Hon Simon O'Brien asks about the future management of Araluen Botanic Park after the Foundation's lease expires. Hon Adele Farina responds that the government intends to transfer management to the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority, based on a 2001 taskforce report.

AnsweredQoN 371Legislative Council
Asked
31 May 2007
Portfolio
Planning and Infrastructure

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ARALUEN BOTANIC PARK - FUTURE MANAGEMENT
I refer to the issue of the future management of the Araluen Botanic Park. (1) What is the government’s intention regarding the management of the Araluen Botanic Park after the Araluen Botanic Park Foundation lease expires on 30 June 2009? (2) Will the government make a decision and act upon it in this matter before February 2009? (3) What assessment has been made of the performance of the Araluen Botanic Park Foundation in managing the park, and can the minister advise the house of the findings of that assessment? Hon ADELE FARINA

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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) In 2001 the government approved the Machinery of Government Taskforce report chaired by Mr Stuart Hicks that recommended the transfer of the management of Araluen Botanic Park from the Western Austrian Planning Commission to the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority. (2)-(3) The foundation has been advised that the government proposes to transfer the ownership and management of the park to the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority as it agrees with the Machinery of Government Taskforce that this is the government agency best able to take responsibility for the park.
(1) What is the government’s intention regarding the management of the Araluen Botanic Park after the Araluen Botanic Park Foundation lease expires on 30 June 2009? (2) Will the government make a decision and act upon it in this matter before February 2009? (3) What assessment has been made of the performance of the Araluen Botanic Park Foundation in managing the park, and can the minister advise the house of the findings of that assessment? Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) In 2001 the government approved the Machinery of Government Taskforce report chaired by Mr Stuart Hicks that recommended the transfer of the management of Araluen Botanic Park from the Western Austrian Planning Commission to the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority. (2)-(3) The foundation has been advised that the government proposes to transfer the ownership and management of the park to the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority as it agrees with the Machinery of Government Taskforce that this is the government agency best able to take responsibility for the park.
(2) Will the government make a decision and act upon it in this matter before February 2009? (3) What assessment has been made of the performance of the Araluen Botanic Park Foundation in managing the park, and can the minister advise the house of the findings of that assessment? Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) In 2001 the government approved the Machinery of Government Taskforce report chaired by Mr Stuart Hicks that recommended the transfer of the management of Araluen Botanic Park from the Western Austrian Planning Commission to the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority. (2)-(3) The foundation has been advised that the government proposes to transfer the ownership and management of the park to the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority as it agrees with the Machinery of Government Taskforce that this is the government agency best able to take responsibility for the park.
(3) What assessment has been made of the performance of the Araluen Botanic Park Foundation in managing the park, and can the minister advise the house of the findings of that assessment? Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) In 2001 the government approved the Machinery of Government Taskforce report chaired by Mr Stuart Hicks that recommended the transfer of the management of Araluen Botanic Park from the Western Austrian Planning Commission to the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority. (2)-(3) The foundation has been advised that the government proposes to transfer the ownership and management of the park to the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority as it agrees with the Machinery of Government Taskforce that this is the government agency best able to take responsibility for the park.
Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) In 2001 the government approved the Machinery of Government Taskforce report chaired by Mr Stuart Hicks that recommended the transfer of the management of Araluen Botanic Park from the Western Austrian Planning Commission to the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority. (2)-(3) The foundation has been advised that the government proposes to transfer the ownership and management of the park to the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority as it agrees with the Machinery of Government Taskforce that this is the government agency best able to take responsibility for the park.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) In 2001 the government approved the Machinery of Government Taskforce report chaired by Mr Stuart Hicks that recommended the transfer of the management of Araluen Botanic Park from the Western Austrian Planning Commission to the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority. (2)-(3) The foundation has been advised that the government proposes to transfer the ownership and management of the park to the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority as it agrees with the Machinery of Government Taskforce that this is the government agency best able to take responsibility for the park.
(1) In 2001 the government approved the Machinery of Government Taskforce report chaired by Mr Stuart Hicks that recommended the transfer of the management of Araluen Botanic Park from the Western Austrian Planning Commission to the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority. (2)-(3) The foundation has been advised that the government proposes to transfer the ownership and management of the park to the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority as it agrees with the Machinery of Government Taskforce that this is the government agency best able to take responsibility for the park.
(2)-(3) The foundation has been advised that the government proposes to transfer the ownership and management of the park to the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority as it agrees with the Machinery of Government Taskforce that this is the government agency best able to take responsibility for the park.

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