre radius of the city.
It is, of course, important that we do not have in place only plans for the short term. An example is the land release in west Macgregor that the Village Building Co is undertaking work on. I have also recently released a variation to the territory plan for the former Australian Heritage Village site in north Watson to make that available for more affordable housing.
Mrs Dunne: How long has that taken? It has been in the offing for years. We have been waiting for you to do that for years.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Mrs Dunne! I warn you, Mrs Dunne. Cease interjecting.
MR BARR: The problem that the shadow minister has with all of this concerns his attention to detail. In particular, his comments in recent times on matters around Fyshwick and otherwise show an industrial land study through the Majura Valley. He is not across the detail of his portfolio; he does not pay a huge amount of attention.
Mr Seselja: That one hit hard, Andrew. How many blocks are there at the moment, Andrew?
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