Page 4304 - Week 12 - Thursday, 24 October 2019
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mid-strategy evaluation report undertaken by KPMG in the Legislative Assembly. The mid-strategy evaluation report confirmed that the impact of individual reforms is still developing, due to the fundamental shift in the provision of services in the out of home care sector. The report included a range of findings that reflect that the evaluation was undertaken at the midpoint of a significant reform that will take time to mature. Importantly, the evaluation largely considers data for 2016-17 and 2017-18, compared with the baseline of 2015-16.
The operational data in this snapshot report provides an updated assessment of the implementation of the strategy and evidence that the individual reforms are leading to positive impacts for vulnerable children and young people. I look forward to updating the community on the ongoing reform of the out of home care system and the importance of A step up for our kids with the next progress report in the Legislative Assembly in April next year.
I present the following papers:
A Step Up for Our Kids—Snapshot Report—October 2019.
Out of Home Care Strategy 2015-2020—A Step Up for Our Kids—One Step Can Make a Lifetime of Difference—Update—October 2019—Ministerial statement, 24 October 2019.
I move:
That the Assembly take note of the ministerial statement.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Tree canopy coverage
Ministerial statement
MR STEEL (Murrumbidgee—Minister for City Services, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Recycling and Waste Reduction, Minister for Roads and Active Travel and Minister for Transport) (10.36): Canberra’s urban forest is important to our city in so many ways. It is one of the key elements in preparing our city to be resilient against the effects of climate change and has a key role in creating a sense of identity, making it easier to use active travel methods, and contributes to the overall wellbeing of our citizens. Enhancing the urban forest is a priority for the government and I am proud to report back to the Assembly on what we are doing to protect and increase our tree canopy coverage. In September this year the ACT government released our climate change strategy and the living infrastructure plan. Together, these outline a path forward to responsibly managed climate change and make our city more resilient.
The living infrastructure plan aims to maintain and improve living infrastructure on public and private land in Canberra. The plan sets out a number of actions to protect and enhance Canberra’s living infrastructure, including a target of 30 per cent canopy cover and 30 per cent permeable surfaces that are to be achieved across Canberra’s urban footprint by 2045.
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