Page 248 - Week 01 - Wednesday, 15 February 2012
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are pursued. I have mentioned the Tuggeranong Homestead project and those other projects that are going to be beneficial in finding a long-term solution.
Events such as Clean Up Australia Day are excellent because they get the community involved. Obviously, they also draw attention to issues such as the issues with Lake Tuggeranong. But I think it is important that we actually find a long-term solution, which is why the Greens pursued the motion for the environment commissioner to look into lake health.
I also note on Tharwa that the Greens have been following issues around Cuppacumbalong as this will be one of the areas that will be relevant to tourism in the area. Finding a long-term solution there will be important. I do agree with Mr Smyth that it is important to look at the region—at those other areas. It also is worth noting the Naas valley in terms of the overall planning for the south of Canberra and in terms of getting certainty for the leases of the landholders around the Naas valley as well.
I think we need to acknowledge that that is another part of southern Canberra and one that will also have a role to play in what actually happens to the future of the area.
I now move the amendment circulated in my name:
Omit all words after “That this Assembly”, substitute:
“(1) notes:
(a) there have been complaints made about the level of rubbish in Lake Tuggeranong;
(b) that the Assembly passed a motion in March 2011 initiating an investigation by the Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment into the state of the ACT’s watercourses and catchments;
(c) that the ACT Government is undertaking planning for the Tuggeranong Town Centre, Erindale Group Centre and other regional commercial and shopping centres;
(d) the significance of the village of Tharwa to the overall planning of Tuggeranong, in terms of the tourist and recreational values which are added to Tuggeranong, and that a Master Plan for Tharwa will be undertaken; and
(e) the importance of appropriate planning for the development of Hume, given the proximity of Hume to Tuggeranong;
(2) calls on the ACT Government to:
(a) co-ordinate all the planning activities that are required for the appropriate development and redevelopment of Tuggeranong and the adjoining regions;
(b) review appropriate maintenance programs, as a matter of urgency, for Lake Tuggeranong;
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