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(vi) support to the most vulnerable in our community through policies and programs such as Common Ground and other innovative models for social housing;

(vii) implementing sustainable transport policies including appropriate road infrastructure, car parking, public transport and measures to encourage walking and cycling across the city to achieve mode shift targets at least equal to those in the Transport for Canberra Plan;

(viii) promoting the uptake of renewable energy and adopting energy efficient measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions;

(ix) implementing the Business Diversification Strategy to support local business including small business;

(x) a strong and independent planning authority with appropriate community involvement; and

(xi) a fair, efficient and effective judicial system including initiatives such as Justice Reinvestment and Through Care;

(b) the strong signals coming from the Federal Government indicating that the ACT economy may be entering a period of savage austerity;

(d) the recent Government announcement of a two year stimulus program for the building and construction industry;

(e) the Government’s strong commitment to economic reform including important new city-building infrastructure including the City Plan, Capital Metro, University of Canberra Public Hospital and Digital Canberra;

(f) the ACT Government’s ongoing efforts to diversify our economy by strengthening higher education, IT industry and regional tourism;

(g) the ACT Government’s commitment to protecting the most vulnerable in our community through initiatives such as the HIP, transitioning to the NDIS, increasing school resourcing and Healthy Weight Initiative; and

(h) the importance of the natural environment in sustaining our community, and the need to protect it for current and future generations; and

(2) calls on the Government to work with various stakeholders, including the Opposition members, to promote the interests of our community through a strong and unified focus on matters of substance and importance to our future.”.

I welcome the opportunity to talk about priorities for Canberrans today and, as members will see, I have moved a minor amendment to Mr Hanson’s motion. But in fact there is some—

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