[Greens-Media] Hartland moves to restore democracy on Whitten Oval development (Vic, C Hartland)

[Elizabeth.Ingham at parliament.vic.gov.au]

Greens MLC Colleen Hartland moved a disallowance motion in Victorian 
Parliament yesterday.  If successful, it would revoke the Planning 
Minister's move to take over planning control of the Whitten Oval 
development, and restore City of Maribyrnong as the planning authority.

"I've made no secret about my plans.  From the day the Minister amended 
the planning scheme I said I would move to disallow it, because I think 
the people who live in the area should have a say, and important planning 
changes should be discussed in an open and accountable way through local 
council," said Colleen Hartland MLC

"The Minister shouldn't have sacked City of Maribyrnong as the planning 
authority, because they didn't do anything wrong.  They worked hard, and 
were honest about everything.  All they did was stand up to the Bulldogs 
and ask them to provide the sort of information the community needs on a 
development that is going to affect them. That's why we have local 
councils, after all."

"Mr Madden said the issue needed to resolved quickly.  Then he dragged his 
feet for the full statutory time limit before bringing this issue to 
Parliament – from 25 July to 7 October.  Ironically, City of Maribyrnong 
would have gone through the full public planning process by now, from go 
to whoa."

"The best result would be for the Bulldogs to sit down with City of 
Maribyrnong and find a way forward that would bring benefit to the 
community."

"I look forward to the debate", said Ms Hartland.

Ms Hartland's motion must be debated within ten parliamentary sitting days 
of 8 October 2008. 

Further comment: Colleen Hartland  0417 445 845


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Western Metropolitan Region

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