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Leave granted.
MS LAWDER: I move:
1. Omit paragraph (1)(g), substitute:
“(g) the building industry is actively working to reduce noise attenuation in new developments to better assist residents living in mixed-use areas;”.
2. Insert new paragraph (1)(i):
“(i) the ACT Government has rigid and cumbersome requirements for the design of rubbish collection areas which are difficult to comply with, lead to sub-optimal design outcomes and cause considerable delays in the approval process;”.
The amendments that I have circulated today replace the existing paragraph (1)(g) in order to recognise that the building industry is already doing some work in this area. They seek to insert a new paragraph (1)(i) relating to the current rigid and cumbersome requirements for the design of rubbish collection areas. I note Minister Steel’s earlier comments about the government having taken some of this on board, but it does not appear that this has currently been made into legislation. The point I am making here, with the addition of (1)(i), remains. It can cause delays in the approval process, it is quite rigid, and it is an area of a building—especially a mixed use building—that can be improved in amenity and appearance. I commend my amendments to the Assembly.
MR STEEL (Murrumbidgee—Minister for City Services, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Recycling and Waste Reduction, Minister for Roads and Active Travel, Minister for Tertiary Education and Minister for Transport) (11.40) by leave: While I acknowledge proposed paragraph (1)(g) of the motion I am not supportive of the amendment, and the government will not be supporting it, particularly in relation to the addition of proposed (1)(i), which notes the current design of rubbish collection areas.
We went through an extensive process of working with industry to review the development control code, which provides for best practice in waste management for new multi-unit properties and mixed use developments. So when they are built now—not necessarily when they were built in 1998 but now—they have to have certain requirements in place. Those are rigid, but they are necessary in order to ensure the effective waste management within those buildings.
Depending on the site, that includes the amount of rubbish they produce; shared bins and waste recycling storage facilities; compacters for larger multi-unit properties; adequate space for recycling facilities; and waste chutes within a multi-unit development to make sure that waste can be separated to reduce the amount going to landfill and so that it can be collected appropriately by waste providers, whether that be government or commercial waste providers.
So this matter has been dealt with for new properties. It has been appropriately canvassed with industry and the development control standards have been updated.
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