Legislative Council - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
2009-05-13 Daily Xml

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BUCKLAND PARK

The Hon. M. PARNELL (15:03): I have a further supplementary question. How does the Buckland Park development fit in with the government's commitment to transit-oriented development when the first bus will not go in until 2022 and, at the completion of the project, with 33,000 people, fewer than 5 per cent of trips will be by public transport, according to the proponents' own EIS?

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY (Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning, Minister for Small Business) (15:03): The honourable member has at least read the EIS and I look forward to his submission, because they are exactly the issues that need to be considered as part of the EIS. I am pleased that, with his supplementary question, the honourable member is talking about information from the EIS rather than criticising it as being a ghetto, as well as the other criticisms he mentioned. They are exactly the issues that should be considered as part of the process. That is the sort of debate we should be having—not one-off slogans.