Page 263 - Week 01 - Wednesday, 15 February 2012
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MR DOSZPOT: I will be fighting for Canberra.
Members interjecting—
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Mrs Dunne): Order, members! I cannot hear.
Mr Coe interjecting—
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Mr Coe, I cannot hear Mr Doszpot. I might have to ask him to repeat his speech.
MR DOSZPOT: Despite all your interjections, Ms Burch, I am here talking about Tuggeranong. I do not see your colleague Mr Hargreaves, who is obviously on holidays already—I do not know where he is—here.
But back to the issues at stake here. Mr Smyth has highlighted a number of issues. Mr Seselja touched upon the condition of the lake, the neglect of Tharwa. Just on that again, Mr Corbell just cannot help himself, trying to rewrite history about Tharwa. I would leave that alone if I were you, Mr Corbell, because there are more contradictions that you bring into this argument every time you stand up to talk on that.
On the condition of the lake, I was reading some press clippings this morning, just to look back on what has taken place. The same stories were appearing this time last year. Ms Burch, you have not really pushed the issues of Tuggeranong’s neglect and the fact is that 12 months down the track we are talking about the same demonstration of neglect of the Tuggeranong area by this government.
Another chronic area of neglect or perhaps chronic disregard that I would like to remind the Assembly about is the lack of consultation that has surrounded planning issues in Tuggeranong. I well remember that last year at the Erindale shopping centre I attended a public display on the Erindale master plan. The principal of Trinity Christian college came up to me. He was very disturbed that the map indicated high-density housing on land that the school currently leased, land that the school was told that there could be no building on because it was in a 100-year flood plain. Not only could buildings not be built on it, but people could not even purchase that land. The school actually tried to purchase that little bit of land around their school that would have become very handy. They were told: “No, you cannot have that. It is a 100-year flood plain.” Apparently it is okay to put medium-density housing on that.
Again, that is just an indication that the department that Mr Corbell is meant to be managing certainly is not taking note of any consultation. I guess there is no example of consultation there. So why should the department consult if the minister is not exactly one of the top ones to consult with the community in our area?
The Erindale situation goes beyond the school and the issues that surround that immediate area, especially around Erindale. I am absolutely astounded that, despite the work of so many shopkeepers, so many businesses, the shopkeepers in Erindale,
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