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12 Apr 2000 Legislative Assembly 739 WEDNESDAY, 12 APRIL 2000 PAPERS MINISTERIAL RESPONSES TO PETITIONS The following responses to petitions were tabled by The Clerk— Mr SPEAKER (Hon. R. K. Hollis, Redcliffe) Response from the Acting Premier (Mr Hamill) read prayers and took the chair at 9.30 a.m. to a petition presented by Mr Beanland from 199 petitioners, regarding issues raised by PETITIONS landowners of the Southern Moreton Bay Islands— The Clerk announced the receipt of the Thank you for your letter of 25 November following petitions— 1999, in relation to the petition received by the Parliament from Ms Lynn Paul on Robina, Pedestrian Crossing behalf of the landowners of the Southern Moreton Bay Islands, which was lodged From Mr Connor (2,246 petitioners) with you by Mr Denver Beanland, MLA, requesting the House to prevail upon the Member for Indooroopilly. Minister for Transport and Main Roads, the I have attached a copy of my response to Honourable Steve Bredhauer, to undertake Ms Paul. It would be appreciated if you the construction of a safe pedestrian access would arrange for this response to be across the Pacific Highway at the roundabouts tabled on my behalf. at Mudgeeraba Advancetown Road and Dear Ms Paul Robina Connection Road and at Somerset I refer to your petition lodged with the Road and Robina Parkway. Clerk of the Parliament on 24 November 1999 by Mr Denver Beanland MLA, Member for Indooroopilly, on behalf of the Ambrose State School landowners of the Southern Moreton Bay From Mrs Liz Cunningham (299 Islands. petitioners) requesting the House to reinstate As you may be aware, the Criminal Justice our third teacher at Ambrose State School on Commission (the Commission) was our present enrolment numbers forthwith. considering complaints pertaining to the issues raised in your correspondence. Until the Commission completed its Vegetation Management Legislation consideration, it was not appropriate for From Mr Hobbs (403 petitioners) me to comment on the matters you have requesting the House to rescind the raised. I have been advised this week that the Commission does not intend to Vegetation Management Bill 1999 conduct an investigation into the matters. immediately. You have raised two key issues in your petition, being the devaluation of land on Koumala State School the Southern Moreton Bay Islands and the Southern Moreton Bay Islands Planning From Mr Malone (129 petitioners) and Land Use Study which I will address requesting the House to return the teacher in turn. transferred from Koumala State School as a Rezoning and Valuations result of the 8-day enrolment policy. I understand that no rezoning or reclassification of land use status has been Teachers undertaken by the Redland Shire Council in respect of freehold properties on the From Mr Mitchell (107 petitioners) Southern Moreton Bay Islands in requesting the House to allow flexibility of response to the draft strategy district managers to retain teachers when recommendations. If the Redland Shire student numbers fall short of Education Council amends its planning scheme to Department quotas. reflect the recommendations of the draft strategy, existing development rights for residential land apply and land remains Life Education Centres zoned Residential A. Further, the From Mr Quinn (16 petitioners) requesting compensation provisions under the the House to restore funding for the Life Integrated Planning Act 1997 may apply. Education Centres for their positive health and All owners of land currently zoned for anti-drug program for Queensland children residential purposes are free to seek the effective 1 July 1999. appropriate development approvals to enable development of their properties. Petitions received. Approval of applications by the Redland 740 Legislative Assembly 12 Apr 2000 Shire Council remains subject to the Independent consultants were appointed normal considerations of site suitability, in 1996 to undertake a range of studies topographic/physical constraints, ability to and investigations leading to the accommodate septic disposal of sewage, preparation of the Study, including the availability of access, and other building strategy. The Study's consultants and related approval requirements. These completed the draft strategy and a are matters for the Redland Shire Council background report, based on the technical to consider on a case by case basis. investigations, which were made available The Department of Natural Resources has for public comment in late 1998. The a statutory obligation under the Valuation Study also involved a detailed and of Land Act 1944 to determine comprehensive consultation process, unimproved values that are used which comprised a significant component principally by Local Governments as a of the Study budget. basis for levying general rates. Valuations Following the consultation process, a are usually determined annually on the submission report was prepared. The basis of sales information for property report provided a detailed review of all transactions that took place over the written submissions which were received previous year. In effect, unimproved during the display period and also values follow and reflect trends in the included suggested amendments to the property market. As part of the valuation draft strategy in response to certain issues process, valuers of the Department of raised in the written submissions. Natural Resources review all relevant The Study, including the draft strategy, information that may impact on the aims to resolve a number of Iong standing marketability of land and consequently its land use and servicing issues, as well as unimproved value. seeking to put in place a framework to Investigations indicate that the value of manage future development and residential land on the Southern Moreton conservation of the Southern Moreton Bay Islands has steadily decreased over a Bay Islands. five year period, with no direct correlation As the matters raised in your petition have between the commencement of the Study been sufficiently considered by the in 1996 or the publication of its draft Criminal Justice Commission, the recommendations in late 1998. I Department of Communication and understand that these valuations reflect Information, Local Government and decreasing values resulting from the Planning and Sport and the Department of oversupply of land for sale, and Natural Resources, there is no basis for information that some land may be subject further investigation as requested in your to drainage or other physical constraints petition. to development. It also appears there has I trust that this information assists in been a steady decline in both residential clarifying your concerns. land sales and the total value of land sales for most of the 1990s for all of the Response from the Minister for Communication Southern Moreton Bay Islands other than and Information, Local Government and Karragarra. Planning and Minister for Sport (Mr Mackenroth) to a petition presented by Mr Southern Moreton Bay Islands Land Use Hegarty from 1 petitioner, regarding issues and Development Study raised by landowners of the Southern Moreton The Southern Moreton Bay Islands Land Bay Islands— Use and Development Study (the Study) Thank you for your letter of 16 March is a joint initiative between the Redland 2000 regarding the petition received by Shire Council and the Queensland the House from Mr J Abrahamson on Government. At this point in time, the behalf of the landowners of the Southern Study remains as a draft under Moreton Bay Islands. consideration by the Government and no In December 1999 I responded to a similar implementation actions have been petition received by the House from Mr initiated. Abrahamson. Since that time, I have The purpose of the Study is to develop a received advice from the Criminal Justice strategy to guide ecologically sustainable Commission (CJC) on the findings of its development and the management of land investigation into the Southern Moreton on the Southern Moreton Bay Islands in Bay Islands Planning Study. The CJC response to the history of apparently investigated the Study, consultation inappropriate subdivision which has processes, land valuations and rating occurred, and the potential major issues. These issues had been referred to environmental impacts on the surrounding the CJC by a number of island waters of the Moreton Bay from landowners. I have included comments inappropriate development on the from the CJC report, where relevant, in my Southern Moreton Bay Islands. response to the petition. 12 Apr 2000 Legislative Assembly 741 The petition from Mr Abrahamson The Study is a joint initiative between the requests the House ask the Honourable P Redland Shire Council and the State Beattie MP, Premier to instruct me: Government. The purpose of the Study is (i) to dismiss the Redland Shire Council to produce a "Strategy" to guide and appoint an Administrator; ecologically sustainable development and management of land on the Islands in (ii) to halt any sales of public land on response to the history of inappropriate these Islands by the Council at subdivision which has occurred, and the "devalued" unimproved capital values potential major environmental impacts on until after an inquiry; and Moreton Bay from inappropriate (iii) to immediately cancel the Southern development on the Islands. The draft Moreton Bay Islands Planning Study Strategy is aimed at resolving a number of and undertake a comprehensive, long standing land use and servicing independent,
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