❓ Mr. Carey questions the Minister for Planning about the government's infill targets and the Liberal Party's policy on infill in western suburbs. The Minister defends the current policy and criticises the opposition's stance, highlighting concerns about uncertainty in the development industry.
AnsweredQoN 239Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
PLANNING — INFILL
TARGETS
239. Mr J.N. CAREY to the Minister for Planning:
On behalf of the member for
Kingsley, I welcome year 11 and 12 politics and law students from Woodvale
Secondary College.
I refer to this government's
sensible, appropriate and reasonable infill targets that ensure that all local governments
do their fair share in meeting the demands of a growing city. Can the minister
advise the house why this government has maintained the density targets that
were introduced by the thoughtful and measured former planning minister, John
Day, which until recently had received bipartisan support?
Several members interjected.
Mr J.N. CAREY : Thoughtful and measured—someone
has got to defend him.
Ms R. Saffioti interjected.
Mr J.N. CAREY : I have not
finished yet.
Ms R. Saffioti : I was excited
to answer, member.
Mr J.N. CAREY : Can the
minister also outline to the house the advice she has received about the
consequences of the Liberal Party's policy to ban all infill in the
western suburbs?
TARGETS
239. Mr J.N. CAREY to the Minister for Planning:
On behalf of the member for
Kingsley, I welcome year 11 and 12 politics and law students from Woodvale
Secondary College.
I refer to this government's
sensible, appropriate and reasonable infill targets that ensure that all local governments
do their fair share in meeting the demands of a growing city. Can the minister
advise the house why this government has maintained the density targets that
were introduced by the thoughtful and measured former planning minister, John
Day, which until recently had received bipartisan support?
Several members interjected.
Mr J.N. CAREY : Thoughtful and measured—someone
has got to defend him.
Ms R. Saffioti interjected.
Mr J.N. CAREY : I have not
finished yet.
Ms R. Saffioti : I was excited
to answer, member.
Mr J.N. CAREY : Can the
minister also outline to the house the advice she has received about the
consequences of the Liberal Party's policy to ban all infill in the
western suburbs?
AnswerView source ↗
Thank you, member for Perth. I was shocked,
when I read one of those western suburbs papers, to see that the member for
Scarborough was unwinding years of bipartisan support for infill across the
suburbs. She was basically saying, ''No more infill in the western
suburbs; everyone else needs to take more than their share.'' That is
basically what the member for Scarborough said. In relation to the infill
targets for Subiaco, the member for Scarborough said, as quoted in The West
Australian —
� ''if we can legally amend it
and pull it back we will''.
�
''We are in the process now of
reviewing our policy and we will be announcing a different infill policy to
what we were pursuing in government when it comes closer to the election,''
�
What
does that mean? It means that the western suburbs will be quarantined, and
every other suburb, such as Joondalup, Mt Lawley and Kingsley, will have to
take more than their fair share. That is what will happen. To appease the
western suburbs, this member will unwind decades of bipartisan support for
infill. She came into opposition and is being led by the member for Cottesloe,
who was cryogenically frozen in the 1970s and defrosted —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members, please—we
have heard it, now let us move on. The member for Cottesloe is smiling because
he thought it was funny.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : He was
defrosted at the time of Colin Barnett's retirement.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Come on—the
member for Cottesloe smiled at that, and you are saying he is upset.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : The member is
taking policies from the 1970s into the future. That is creating uncertainty.
We have had so much feedback from everyone in the industry. The industry
advocacy body is saying that what the member for Scarborough is doing is
creating uncertainty at a time when we need certainty. We need a stable outlook
about how we plan and develop our city and suburbs.
Dr M.D. Nahan interjected.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the
Opposition!
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : It has
approached my office, the media and members of this chamber and said that it
cannot believe that the Liberal Party is doing this to certainty in this state.
We need certainty. We want more development. We want jobs in the construction
industry. What the member for Scarborough has done is create enormous
uncertainty at a time when we need certainty.
when I read one of those western suburbs papers, to see that the member for
Scarborough was unwinding years of bipartisan support for infill across the
suburbs. She was basically saying, ''No more infill in the western
suburbs; everyone else needs to take more than their share.'' That is
basically what the member for Scarborough said. In relation to the infill
targets for Subiaco, the member for Scarborough said, as quoted in The West
Australian —
� ''if we can legally amend it
and pull it back we will''.
�
''We are in the process now of
reviewing our policy and we will be announcing a different infill policy to
what we were pursuing in government when it comes closer to the election,''
�
What
does that mean? It means that the western suburbs will be quarantined, and
every other suburb, such as Joondalup, Mt Lawley and Kingsley, will have to
take more than their fair share. That is what will happen. To appease the
western suburbs, this member will unwind decades of bipartisan support for
infill. She came into opposition and is being led by the member for Cottesloe,
who was cryogenically frozen in the 1970s and defrosted —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members, please—we
have heard it, now let us move on. The member for Cottesloe is smiling because
he thought it was funny.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : He was
defrosted at the time of Colin Barnett's retirement.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Come on—the
member for Cottesloe smiled at that, and you are saying he is upset.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : The member is
taking policies from the 1970s into the future. That is creating uncertainty.
We have had so much feedback from everyone in the industry. The industry
advocacy body is saying that what the member for Scarborough is doing is
creating uncertainty at a time when we need certainty. We need a stable outlook
about how we plan and develop our city and suburbs.
Dr M.D. Nahan interjected.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the
Opposition!
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : It has
approached my office, the media and members of this chamber and said that it
cannot believe that the Liberal Party is doing this to certainty in this state.
We need certainty. We want more development. We want jobs in the construction
industry. What the member for Scarborough has done is create enormous
uncertainty at a time when we need certainty.
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