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if actual profits are higher. The motor accident injuries commission will have significantly expanded data-gathering powers so that they can collect more information from insurers on their actual costs and profits, to keep a very close eye on this. This information will assist the commission in deciding whether to accept proposed premiums. We want a diversity of providers competing in the ACT market to provide accident insurance, but we simply will not accept them making super profits from this community when they do.
This review report on our existing CTP scheme clearly demonstrates why we believe accident insurance can be improved to deliver faster, fairer and more comprehensive support to Canberrans who get injured on our roads. Later this week we will start the debate on the Motor Accident Injuries Bill, which will deliver these reforms. The bill will mean that all injured people can get timely treatment and care for the speedy resolution of their injuries. It will provide income replacement up front rather than forcing injured people to wait years to receive a lump sum payment. It will provide this access to benefits for everyone who gets injured on our roads without injured people having to argue and prove that someone else was at fault.
I commend this report to the Assembly and look forward to commencing the debate on our bill to make motor accident insurance work better for all Canberrans.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Planning and Development Act—variation No 345 to the Territory Plan—Mawson group centre
MR GENTLEMAN (Brindabella—Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Minister for Planning and Land Management, Minister for Police and Emergency Services and Minister assisting the Chief Minister on Advanced Technology and Space Industries) (3.16): Pursuant to standing order 211, I move:
That the Assembly take note of the following paper:
Planning and Development Act, pursuant to subsection 79(1)—Approval—Variation to the Territory Plan No 345—Mawson Group Centre: Zone changes and amendments to the Mawson precinct map and code.
Variation 345 incorporates the planning recommendations of the Mawson group centre master plan to guide new development within the centre over the next 10 to 20 years. An initiative of the ACT government, the master plan and associated Territory Plan variation provide guidance for the future rejuvenation of the group centre. The changes also reflect the recommendations of the ACT planning strategy 2018 by facilitating higher density mixed-use developments in locations close to main public transport routes and within commercial centres.
The variation rezones land along Athllon Drive, as well as selected sites within the centre, and amends the Mawson precinct map and code to permit increases in building heights, provide guidance on the desired built form and improve the pedestrian experience within the centre. The zoning changes along Athllon Drive increase the
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