Mr GUNNER - 2010-08-17
Can you please inform the House of the progress being made in releasing land for residential development in Alice Springs?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Fannie Bay for his very good question. Being an old Alice Springs boy, he is certainly aware of the issues in Alice, particularly that of land release.
It was good to join Warren Snowdon, the federal member for Lingiari, along with our Mayor, Damien Ryan, and NT Airport Corporation’s CEO, Ian Kew, at the airport last Friday, particularly as the airport land has now been given the tick of approval from the federal minister, Anthony Albanese, for the Alice Springs Airport Master Plan.
The master plan provides for further land releases in Alice Springs, which is much needed, particularly with the release of the new suburb of Kilgariff. What we are looking at is an integrated development of around 4500 dwellings over the next 20 years. So, 4500 dwelling for a population of up to around 15 000 is a significant announcement for Alice Springs.
We will work together with the Airport Corporation and the Commonwealth government, and with the traditional owners and their organisation, Lhere Artepe, in developing the new suburb of Kilgariff and also the airport land, in an environmentally sustainable way. This is really important because we do not want to make the same mistakes we have seen in some bigger cities down south.
We also announced in Budget 2010-11 $10m for headworks at the new suburb of Kilgariff. This is a great kick-start for both the airport land and Kilgariff. I thank the Treasurer for her support. There have been up to 300 dwellings approved by the Development Consent Authority recently, and those developments are all by private developers which gives great confidence to Alice Springs. It is great news.
We are prepared to work, as always, with native titleholders. We are getting on with the job of securing land and homes for Alice Springs, which has a great future. It will grow and prosper and we look forward to the next 20 or 30 years in Alice Springs.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Fannie Bay for his very good question. Being an old Alice Springs boy, he is certainly aware of the issues in Alice, particularly that of land release.
It was good to join Warren Snowdon, the federal member for Lingiari, along with our Mayor, Damien Ryan, and NT Airport Corporation’s CEO, Ian Kew, at the airport last Friday, particularly as the airport land has now been given the tick of approval from the federal minister, Anthony Albanese, for the Alice Springs Airport Master Plan.
The master plan provides for further land releases in Alice Springs, which is much needed, particularly with the release of the new suburb of Kilgariff. What we are looking at is an integrated development of around 4500 dwellings over the next 20 years. So, 4500 dwelling for a population of up to around 15 000 is a significant announcement for Alice Springs.
We will work together with the Airport Corporation and the Commonwealth government, and with the traditional owners and their organisation, Lhere Artepe, in developing the new suburb of Kilgariff and also the airport land, in an environmentally sustainable way. This is really important because we do not want to make the same mistakes we have seen in some bigger cities down south.
We also announced in Budget 2010-11 $10m for headworks at the new suburb of Kilgariff. This is a great kick-start for both the airport land and Kilgariff. I thank the Treasurer for her support. There have been up to 300 dwellings approved by the Development Consent Authority recently, and those developments are all by private developers which gives great confidence to Alice Springs. It is great news.
We are prepared to work, as always, with native titleholders. We are getting on with the job of securing land and homes for Alice Springs, which has a great future. It will grow and prosper and we look forward to the next 20 or 30 years in Alice Springs.
Last updated: 09 Aug 2016