Page 2070 - Week 07 - Wednesday, 15 May 2013
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centre and Athllon Drive. The remaining master plans yet to commence in the existing program are for Curtin, Tharwa and the Belconnen town centre. The Belconnen town centre process will be a review of the 2001 master plan process.
As you can see there is already a lot on the books when it comes to master planning being undertaken by my directorate. Therefore, I have circulated an amendment which highlights that the government is open to giving further consideration to the inclusion of Calwell in a future master planning program.
At this point in time, we have a large number of centres already engaged in master planning or scheduled to be included in master planning. I will just go through that priority list. For the current financial year, the priority list is Woden, Mawson, Athllon Drive, City, Tharwa and an overall review of centres policy. Master plans already completed include Pialligo, Weston, Oaks Estate and Holt. The priority list for the future year is Adelaide Avenue; Canberra Avenue, including Manuka; Curtin; and Belconnen. This is consistent with the overall planning strategy which seeks to focus our planning resources in the areas subject to greatest change and consistent with our broader planning objectives.
The government is willing to give further consideration to a number of other group centres, including Calwell, but I should add that Calwell is just one in a long list of other group centres that the government has identified. Mr Wall might be interested in this, Madam Deputy Speaker, if he was listening. Calwell group centre, Charnwood group centre, Chisholm group centre, Conder group centre, Jamison group centre, Kaleen group centre, Kippax group centre and Wanniassa group centre have all been identified for the master planning program but have not been allocated to a schedule. There are also a number of other centres which are subject to further study, including Amaroo, Hawker, Greenway and Northbourne Avenue. These are studies either by the Land Development Agency or as part of the capital metro project.
As you can see, Madam Deputy Speaker, there are a large number of centres that would be keen to see master planning take place and which the government agrees can be considered for scheduling in the master planning program. At this point in time we have a clear priority list for the current year and for the future year, with a large number of studies yet to be completed. The government is willing to give further consideration to Calwell, for scheduling it in a future master planning program, although the timing of that is yet to be determined.
I move:
Omit all words after “That this Assembly”, substitute:
“notes:
(a) the Government has in place an approved and funded master plan program currently covering Pialligo Rural Village, Weston Group Centre, Oaks Estate, WAM (Woden Town Centre, Mawson Group Centre, Athllon Drive) and Tharwa Rural Village, in addition to those already completed for Tuggeranong Town Centre, Erindale Group Centre, Kambah Village Group Centre, Kingston Group Centre and Dickson Group Centre;
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