Page 1764 - Week 05 - Wednesday, 2 May 2012
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The plan establishes two overarching goals for the management of Tidbinbilla—that the natural and cultural values of Tidbinbilla are conserved in perpetuity and that Tidbinbilla is highly valued by Canberra residents and visitors for its recreational, educational and research opportunities related to the natural and cultural values of the area. The plan provides a framework, organised by each value, which outlines the objectives and actions required to achieve the policy objectives for the management of Tidbinbilla.
The committee has made nine recommendations, including the following:
… that a consultative approach, which ensures early engagement with the community and other stakeholders, be adopted for the development of the Tidbinbilla precinct master plan.
… that once finalised, the Tidbinbilla Master Plan be made publicly available …
… that the key indicators relating to the management of Tidbinbilla, not just customer-satisfaction, are introduced into the strategic and accountability indicators in the Budget Papers …
… that (a) guidelines, which include communication protocols especially with the public, should be developed to determine how applications for tourism products will be assessed and monitored (b) a strategy for monitoring and managing cumulative impacts of tours also be developed (c) that the guidelines and strategy be made public.
Finally, I would like to acknowledge the work that has gone into preparing the plan of management, including the input from those individuals, organisations and community groups involved in the consultation on the 2010 draft which preceded this one. I would like to thank Mr Griffiths and Ms Goonrey from the National Parks Association of the ACT, and the minister and his officials, for contributing their time and expertise to the committee’s inquiry. My thanks also go to my fellow committee members, Ms Le Couteur and Mr Coe, and to the committee secretary, Ms Veronica Strkalj, and the committee office staff. I commend the report to the Assembly.
MR COE (Ginninderra) (10.06): I would like to very briefly extend some comments on the tabling of this report. Firstly I would like to thank the committee secretary, Veronica Strkalj, for her tireless work in putting this together, and of course thank my fellow committee members, Ms Mary Porter and Ms Le Couteur.
Tidbinbilla is a special place to many Canberrans, especially Canberrans that grew up in this city. I think everybody at some point goes on a school excursion or goes on some form of co-curricular activity to Tidbinbilla. It is a place which is well worth conserving and a place that does need to be managed properly.
There are some very good recommendations in this report, but in particular I would like to draw people’s attention to recommendation 5:
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