Page 1828 - Week 05 - Wednesday, 4 May 2011
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studies and improvements in service delivery in the 2010-11 and 2011-12 budgets—$120 million, Mr Assistant Speaker. That demonstrates the government’s commitment on this issue.
The initiatives I have just outlined reflect the government’s commitment to providing leadership in sustainability and, contrary to the claims by Mr Rattenbury, demonstrate the government has and will continue to deliver on our sustainability commitments. But we will not resile from recognising and placing on the record that policy development is hard, complex and sometimes takes a bit longer than you originally anticipated. So be it. I would rather the policy is right. I would rather the policy is well informed. I would rather the policy is going to work than try to meet some arbitrary time frame. I have circulated amendments to Mr Rattenbury’s motion that deals with these issues and I now seek leave to move the amendments circulated in my name together.
Leave granted.
MR CORBELL: I move the amendments circulated in my name:
(1) Omit subparagraphs (1)(a) to (e), substitute:
“(a) the Government has a comprehensive and continuing program to deliver on a range of key Government strategies, policies and legislative reforms to improve the sustainability of the ACT, including:
(i) Weathering the Change Action Plan 1;
(ii) the ACT NoWaste 2010 Strategy; and
(iii) Sustainable Transport Plan;
(b) these have resulted in a continuing and comprehensive suite of programs that are increasing the sustainability of the ACT;
(c) the Government is progressing onto the next stages needed to establish a more sustainable city, including:
(i) Weathering the Change Action Plan 2;
(ii) Sustainable Energy Policy;
(iii) ACT Sustainable Waste Strategy; and
(iv) Transport for Canberra;
(d) the Government has engaged the community on each significant area of sustainability policy through invitations for submissions, public meetings and information sessions and uses these to inform final policies; and
(e) the Government continues community engagement and consultation at each stage of policy implementation; and”.
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