Page 2937 - Week 08 - Thursday, 25 June 2009
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has some sort of track record on encouraging more people to live along transport corridors and in higher density living in town centres is ridiculous. It is outrageous. They need to address where the focus of their policy has been on these issues.
Mrs Dunne: The shadow shadow is trying to have his little say.
MR SESELJA: The shadow shadow planning minister, Mr Corbell, will continue to have his say. Of course, the story starts with him because when he was actually the shadow planning minister he opposed everything.
Mrs Dunne: He opposed everything.
MR SESELJA: He opposed every development. If there was a development, he was there to oppose it. In fact, that actually set a lot of the framework. It is probably not coincidental that there were a lot of call-ins when he was shadow planning minister because he was there to oppose them. He was there egging on any scintilla of community concern about any development. Of course, he also believed in review of everything. He believed at that time in third party review for virtually any decision. There were no limits and he has acknowledged that in this place. That was the framework.
Of course, on becoming planning minister he changed his tune a little bit but we have been critical of the policies that have been pursued. Instead of actually getting your density along your transport corridors and instead of getting your density at your town centres, what are they focused on? They are focused on tinkering around the edges with the old A10 policy, the core areas. This is the failed, flawed policy. All it did was serve to annoy residents in suburbs and affect the amenity of suburbs without actually getting the fundamentals right of how we actually grow the city.
This major backflip comes on the back of a lot of other backflips, particularly from this minister. He does not seem to have any policies of his own. When he first came in he got told on day one, “Go close schools.” He said, “Yes, sir, I will go close schools.” Then he opposed our smaller class size policy. He said, “Smaller classes, well, we do not support that.”
Mr Barr: Mr Speaker, on relevance. I do not think this in any way goes to the motion that is before the Assembly.
MR SESELJA: I am coming back to planning. I am setting context.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Seselja, the point of order—
MR SESELJA: I am setting context, Mr Speaker. We are moving then onto the planning backflips which have led to this. We saw, indeed, what happened just before Christmas. Always when you want to get something out and you do not want anyone to really notice, you put it out just before Christmas. I think it was around about 21, 22 or 23 December—
Mr Barr: I think it was about the 19th, actually.
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