Mr WOOD - 2006-08-23
When your government asked for the public to comment on Myilly Point, including ‘Little Mindil’, you put out this full-page advertisement on 10 October 2004 in the Sunday Territorian. This showed land at ‘Little Mindil’, which did not encroach on the creek and partially encroached on the cliff and beaches. It is clearly a piece of land outside of the creek, and part of the escarpment was not included, which is what you asked the public to comment on. When you released expressions of interest for development of ‘Little Mindil’, you showed this map, which shows the entire creek, part of the beach and all of the escarpment within the boundaries. Has the government deceived the public, because what you asked them to comment on is not the same as what you have shown any potential developers.? Does not this make your analysis of the public consultation invalid?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I welcome the question by the member for Nelson. The first document he talked about, the public consultation document, was a representation to illustrate government’s commitment that the foreshore, the creek, and the escarpment will be protected and the amenity of the escarpment will be preserved. The expressions of interest document that went out to the proponents simply shows the block of land and the boundaries as they exist in that lot number.
Within the expressions of interest document, the issues that government want to see preserved on that site are clearly defined. That is, public access to the beach, the protection of the creek and the amenity of the escarpment area. When the final deal is complete, those boundaries will be redrawn to show the protection and safeguarding of the beach, the creek and the escarpment. That is the answer to your question.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I welcome the question by the member for Nelson. The first document he talked about, the public consultation document, was a representation to illustrate government’s commitment that the foreshore, the creek, and the escarpment will be protected and the amenity of the escarpment will be preserved. The expressions of interest document that went out to the proponents simply shows the block of land and the boundaries as they exist in that lot number.
Within the expressions of interest document, the issues that government want to see preserved on that site are clearly defined. That is, public access to the beach, the protection of the creek and the amenity of the escarpment area. When the final deal is complete, those boundaries will be redrawn to show the protection and safeguarding of the beach, the creek and the escarpment. That is the answer to your question.
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