Page 4585 - Week 13 - Tuesday, 26 November 2019
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That day had a huge number of fetes otherwise, with the St Thomas Aquinas Primary School fete as well as the Macgregor Primary School fete, the Miles Franklin Primary School fete and, of course, Yes!Fest. So it was a really big day on the Belconnen calendar and I was pleased to get along to all of those.
The next day I was very pleased again to get along to the Weetangera Primary School fete, where I happily served many constituents and residents, and parents and children from the Weetangera Primary School, including our own local radio star Adam Shirley, who I acknowledge is present in the chamber today. The Weetangera Primary School fete had an incredibly well-run barbecue.
I think those fetes are such a good sign of communities coming together and showing the very best of what they can achieve with volunteers, often in a very short period of time, and raising an enormous amount of money for their school communities.
Finally, apart from what is coming up this weekend, last weekend was the Scullin Twilight Celebration. It is one year since the Scullin Community Group formed, and they have simply done an amazing job of revitalising those shops and bringing new life and heart to the entire Scullin community. Watching that come alive through volunteers who last year did not necessarily know each other and did not necessarily know their neighbours filled, I think, everyone who attended that celebration with joy.
Those are just a few highlights from the calendar. (Time expired.)
Planning—ACT planning strategy
MR GENTLEMAN (Brindabella—Manager of Government Business, Minister for Advanced Technology and Space Industries, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Minister for Planning and Land Management and Minister for Police and Emergency Services) (3.35): I rise to speak to the recent success of the ACT planning strategy 2018 at the Planning Institute of Australia Awards for Planning Excellence held on 25 October. The Planning Institute of Australia is the national body for representing planning and the planning profession in Australia. At the ACT annual awards for planning excellence the institute awarded the Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate with a commendation for the best planning ideas, large project category. The commendation was given for the 2018 planning strategy, recognising its significance in guiding Canberra’s future.
According to the Planning Institute, this award recognises outstanding planning ideas. In bestowing this award, the judges were impressed by the strategy’s approach of building on previous strategic planning work and other strategies, as well as the central focus on community consultation and engagement. The judges also noted that the strategy represented a significant opportunity to bring together a variety of government priorities into a set of shared directions and actions.
I am pleased to add my congratulations to the strategic planning and policy team in the Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate on achieving this award. It confirms that we are on the right track in representing leading thinking and best practice in our strategic planning policy.
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