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Legislative Assembly LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Standing Committee on Public Works Conference Report 13th Annual Conference of Public Works and Environment Committees of Australian Parliaments 2008 Report No. 54/02 – October 2008 New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Standing Committee on Public Works Report on Conference attendance : 13th Annual Conference of Public Works and Environment Committees of Australian Parliaments, 2008 / NSW Parliament, Legislative Assembly, Standing Committee on Public Works. [Sydney, N.S.W.] : the Committee, 2008. – 96, iv p. ; 30 cm. (Report / Standing Committee on Public Works ; no. 54/02) “September 2008”. Chair: Karyn Paluzzano, David Borger. ISBN 9781921012808 1. Annual Conference of Public Works and Environment Committees of Australian Parliaments (13th : 2008 : Sydney, N.S.W.) 2. Public Works—Australia—Congresses. 3. Environmental policy— Australia—Congresses. I. Title. II. Paluzzano, Karyn. III. Borger, David. IV. Series: New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Standing Committee on Public Works Report ; no. 54/02 333.72 (DDC 22) Report on 13th Annual Conference of Public Works and Environment Committees 2008 Table of contents Membership and staff .......................................................................................ii Foreword..........................................................................................................iv INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................1 DAY 1 WEDNESDAY 23 JULY 2008...............................................................2 Conference Opening.........................................................................................2 Session One – SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE........................2 Session Two – JURISDICTIONAL COMMITTEE REPORTS ..........................3 Session Three – FINANCING PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ..........................6 DAY 2 THURSDAY 24 JULY 2008..................................................................8 Morning – VISIT TO PARRAMATTA ................................................................8 Afternoon – VISIT TO BLUE MOUNTAINS......................................................8 DAY 3 FRIDAY 25 JULY 2008 ......................................................................10 Session Four – GOVERNMENT URBAN PLANNING STRATEGIES ...........10 Session Five – SUMMARY OF CONFERENCE ............................................11 APPENDIX ONE – TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS ................................13 Wednesday 23 July 2008 ...............................................................................13 Conference Opening ............................................................................................... 13 Session A—Sustainable Public Infrastructure......................................................... 16 Session B—Jurisdictional Committee Reports ........................................................ 33 Session C—Financing Public Infrastructure............................................................ 45 Friday 25 July 2008 ........................................................................................61 Session E—Government Urban Planning Strategies .............................................. 61 Conference Conclusion........................................................................................... 76 Report No. 54/02 – October 2008 i Standing Committee on Public Works Membership and staff Chair Mr Ninos Khoshaba, MP Member for Smithfield Deputy Chair Ms Marie Andrews, MP Member for Gosford Members Mr Craig Baumann, MP Member for Port Stephens Mrs Dawn Fardell, MP Member for Dubbo The Hon. Grant Mcbride, MP Member for The Entrance Mr Donald Page, Member for Ballina Mr Alan John Ashton, MP Member for East Hills Staff Ms Catherine Watson, Committee Manager Ms Carrie Chan, Senior Committee Officer Mr Jim Jefferis, Senior Committee Officer Ms Amy Bauder, Committee Officer Contact Details Legislative Assembly Standing Committee on Public Works Parliament of New South Wales Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000 Telephone 02 9230 3418 Facsimile 02 9230 3052 E-mail [email protected] URL http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/publicworks ii Legislative Assembly Report on 13th Annual Conference of Public Works and Environment Committees 2008 STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Terms of reference That: A Standing Committee on Public Works be appointed to inquire and report from time to time with the following terms of reference: (1) As an on-going task, the committee is to examine and report on such existing and proposed capital works projects, or matters relating to capital works projects, in the public sector, including the environmental impacts of such works, and whether alternative management practices offer lower incremental costs, as are referred to it by a Minister, or by resolution of the Legislative Assembly. (2) Such committee consist of seven members of the Legislative Assembly. (3) Mr Baumann, Mr Borger, Ms Fardell, Mr Khoshaba, Mr McBride, Mrs Paluzzano and Mr Page be appointed to serve on such committee. (4) The committee have leave to make visits of inspection within the State of New South Wales and other states and territories of Australia. 1 1 Resolution passed 21 June 2007, 54th Parliament, Votes and Proceedings No.14, Item 13, Pages 169-170 Report No. 54/02 – October 2008 iii Standing Committee on Public Works Foreword I am pleased to present this report to the House on behalf of the Standing Committee on Public Works. This is the Committee’s report on the 13th Annual Conference of Public Works and Environment Committees of Australian Parliaments which was held from 23 to 25 July 2008. The Committee had the pleasure of co-hosting this year’s conference along with the Standing Committee on Natural Resource Management (Climate Change). This reports covers the sessions of interest to public works committees. The Natural Resource Management (Climate Change) Committee will report on environmental sessions. The theme of this year’s conference was “Sustainable Urbanisation”,a topic which merged the intersts and focus of both the Public Works and Environment Committees. As we look towards the provision of future infrastructure, sustainability will be a key requirement. Already we are seeing this reflected in public developments such as the new Justice Precinct in Parramatta. During the conference we had the privilege of hearing from some of the country’s experts from academia, industry and government on infrastructure, planning, the environment and climate change. I would like to thank all the conference speakers for their excellent presentations. In keeping with the conference theme the site inspections also focussed on the issue of sustainability with a visit to the Parramatta Justice Precinct and a briefing on the proposed Civic Place Redevelopment. Afterward, delegates travelled to Katoomba where they received a briefing by Blue Mountains City Council on their Blue Mountains Sustainability Activity Model with examples of best and poor practice catchment and a discussion of other Council run sustainability programs. This was followed by a visit to Scenic World which provides an excellent example of eco-tourism infrastructure. I would like to thank Parramatta City Council, State Rail, the NSW Attorney General’s Department and Blue Mountains City Council for making the site inspections so informative and enjoyable. I would also like to thank the Hon. Rodney Cavalier, former NSW Minister for Education, Finance and Energy and the current Chair of the Sydney Cricket Ground for his erudite address on sportsground administration at the official conference dinner. Last, but not least, I would especially like to thank the staff at Parliament House, the attendants, catering and the secretariats without whom this conference would not have happened. I look forward to attending the 2009 Conference which will be hosted by the Tasmanian Parliament. Ninos Khoshaba MP Chair iv Legislative Assembly Report on 13th Annual Conference of Public Works and Environment Committees 2008 INTRODUCTION 1.1 The 13th Annual Conference of Parliament Environment and Public Works Commitees was held in Sydney over three days from 23 July to 25 July 2008. More than 60 delegates from Australian Parliaments attended. This Conference is the key opportunity for the NSW Standing Committee on Public Works to meet with similar committees from other Australian jurisdictions and to discuss issues and exchange ideas. 1.2 This year the Conference was hosted jointly by the NSW Standing Committees on Natural Resource Management (Climate Change) and Public Works. The Conference was organised by a steering committee chaired by Mrs Karyn Paluzzano MP, then Chair of the Natural Resource Management (Climate Change) Committee and Mr David Borger MP, then Chair of the Public Works Committee. 1.3 The theme of the 13th Annual Conference was “Sustainable Urbanisation”. The Conference sessions examined the theme of sustainable urban design and development infrastructure development with a focus on challenges for sustainable growth and renewal. 1.4 Key themes of the conference included: Sustainable urban design and architecture within environmental planning and management in a way which improves living conditions and addresses issues of inequity and exclusion; How to achieve sustainable design in urban areas and how to plan for ‘smart growth’; Improved energy efficiency in buildings and clean energy technologies as a response
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