Page 1090 - Week 04 - Wednesday, 20 March 2013
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five years. In 2011-12 the ACT’s share of inefficient taxes was 71 per cent. This reduces to 62 per cent by 2015-16. $169 million of excess burden is put back into our economy. (Time expired.)
MR GENTLEMAN (Brindabella) (11.02): I would like to talk about some areas that I am passionate about. I would like to thank Dr Bourke for this motion. The area that I would like to concentrate on in Dr Bourke’s motion is paragraph 1(b), which states:
the need to ensure that we continue to build on the achievements of the last 100 years through strong leadership, forward looking policies and the delivery of transformational projects.
The government is committed to those projects and the best vision for Tuggeranong, which is in my electorate. I would like to talk firstly about the walk-in centre that we campaigned on during last year’s election campaign. In my conversations with local people from Tuggeranong, they asked for better access to health care. That is why we have committed to a walk-in centre in the centre of Tuggeranong, giving access to free basic health care, an initiative which, of course, was rejected by the opposition.
Another area we are working on in Tuggeranong is the CIT. The government has committed $7.5 million to build a new CIT in Tuggeranong, giving local young people the opportunity to study locally after year 12.
We have also committed to two master plans in the Tuggeranong region. The first one is the Tuggeranong master plan. That master plan looks at a vision for Tuggeranong, creating up to 800 new dwellings in the Tuggeranong town centre itself. That creates, of course, more local jobs. It creates better connections to Tuggeranong by its unique landscape, improving pedestrian access to the lake and protecting views to the surrounding hills and mountains. The master plan has a vision for the Tuggeranong town centre. As Canberra’s urban gateway to the mountains, it offers a unique urban lifestyle with easy access to open spaces and waterways.
The vision for Tuggeranong town centre was developed in the light of feedback from the community, background and research analysis, the ACT government’s interagency advisory group and the expert reference group. It encapsulates Tuggeranong’s point of difference compared to other Canberra town centres and it sets out what a centre should become in the future and what makes it unique. It should be recognised, of course, that Tuggeranong town centre sits within the broader context of Canberra and its future direction should complement that which has been identified for Canberra.
Also, I would like to talk about the outcomes for the Tuggeranong town centre master plan. The vision for the town centre is supported by four outcomes, which outline in more detail what the centre will become in the future. How these outcomes will be achieved is outlined by six planning and design strategies and their corresponding key actions and design elements, which are described later in the Tuggeranong town centre report.
The outcomes for the Tuggeranong town centre include a centre connected to the mountains, lake, river and bush. Tuggeranong town centre is unique because you can live in an urban area with all the services and convenience that that provides, while
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