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As part of the ACT Government’s commitment to community engagement, the Economic Development Directorate engages with the Canberra community on a variety of issues that reflects the diversity of the Directorate’s operations. Topics of engagement vary from land release, to sporting events and facilities, celebrations of Canberra’s seasons and unique tourist attractions.

Community engagement by the Directorate happens at four levels:

ᇟ inform the community of current events happening in and around Canberra;

ᇟ seek information and input from the community where the day-to-day lives of Canberrans may be affected by proposed development;

ᇟ involve the community, as part of a Project Working Group; or

ᇟ to form a partnership to specifically address a particular issue.

The levels, type and lengths of engagement are reliant upon the project. The Directorate also works closely with the other eight Government directorates to coordinate and manage its portfolio responsibilities to ensure that the Canberra community has access to the best service and facilities available.

Some highlights of community engagement activity during the year are detailed below.

Civic Revitalisation

Works being done under the Civic Revitalisation program are outlined in the Civic Area Action Plan released in October 2010. The total program consists of thirteen capital works projects to be completed for the start of Canberra’s 2013 Centenary. Stakeholder consultation occurred during the design phase, at the start of construction and as required during the construction process.

Capital Works Coordination

Major projects along Cotter Road and the new John Gorton Drive in Molonglo were the subject of public consultation, involving a presentation to the Weston Creek Community Council, and a letterbox drop to the residents of Weston by Australia Post. Prompt responses to 38 enquiries from 29 members of the public were provided during the construction of Clarrie Hermes Drive, Casey.

Manuka Oval Broadcast Lighting

Since the announcement of federal funding for the installation of broadcast quality lighting at Manuka Oval on 28 April 2012, an extensive program of community consultation has been undertaken with the various resident groups of South Canberra. In parallel a Development Control Plan has been lodged with the National Capital Authority (NCA) which sought comment from the public and a Development Application (DA) was lodged with the Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate (ESDD), again seeking comment from the public and other Government agencies.

Small Clubs Redevelopment

The Directorate engaged with ClubsACT and a sample of small clubs in relation to the design of the Small Club Site Redevelopment Support Scheme. Meetings were held with ClubsACT, the Canberra Irish Club, and the Murrumbidgee Country Club. Ongoing consultation is being undertaken to implement other initiatives announced as part of the Affordable Housing Action Plan Phase III. This consultation is being complemented by industry briefings and information sessions.

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Hawker Group Centre Draft Master Plan

The draft Hawker Group Centre Master Plan was developed during a lengthy process led by a Project Reference Group (PRG) comprising representatives of local businesses and local community groups including the Belconnen Community Council (BCC), the Council on the Ageing, and the Friends of Hawker Village (FOHV) as well as the ACT Government Architect.

The PRG sought to establish key planning principles to guide the future development of the Centre over a twenty year period. The draft Master Plan was released for public comment on 3 December 2011, closing on 31 January 2012. Eight community drop-in information sessions were held from 3 December to 10 December 2011 in the Hawker Group Centre. There were 274 submissions received. Twenty one PRG meetings were held. The PRG received specialist retail, traffic, parking, planning, and urban design advice and participated in a number of activities including a one-day planning workshop.

Newsletters were distributed to households in the suburbs of Hawker, Scullin, Weetangera, Page and Higgins on five occasions to ensure the community was kept up-to-date on the process.

A new style of Community Engagement took place for the redesign of the Downer local presinct. The community engagement, known as ‘charette’ (enquiry by design) actively engaged Downer residents in the project.

The process highlighted the collaboration between the Community and the Government by providing a range of consultation opportunities.

A New Take on Consultation

A meeting was held on 14 December 2011, where 70 community members were presented with the opportunities and of the project. Workshops with 55 community members gave individuals and opportunity to participate in group discussions and provide feedback on the proposal. Feedback was used by the designer in the development of three draft design plans.

Members of the community were then invited to provide online feedback on their preferred draft design and this feedback was incorporated into the final design.

Final design concept as presented to the Downer community on 27 June 2012.

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men

t Dire

ctor

ate

(ED

D),

(a D

irect

orat

e w

hich

in

corp

orat

es th

e fu

nctio

ns o

f the

pre

viou

s D

epar

tmen

t of

Lan

d an

d P

rope

rty S

ervi

ces,

in a

dditi

on to

oth

er

func

tions

).

Furth

er d

evel

opm

ent o

f gov

erna

nce

arra

ngem

ents

an

d cl

arifi

catio

n of

role

s w

ill c

ontin

ue th

roug

h th

e ne

w

gove

rnan

ce a

rran

gem

ents

of t

he S

trate

gic

Boa

rd

and

the

Chi

ef E

xecu

tives

’ Ste

erin

g G

roup

on

Land

S

uppl

y, ta

king

into

acc

ount

the

new

adm

inis

trativ

e ar

rang

emen

ts.

Cla

rifica

tion

of re

spon

sibi

litie

s w

ill b

e fo

rmal

ised

thro

ugh

a m

emor

andu

m o

f und

erst

andi

ng

betw

een

the

rele

vant

Dire

ctor

ates

.

A M

emor

andu

m o

f Und

erst

andi

ng

betw

een

the

Dire

ctor

s-G

ener

al

of E

DD

and

the

Env

ironm

ent

and

Sus

tain

able

Dev

elop

men

t D

irect

orat

e (E

SD

D) w

as s

igne

d on

24

Feb

ruar

y 20

12.

Follo

win

g G

over

nmen

t’s a

gree

men

t to

new

gov

erna

nce

arra

ngem

ents

fo

r ED

D in

Jul

y 20

11 a

Sta

tem

ent o

f G

over

nanc

e A

rran

gem

ents

for t

he

Land

Dev

elop

men

t Age

ncy

(LD

A),

an A

nnua

l Sta

tem

ent o

f Gov

ernm

ent

Pol

icy

and

a M

emor

andu

m o

f U

nder

stan

ding

bet

wee

n E

DD

and

LD

A w

ere

final

ised

and

are

ava

ilabl

e on

bot

h th

e E

DD

and

LD

A w

ebsi

tes.

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tions

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com

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iryR

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to th

e O

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me

of In

quiry

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emen

tatio

n St

atus

as

at

30 J

une

2012

Aud

itor-

Gen

eral

’s R

epor

t N

o.2/

2011

: Res

iden

tial L

and

Sup

ply

and

Dev

elop

men

t.

Gov

ernm

ent S

ubm

issi

on

to th

e S

tand

ing

Com

mitt

ee

on P

ublic

Acc

ount

s (P

AC

) au

thor

ised

for p

ublic

atio

n on

20

Oct

ober

201

1.

As

at 3

0 Ju

ne 2

012,

the

PAC

w

as y

et to

fina

lise

its in

quiry

.

Rec

omm

enda

tion

2

LAP

S s

houl

d di

ssem

inat

e re

leva

nt in

form

atio

n as

soci

ated

with

var

ious

inte

r-ag

ency

go

vern

ance

com

mitt

ees

and

wor

king

gro

ups

to

agen

cies

to in

crea

se a

war

enes

s of

the

role

s of

th

ese

grou

ps. T

his

coul

d in

clud

e:

a.

artic

ulat

ing

clea

r pro

cess

es o

n ho

w

the

grou

ps s

houl

d w

ork

toge

ther

and

co

ordi

nate

issu

es fo

r rev

iew

, con

side

ratio

n an

d de

cisi

on; a

nd

b.

clar

ifyin

g th

e au

thor

ity, i

f any

, of t

he

com

mitt

ees

to m

ake

deci

sion

s on

var

ious

la

nd d

evel

opm

ent a

nd p

lann

ing

mat

ters

.

Gov

ernm

ent P

ositi

on –

Agr

eed

The

Gov

ernm

ent w

ill c

ontin

ue th

roug

h th

e E

cono

mic

D

evel

opm

ent D

irect

orat

e to

circ

ulat

e to

rele

vant

D

irect

orat

es th

e ag

reed

term

s of

refe

renc

e, ro

les,

and

pr

oces

s th

at s

uppo

rt th

e la

nd d

evel

opm

ent c

omm

ittee

st

ruct

ure,

incl

udin

g cl

arify

ing

any

unce

rtain

ties

as

a re

sult

of th

e st

ruct

ural

cha

nges

lead

ing

to th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent o

f the

Dire

ctor

ates

.

Term

s of

Ref

eren

ce s

uppo

rting

th

e la

nd d

evel

opm

ent c

omm

ittee

st

ruct

ure

have

bee

n de

velo

ped

and

prov

ided

to a

ll w

orki

ng g

roup

s.

Dire

ctor

ates

wer

e in

vite

d to

revi

ew

thei

r mem

bers

hip

in o

rder

to im

prov

e th

e op

erat

ions

and

effe

ctiv

enes

s of

th

ese

inte

r-di

rect

orat

e m

eetin

gs.

Rec

omm

enda

tion

3

LAP

S s

houl

d pu

blis

h de

taile

d in

form

atio

n on

the

AC

T G

over

nmen

t lan

d de

velo

pmen

t an

d su

pply

stra

tegy

, inc

ludi

ng th

e fa

ctor

s co

nsid

ered

and

ass

umpt

ions

mad

e in

de

velo

ping

futu

re la

nd re

leas

e pr

ogra

ms.

S

uch

info

rmat

ion

shou

ld le

ad to

bet

ter

unde

rsta

ndin

g by

AC

T G

over

nmen

t age

ncie

s an

d pu

blic

sta

keho

lder

s, s

uch

as th

e co

mm

unity

, dev

elop

ers

and

build

ers,

of t

he

deci

sion

mak

ing

proc

ess

Gov

ernm

ent p

ositi

on –

Agr

eed

The

2011

-12

Bud

get r

elea

sed

by th

e G

over

nmen

t co

ntai

ns d

etai

led

info

rmat

ion

rela

ting

to th

e La

nd

Rel

ease

Pro

gram

, inc

ludi

ng re

leva

nt a

ssum

ptio

ns

and

proj

ectio

ns.

ED

D c

ontin

ues

to p

ublis

h de

taile

d in

form

atio

n in

rela

tion

to th

e La

nd

Rel

ease

Pro

gram

s th

roug

h th

e E

DD

w

ebsi

te.

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tern

al a

nd E

xter

nal S

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iny

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tions

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e O

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me

of In

quiry

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emen

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n St

atus

as

at

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une

2012

Aud

itor-

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eral

’s R

epor

t N

o.2/

2011

: Res

iden

tial L

and

Sup

ply

and

Dev

elop

men

t.

Gov

ernm

ent S

ubm

issi

on

to th

e S

tand

ing

Com

mitt

ee

on P

ublic

Acc

ount

s (P

AC

) au

thor

ised

for p

ublic

atio

n on

20

Oct

ober

201

1.

As

at 3

0 Ju

ne 2

012,

the

PAC

w

as y

et to

fina

lise

its in

quiry

.

Rec

omm

enda

tion

4

LAP

S s

houl

d de

velo

p a

mor

e rig

orou

s m

odel

to

ass

ist i

n as

sess

ing

futu

re re

side

ntia

l lan

d re

leas

e ta

rget

s un

der t

he In

dica

tive

Land

R

elea

se P

rogr

am. T

he m

odel

sho

uld

iden

tify

the

unde

rlyin

g fa

ctor

s im

pact

ing

dem

and

and

supp

ly o

f res

iden

tial l

and,

com

pilin

g an

d an

alys

ing

rele

vant

dat

a to

bet

ter i

nfor

m th

e de

cisi

on-m

akin

g pr

oces

s.

Gov

ernm

ent p

ositi

on -

Agr

eed

The

Eco

nom

ic D

evel

opm

ent D

irect

orat

e (E

DD

) co

nsid

ers

fore

cast

s by

the

Aus

tralia

n B

urea

u of

S

tatis

tics

and

othe

r pub

lic a

nd p

rivat

e au

thor

ities

, un

derta

kes

dem

ogra

phic

ana

lysi

s, in

clud

ing

mat

eria

l pr

epar

ed b

y th

e A

CT

dem

ogra

pher

, mon

itors

dw

ellin

g su

pply,

pric

e m

ovem

ent,

and

othe

r lea

ding

indi

cato

rs,

and

seek

s re

gula

r adv

ice

from

priv

ate

sect

or

stak

ehol

ders

and

loca

l ind

ustry

exp

erts

as

inpu

t int

o de

term

inin

g de

man

d fo

r res

iden

tial l

and.

All

the

info

rmat

ion

is c

olla

ted

and

anal

ysed

thro

ugh

a m

odel

. Th

is m

odel

is re

gula

rly re

view

ed a

nd re

fined

, an

d th

is p

roce

ss w

ill c

ontin

ue.

The

Gov

ernm

ent i

s al

so m

indf

ul o

f the

man

y vo

latil

e de

man

d dr

iver

s fo

r hou

sing

exp

erie

nced

in th

e Te

rrito

ry o

ver r

ecen

t yea

rs re

sulti

ng fr

om e

xoge

nous

fa

ctor

s su

ch a

s th

e C

omm

onw

ealth

Bud

get a

nd

recr

uitm

ent p

olic

ies,

the

Glo

bal F

inan

cial

Cris

is, fi

rst

hom

e ow

ners

’ ass

ista

nce,

and

net

imm

igra

tion.

Giv

en

that

cur

rent

leve

ls o

f dem

and

are

runn

ing

at a

lmos

t tw

ice

the

leve

l of l

ong

term

und

erly

ing

dem

and,

the

Gov

ernm

ent n

otes

that

any

mod

el to

det

erm

ine

futu

re

land

rele

ase

targ

ets

will

alw

ays

requ

ire th

e ex

erci

se

of p

rofe

ssio

nal j

udge

men

t in

cons

ider

atio

n of

thes

e fa

ctor

s.

ED

D w

ill c

ontin

ue to

refin

e its

dem

ogra

phic

mod

el

and

is w

orki

ng c

lose

ly w

ith th

e E

nviro

nmen

t and

S

usta

inab

le D

evel

opm

ent D

irect

orat

e to

iden

tify

and

track

a s

erie

s of

lead

ing

mar

ket i

ndic

ator

s.

Acc

epta

ble

rang

es a

nd b

ench

mar

ks w

ill b

e de

velo

ped

to b

e us

ed to

mon

itor t

he p

rope

rty m

arke

t and

land

re

leas

es.

ED

D c

ontin

ues

to re

fine

its

dem

ogra

phic

mod

ellin

g w

orki

ng

clos

ely

with

CM

CD

and

ES

DD

.

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tions

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com

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iryR

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nse

to th

e O

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me

of In

quiry

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emen

tatio

n St

atus

as

at

30 J

une

2012

Aud

itor-

Gen

eral

’s R

epor

t N

o.2/

2011

: Res

iden

tial L

and

Sup

ply

and

Dev

elop

men

t.

Gov

ernm

ent S

ubm

issi

on

to th

e S

tand

ing

Com

mitt

ee

on P

ublic

Acc

ount

s (P

AC

) au

thor

ised

for p

ublic

atio

n on

20

Oct

ober

201

1.

As

at 3

0 Ju

ne 2

012,

the

PAC

w

as y

et to

fina

lise

its in

quiry

.

Rec

omm

enda

tion

5

In a

ccor

danc

e w

ith A

fford

able

Hou

sing

Act

ion

Pla

n, L

AP

S in

con

junc

tion

with

AC

TPLA

, sh

ould

dev

elop

mor

e ro

bust

mec

hani

sms

for

com

pilin

g an

d m

onito

ring

the

deve

lope

rs’ a

nd

build

ers’

pip

elin

es.

Gov

ernm

ent P

ositi

on -

Agr

eed

The

Gov

ernm

ent w

ill c

ontin

ue to

wor

k th

roug

h th

e D

irect

orat

es o

f Eco

nom

ic D

evel

opm

ent,

and

the

Env

ironm

ent a

nd S

usta

inab

le D

evel

opm

ent

to d

evel

op a

robu

st m

echa

nism

for m

onito

ring

the

Dev

elop

ers’

and

Bui

lder

s’ P

ipel

ines

.

Wor

k ha

s al

read

y co

mm

ence

d to

impl

emen

t suc

h m

echa

nism

s in

line

with

the

reco

mm

enda

tions

of

the

Affo

rdab

le H

ousi

ng A

ctio

n P

lan.

As

of M

arch

20

11, E

DD

has

com

men

ced

the

publ

icat

ion

of th

e R

esid

entia

l Lan

d an

d B

uild

ing

Act

ivity

Rep

ort.

Thi

s re

port

incl

udes

the

mon

itorin

g of

the

Bui

lder

s’ a

nd

Dev

elop

ers’

Pip

elin

es, l

and

and

prop

erty

sal

es

volu

mes

and

ave

rage

pric

es.

The

Pip

elin

es h

ave

been

com

pile

d by

a ra

nge

of s

ourc

es o

f inf

orm

atio

n in

clud

ing

AB

S s

tatis

tics,

dat

a fro

m th

e E

nviro

nmen

t an

d S

usta

inab

le D

evel

opm

ent D

irect

orat

e (E

SD

D),

cons

ulta

nts

repo

rts, p

rivat

e se

ctor

dev

elop

ers

and

anal

ysis

of a

eria

l pho

togr

aphy

to m

onito

r the

sta

tus

of

land

ser

vici

ng a

nd d

wel

ling

cons

truct

ion.

The

ongo

ing

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

eD

evel

opm

ent

plat

form

by

ES

DD

, whi

ch fa

cilit

ates

onl

ine

deve

lopm

ent a

nd b

uild

ing

appl

icat

ions

, will

con

tribu

te

to re

porti

ng fo

r the

Dev

elop

ers’

and

Bui

lder

s’ P

ipel

ine

thro

ugh

colle

ctio

n of

dat

a el

ectro

nica

lly.

The

data

w

areh

ouse

pro

ject

, man

aged

by

ES

DD

, will

furth

er

enab

le th

e ag

greg

atio

n of

dat

a fro

m a

cros

s th

e A

utho

rity,

and

ena

ble

a m

uch

grea

ter c

apac

ity to

an

alys

e an

d re

port

on a

ctiv

ity a

nd tr

ends

.

Thro

ugh

the

esta

blis

hed

MO

U E

DD

an

d E

SD

D c

ontin

ue to

mon

itor t

he

Dev

elop

ers’

and

Bui

lder

s’ p

ipel

ines

.

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In

tern

al a

nd E

xter

nal S

crut

iny

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tions

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nse

to th

e O

utco

me

of In

quiry

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emen

tatio

n St

atus

as

at

30 J

une

2012

Aud

itor-

Gen

eral

’s R

epor

t N

o.2/

2011

: Res

iden

tial L

and

Sup

ply

and

Dev

elop

men

t.

Gov

ernm

ent S

ubm

issi

on

to th

e S

tand

ing

Com

mitt

ee

on P

ublic

Acc

ount

s (P

AC

) au

thor

ised

for p

ublic

atio

n on

20

Oct

ober

201

1.

As

at 3

0 Ju

ne 2

012,

the

PAC

w

as y

et to

fina

lise

its in

quiry

.

Rec

omm

enda

tion

6

The

LDA

shou

ld id

entif

y an

d re

port

agai

nst

bette

r defi

ned

and

addi

tiona

l mea

sure

s fo

r la

nd re

leas

e, w

hich

incl

ude

the

supp

ly o

f sh

ovel

-rea

dy b

lock

s w

ithin

LD

A an

d jo

int

vent

ure

esta

tes.

Gov

ernm

ent P

ositi

on –

Agr

eed

The

num

ber o

f dw

ellin

g si

tes

avai

labl

e fo

r co

nstru

ctio

n is

mon

itore

d in

the

Res

iden

tial L

and

and

Bui

ldin

g A

ctiv

ity R

epor

t, a

repo

rt pr

epar

ed b

y th

e E

cono

mic

Dev

elop

men

t Dire

ctor

ate.

It i

nclu

des

the

stat

us o

f lan

d se

rvic

ing,

dw

ellin

g co

nstru

ctio

n an

d la

nd a

vaila

bilit

y w

ithin

Lan

d D

evel

opm

ent A

genc

y an

d pr

ivat

e se

ctor

est

ates

. Th

is re

port

will

be

upda

ted

on

a qu

arte

rly b

asis

. Th

e re

leas

e of

land

with

in L

DA

and

Join

t ven

ture

est

ates

is tr

acke

d in

term

s of

site

s be

ing

offe

red

to th

e m

arke

t, si

tes

sold

to th

e m

arke

t and

si

tes

settl

ed.

The

repo

rt w

ill b

e pu

blis

hed

quar

terly

.

ED

D c

ontin

ues

to m

onito

r and

repo

rt on

resi

dent

ial l

and

and

build

ing

activ

ity.

Rec

omm

enda

tion

7

The

LDA

shou

ld in

clud

e ad

ditio

nal fi

nanc

ial

indi

cato

rs in

its

Sta

tem

ent o

f Int

ent,

to im

prov

e ac

coun

tabi

lity

rega

rdin

g th

e va

rious

met

hods

of

del

iver

y fo

r lan

d re

leas

es. F

inan

cial

in

dica

tors

sho

uld

be d

evel

oped

and

repo

rted

sepa

rate

ly fo

r LD

A es

tate

s, jo

int v

entu

res

and

engl

obo

sale

s.

Gov

ernm

ent P

ositi

on –

Agr

eed

Fina

ncia

l ind

icat

ors

are

bein

g de

velo

ped

and

appr

opria

te in

form

atio

n w

ill b

e pr

ovid

ed in

the

Land

D

evel

opm

ent A

genc

y’s

annu

al re

port.

Add

ition

al fi

nanc

ial i

ndic

ator

s on

the

vario

us la

nd re

leas

e m

etho

ds h

as

been

inco

rpor

ated

in L

DA’

s 20

11-1

2 A

nnua

l Rep

ort.

LDA

will

als

o co

ntin

ue to

mon

itor

finan

cial

retu

rns

for d

iffer

ent l

and

rele

ase

mec

hani

sms

inte

rnal

ly.

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ULTA

TIO

N AN

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ure

of In

quiry

/Rep

ort

Title

Rec

omm

enda

tions

/Out

com

e of

Inqu

iryR

espo

nse

to th

e O

utco

me

of In

quiry

Impl

emen

tatio

n St

atus

as

at

30 J

une

2012

Aud

itor-

Gen

eral

’s R

epor

t N

o.2/

2011

: Res

iden

tial L

and

Sup

ply

and

Dev

elop

men

t.

Gov

ernm

ent S

ubm

issi

on

to th

e S

tand

ing

Com

mitt

ee

on P

ublic

Acc

ount

s (P

AC

) au

thor

ised

for p

ublic

atio

n on

20

Oct

ober

201

1.

As

at 3

0 Ju

ne 2

012,

the

PAC

w

as y

et to

fina

lise

its in

quiry

.

Rec

omm

enda

tion

8

LAP

S s

houl

d ad

vise

the

Gov

ernm

ent o

n an

ap

prop

riate

age

ncy

to a

ssum

e re

spon

sibi

lity

for m

anag

ing

the

valu

atio

n pr

oces

s an

d de

term

inin

g th

e ap

prop

riate

val

ue o

f lan

d th

at is

sup

plie

d to

the

LDA

, to

incr

ease

tra

nspa

renc

y in

fina

ncia

l ach

ieve

men

ts

repo

rted

by th

e LD

A.

Gov

ernm

ent P

ositi

on –

Agr

eed

The

Gov

ernm

ent a

gree

s th

at a

n im

prov

ed p

roce

ss fo

r de

term

inin

g an

app

ropr

iate

val

uatio

n of

land

will

be

deve

lope

d by

the

Eco

nom

ic D

evel

opm

ent D

irect

orat

e in

con

junc

tion

with

Tre

asur

y. T

he G

over

nmen

t no

tes

the

proc

ess

utili

sed

by th

e LD

A w

as c

ompl

iant

w

ith a

gree

men

ts b

etw

een

the

LDA

, and

the

then

D

epar

tmen

t of T

errit

ory

and

Mun

icip

al S

ervi

ces

at th

e tim

e of

the

Aud

it.

ED

D is

the

resp

onsi

ble

Dire

ctor

ate

for m

anag

ing

the

valu

atio

n pr

oces

s fo

r lan

d tra

nsfe

rred

from

TA

MS

D to

th

e LD

A.

Rec

omm

enda

tion

9

In a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e A

fford

able

Hou

sing

A

ctio

n P

lan,

LA

PS

in c

onju

nctio

n w

ith th

e LD

A,

shou

ld s

eek

to in

depe

nden

tly b

ench

mar

k th

e LD

A’s

land

dev

elop

men

t cos

ts o

n a

regu

lar

and

ongo

ing

basi

s.

Gov

ernm

ent P

ositi

on –

Agr

eed

It is

agr

eed

that

it w

ould

be

high

ly b

enefi

cial

to

cond

uct b

ench

mar

king

of t

he c

osts

ass

ocia

ted

with

the

vario

us fo

rms

of la

nd d

evel

opm

ent b

y th

e G

over

nmen

t. I

n pa

rticu

lar,

it is

impo

rtant

to

und

erst

and

the

rela

tive

cost

s of

join

t ven

ture

de

velo

pmen

t in

com

paris

on to

Lan

d D

evel

opm

ent

Age

ncy

(LD

A) r

elea

ses,

or e

nglo

bo d

evel

opm

ent.

To

this

end

, the

Gov

ernm

ent h

as ta

sked

the

Eco

nom

ic D

evel

opm

ent D

irect

orat

e to

coo

rdin

ate

a be

nchm

arki

ng e

xerc

ise.

The

Gov

ernm

ent n

otes

that

the

maj

ority

of t

he

LDA’

s la

nd d

evel

opm

ent c

osts

at t

he ti

me

of th

e A

udito

r-G

ener

al’s

repo

rt ar

ose

from

con

tract

s w

ith p

rivat

e se

ctor

sup

plie

rs th

at w

ere

esta

blis

hed

thro

ugh

com

petit

ive

tend

er p

roce

sses

con

duct

ed in

ac

cord

ance

with

the

Gov

ernm

ent P

rocu

rem

ent A

ct

2001

.

The

LDA

now

regu

larly

inco

rpor

ates

la

test

ben

chm

ark

data

into

Pro

ject

B

usin

ess

Pla

ns fo

r all

maj

or

land

est

ates

. Ben

chm

ark

data

is

gath

ered

from

bot

h LD

A co

mpl

eted

es

tate

s, J

oint

Ven

ture

pro

ject

s an

d in

telli

genc

e ga

ther

ed fr

om

indu

stry

net

wor

ks th

roug

h th

e G

over

nmen

t Lan

d O

rgan

isat

ions

. A

ll pr

ocur

emen

ts a

re u

nder

take

n in

ac

cord

ance

with

the

Pro

cure

men

t A

ct w

hich

requ

ires

open

and

co

mpe

titiv

e pr

oces

ses

to e

nsur

e be

st v

alue

for m

oney

.

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tern

al a

nd E

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nal S

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ure

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quiry

/Rep

ort

Title

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omm

enda

tions

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com

e of

Inqu

iryR

espo

nse

to th

e O

utco

me

of In

quiry

Impl

emen

tatio

n St

atus

as

at

30 J

une

2012

Aud

itor-

Gen

eral

’s R

epor

t N

o.2/

2011

: Res

iden

tial L

and

Sup

ply

and

Dev

elop

men

t.

Gov

ernm

ent S

ubm

issi

on

to th

e S

tand

ing

Com

mitt

ee

on P

ublic

Acc

ount

s (P

AC

) au

thor

ised

for p

ublic

atio

n on

20

Oct

ober

201

1.

As

at 3

0 Ju

ne 2

012,

the

PAC

w

as y

et to

fina

lise

its in

quiry

.

Rec

omm

enda

tion

10

AC

T G

over

nmen

t age

ncie

s sh

ould

tran

slat

e A

HA

P in

itiat

ives

, whi

ch a

re p

rinci

ple-

base

d in

to s

peci

fic, c

lear

and

mea

sura

ble

targ

ets

with

in a

genc

ies’

Sta

tem

ents

of P

erfo

rman

ce

or e

quiv

alen

t, an

d re

port

agai

nst t

hese

on

an

annu

al b

asis

.

Gov

ernm

ent P

ositi

on –

Agr

eed

The

AC

T A

fford

able

Hou

sing

Act

ion

Pla

n in

clud

es

84 in

itiat

ives

, com

pris

ing

a m

ix o

f rec

omm

enda

tions

th

at re

pres

ent b

oth

prin

cipl

e-ba

sed

and

targ

eted

ou

tcom

es.

At M

ay 2

011,

61

of th

ese

wer

e al

read

y im

plem

ente

d, w

ith a

furth

er 2

0 in

the

proc

ess

of

impl

emen

tatio

n. T

he G

over

nmen

t agr

ees

to a

sk th

e re

leva

nt D

irect

orat

es to

revi

ew th

e re

com

men

datio

ns

rela

ting

to th

eir o

pera

tions

, in

orde

r to

trans

late

the

reco

mm

enda

tions

into

mor

e sp

ecifi

c an

d m

easu

rabl

e ta

rget

s w

here

app

ropr

iate

. In

add

ition

, spe

cific

ac

coun

tabi

litie

s in

dica

tors

rela

ting

to a

fford

able

ho

usin

g an

d la

nd re

leas

e ha

ve b

een

dete

rmin

ed a

s pa

rt of

the

2011

-12

AC

T B

udge

t pro

cess

.

A fin

al p

rogr

ess

repo

rt on

Pha

ses

I and

II o

f the

Affo

rdab

le H

ousi

ng

Act

ion

Pla

n w

as re

leas

ed in

Oct

ober

20

11 o

utlin

ing

prog

ress

aga

inst

th

e 84

AH

AP

initi

ativ

es o

utlin

ed in

ph

ases

I an

d II.

81 o

f the

initi

ativ

es a

re in

pla

ce, o

r ar

e on

goin

g, 3

hav

e be

en w

ithdr

awn

due

to m

arke

t circ

umst

ance

s.

Pha

se II

I of t

he A

fford

able

Hou

sing

A

ctio

n P

lan

was

rele

ased

in

June

201

2.

Rec

omm

enda

tion

11

AC

T G

over

nmen

t age

ncie

s sh

ould

, pen

ding

th

e ou

tcom

es o

f the

Gov

ernm

ent r

evie

w o

f th

e La

nd R

ent S

chem

e, d

evel

op a

dditi

onal

pr

oces

ses

and

proc

edur

es to

add

ress

the

iden

tified

risk

s.

Gov

ernm

ent P

ositi

on –

Not

ed

The

Gov

ernm

ent s

uppo

rts im

prov

emen

t in

proc

esse

s an

d pr

oced

ure

in im

plem

entin

g po

licy

as a

gen

eral

pr

inci

ple.

With

rega

rd to

the

risks

iden

tified

by

the

Aud

it, th

e G

over

nmen

t not

es th

at a

naly

sis

of th

e be

nefit

s, ri

sks

and

cost

s of

the

Land

Ren

t Sch

eme

was

not

with

in th

e sc

ope

of th

is A

udit.

As

such

, A

udit’

s id

entifi

catio

n of

risk

s ha

s no

t vie

wed

thos

e ris

ks in

the

cont

ext o

f the

ben

efits

of t

he p

olic

y. A

nu

mbe

r of t

hose

issu

es w

ere

cons

ider

ed in

the

desi

gn

of th

e S

chem

e’s

polic

y.

The

Pos

t Im

plem

enta

tion

Rev

iew

of

the

AC

T La

nd R

ent S

chem

e ha

s be

en fi

nalis

ed.

Legi

slat

ive

amen

dmen

ts w

ere

mad

e to

the

Land

Ren

t Act

200

8 in

M

ay 2

012.

A re

view

of a

dmin

istra

tive

proc

esse

s an

d pr

otoc

ols

was

als

o un

derta

ken

as p

art o

f thi

s re

view

.

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omm

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tions

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com

e of

Inqu

iryR

espo

nse

to th

e O

utco

me

of In

quiry

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emen

tatio

n St

atus

as

at

30 J

une

2012

Aud

itor-

Gen

eral

’s R

epor

t N

o.2/

2011

: Res

iden

tial L

and

Sup

ply

and

Dev

elop

men

t.

Gov

ernm

ent S

ubm

issi

on

to th

e S

tand

ing

Com

mitt

ee

on P

ublic

Acc

ount

s (P

AC

) au

thor

ised

for p

ublic

atio

n on

20

Oct

ober

201

1.

As

at 3

0 Ju

ne 2

012,

the

PAC

w

as y

et to

fina

lise

its in

quiry

.

Rec

omm

enda

tion

11 c

ontin

ued

A tw

o-ye

ar p

ost i

mpl

emen

tatio

n re

view

of t

he L

and

Ren

t Sch

eme

was

incl

uded

in th

e or

igin

al p

olic

y. T

his

revi

ew is

clo

se to

com

plet

ion

with

sig

nific

ant i

nput

fro

m th

e E

cono

mic

Dev

elop

men

t Dire

ctor

ate,

the

AC

T P

lann

ing

and

Land

Aut

horit

y, th

e La

nd D

evel

opm

ent

Age

ncy,

the

Can

berr

a In

stitu

te o

f Tec

hnol

ogy,

and

th

e A

CT

Rev

enue

Offi

ce.

It is

ant

icip

ated

that

a

rang

e of

impr

ovem

ents

will

follo

w fr

om th

is re

view

, w

hile

mai

ntai

ning

the

prim

ary

focu

s of

the

Sch

eme

to

supp

ort a

fford

able

hom

e ow

ners

hip.

See

pre

viou

s pa

ge.

Rec

omm

enda

tion

12

The

LDA

shou

ld d

evel

op a

ppro

pria

te

perfo

rman

ce in

dica

tors

for i

ts e

nviro

nmen

t an

d su

stai

nabi

lity

obje

ctiv

es a

nd p

riorit

ies

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith th

e LD

A’s

Env

ironm

enta

l and

S

usta

inab

ility

Fra

mew

ork.

The

se in

dica

tors

sh

ould

be

spec

ific

and

mea

sura

ble,

and

sh

ould

be

inco

rpor

ated

with

in it

s S

tate

men

t of

Inte

nt.

Gov

ernm

ent P

ositi

on –

Agr

eed

The

Eco

nom

ic D

evel

opm

ent D

irect

orat

e is

in th

e pr

oces

s of

inco

rpor

atin

g su

ch m

easu

res,

incl

udin

g ad

ditio

nal e

nviro

nmen

t and

sus

tain

abili

ty p

riorit

ies

as

part

of th

e re

vise

d La

nd D

evel

opm

ent A

genc

y (L

DA

) S

tate

men

t of I

nten

t. N

ew p

erfo

rman

ce in

dica

tors

fo

r the

LD

A ha

ve a

lso

been

incl

uded

in th

e 20

11-1

2 S

tate

men

t of I

nten

t and

furth

er m

easu

res

will

be

deve

lope

d fo

r inc

lusi

on in

futu

re y

ears

.

Sub

stan

tial p

rogr

ess

has

been

un

derta

ken

in re

latio

n to

this

re

com

men

datio

n.

Non

-fina

ncia

l KP

Is h

ave

been

in

clud

ed in

the

LDA

Sta

tem

ent o

f In

tent

, cov

erin

g th

e ar

eas

of w

ater

, co

mm

unity

pro

gram

s an

d ho

usin

g af

ford

abili

ty. A

dditi

onal

KP

Is a

re

prop

osed

for u

rban

des

ign

and

biod

iver

sity

con

serv

atio

n.

A lic

ence

agr

eem

ent h

as b

een

sign

ed w

ith N

SW

Lan

dcom

for t

he

use

of P

reci

nX, a

mat

hem

atic

al

tool

that

cal

cula

tes

sust

aina

bilit

y pe

rform

ance

of e

stat

es.

An

envi

ronm

enta

l and

sus

tain

abili

ty

repo

rting

sys

tem

is b

eing

pop

ulat

ed

for i

nput

into

the

LDA

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ual R

epor

t.

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tern

al a

nd E

xter

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al a

nd E

xter

nal S

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quiry

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ort

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omm

enda

tions

/Out

com

e of

Inqu

iryR

espo

nse

to th

e O

utco

me

of In

quiry

Impl

emen

tatio

n St

atus

as

at

30 J

une

2012

Aud

itor-

Gen

eral

’s R

epor

t N

o.2/

2011

: Res

iden

tial L

and

Sup

ply

and

Dev

elop

men

t.

Gov

ernm

ent S

ubm

issi

on

to th

e S

tand

ing

Com

mitt

ee

on P

ublic

Acc

ount

s (P

AC

) au

thor

ised

for p

ublic

atio

n on

20

Oct

ober

201

1.

As

at 3

0 Ju

ne 2

012,

the

PAC

w

as y

et to

fina

lise

its in

quiry

.

Rec

omm

enda

tion

13

The

LDA

shou

ld, a

s pa

rt of

its

ongo

ing

mon

itorin

g an

d re

porti

ng p

roce

ss, s

uch

as

mon

thly

Boa

rd re

ports

and

bud

get a

naly

sis

revi

ews,

rout

inel

y co

nsid

er a

nd re

port

on

achi

evem

ents

aga

inst

non

-fina

ncia

l ind

icat

ors,

in

clud

ing

envi

ronm

enta

l and

sus

tain

abili

ty

initi

ativ

es a

nd o

bjec

tives

.

Gov

ernm

ent P

ositi

on –

Agr

eed

The

Land

Dev

elop

men

t Age

ncy

regu

larly

mon

itors

an

d re

ports

on

achi

evem

ents

aga

inst

a n

umbe

r of

non-

finan

cial

indi

cato

rs in

mon

thly

Boa

rd a

nd o

ther

re

ports

. Th

e G

over

nmen

t agr

ees

that

this

repo

rting

w

ill b

e ex

pand

ed to

incl

ude

furth

er in

dica

tors

de

velo

ped

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e re

com

men

datio

n.

The

Land

Dev

elop

men

t Age

ncy

will

be

assi

sted

by

the

Eco

nom

ic D

evel

opm

ent D

irect

orat

e in

iden

tifyi

ng

any

rele

vant

add

ition

al m

easu

res

and

incl

udin

g th

em

in fu

ture

Sta

tem

ents

of I

nten

t.

Sub

stan

tial p

rogr

ess

has

been

un

derta

ken

in re

latio

n to

this

re

com

men

datio

n.

The

envi

ronm

enta

l and

sus

tain

abili

ty

repo

rting

stru

ctur

e al

low

s pr

ojec

t te

ams

to m

onito

r and

repo

rt at

va

rious

‘gat

eway

s’ d

urin

g th

e la

nd

deve

lopm

ent p

roce

ss s

uch

as

plan

ning

, con

stru

ctio

n an

d po

st

occu

panc

y.

This

allo

ws

regu

lar r

epor

ting

thro

ugh

Pro

ject

Con

trol G

roup

s, B

oard

m

eetin

gs, B

i-ann

ual R

evie

ws

and

Ann

ual R

epor

ts.

EDD

/AC

T G

ambl

ing

and

Rac

ing

Com

mis

sion

Inde

pend

ent C

ompe

titio

n an

d R

egul

ator

y C

omm

issi

on:

Inve

stig

atio

n in

to th

e A

CT

Rac

ing

Indu

stry

Fin

al R

epor

t -

Rep

ort 2

of 2

011.

ICR

C fi

nal r

epor

t rel

ease

d A

pril

2011

.

Gov

ernm

ent S

ubm

issi

on

publ

icly

rele

ased

21

June

Fund

ing

for t

he A

CT

raci

ng in

dust

ry

If th

e A

CT

Gov

ernm

ent w

ishe

s to

exp

licitl

y su

ppor

t the

AC

T ra

cing

indu

stry

afte

r the

cu

rren

t fun

ding

arr

ange

men

ts e

xpire

, it s

houl

d co

ntin

ue to

pro

vide

bud

geta

ry fu

ndin

g, in

flate

d ye

arly

at C

PI m

inus

1 p

er c

ent,

at th

e 20

13-1

4 B

udge

t lev

el.

If th

e A

CT

Gov

ernm

ent w

ishe

s to

pro

vide

ad

ditio

nal c

erta

inty

to in

dust

ry, i

t cou

ld

cons

ider

pro

vidi

ng s

uppo

rt th

roug

h a

cont

ract

ual a

gree

men

t ove

r an

exte

nded

pe

riod.

Agr

eed

The

Gov

ernm

ent r

ecog

nise

s th

e ec

onom

ic a

nd s

ocia

l co

ntrib

utio

ns th

e ra

cing

indu

stry

pro

vide

s to

the

AC

T co

mm

unity

. Th

e m

odel

of b

udge

t fun

ding

sug

gest

ed

by th

e IC

RC

is c

onsi

dere

d ap

prop

riate

; how

ever

, the

in

dexa

tion

shou

ld b

e se

t at C

PI m

inus

0.5

per

cen

t fro

m 2

014-

15.

The

Gov

ernm

ent w

ill p

rovi

de fu

ndin

g ce

rtain

ty fo

r fo

ur y

ear p

erio

ds th

roug

h m

ulti-

year

con

tract

ual

arra

ngem

ents

with

repo

rting

requ

irem

ents

to b

e de

velo

ped

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith th

e in

dust

ry.

New

fund

ing

arra

ngem

ents

will

co

mm

ence

with

the

2014

-15

Bud

get.

2012

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TIO

N AN

D SC

RUTI

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Nat

ure

of In

quiry

/Rep

ort

Title

Rec

omm

enda

tions

/Out

com

e of

Inqu

iryR

espo

nse

to th

e O

utco

me

of In

quiry

Impl

emen

tatio

n St

atus

as

at

30 J

une

2012

Inde

pend

ent C

ompe

titio

n an

d R

egul

ator

y C

omm

issi

on:

Inve

stig

atio

n in

to th

e A

CT

Rac

ing

Indu

stry

Fin

al R

epor

t -

Rep

ort 2

of 2

011.

ICR

C fi

nal r

epor

t rel

ease

d A

pril

2011

.

Gov

ernm

ent S

ubm

issi

on

publ

icly

rele

ased

21

June

Prod

uct p

aym

ents

Gro

ss re

venu

e sh

ould

con

tinue

to b

e th

e pr

imar

y ba

sis

on w

hich

the

prod

uct f

ee is

ca

lcul

ated

.

The

curr

ent l

evel

of t

he p

rodu

ct fe

e re

mai

ns

appr

opria

te, b

ut s

houl

d be

reco

nsid

ered

if a

ny

of th

e m

ajor

juris

dict

ions

incr

ease

the

leve

l of

the

prod

uct f

ee.

Agr

eed

The

Gov

ernm

ent a

gree

s w

ith th

e IC

RC

that

at t

he

time

of th

e re

port,

the

stru

ctur

e an

d le

vel o

f pro

duct

fe

es w

as v

alid

for t

he A

CT.

How

ever

, the

Gov

ernm

ent w

ill u

rgen

tly a

sses

s th

e ne

ed fo

r am

endm

ents

to th

is s

chem

e in

ligh

t of

the

rece

nt H

igh

Cou

rt de

cisi

on a

roun

d th

e le

gal

chal

leng

es to

the

NS

W R

ace

Fiel

d P

rodu

ct F

ees

sche

me,

and

sub

sequ

ent s

ubm

issi

ons

from

the

indu

stry

, with

rega

rd to

oth

er ju

risdi

ctio

ns’ a

ppro

ache

s in

this

are

a in

ord

er to

ens

ure

the

AC

T ha

s an

ap

prop

riate

and

ade

quat

e pr

oduc

t pay

men

ts s

yste

m.

The

Gov

ernm

ent h

as c

omm

ence

d a

revi

ew o

f rac

e fie

ld p

rodu

ct fe

e ar

rang

emen

ts in

the

Terr

itory

.

Stru

ctur

al a

nd g

over

nanc

e ar

rang

emen

ts

for t

he A

CT

raci

ng in

dust

ry

The

AC

T G

over

nmen

t, in

con

junc

tion

with

th

e th

ree

raci

ng c

lubs

in th

e A

CT,

sho

uld

unde

rtake

a d

etai

led

inve

stig

atio

n in

to th

e co

sts

and

bene

fits

of re

plac

ing

exis

ting

adm

inis

trativ

e st

ruct

ures

and

est

ablis

hing

a

sing

le in

depe

nden

t adm

inis

trativ

e bo

dy to

ov

erse

e th

e m

anag

emen

t of t

he th

ree

raci

ng

code

s.

Agr

eed

The

Gov

ernm

ent w

ill, i

n pa

rtner

ship

with

the

raci

ng

indu

stry

, und

erta

ke a

det

aile

d in

vest

igat

ion

of th

e co

sts

and

bene

fits

of:

a.

repl

acin

g ex

istin

g ad

min

istra

tive

arra

ngem

ents

w

ith a

mer

ged

adm

inis

trativ

e bo

dy; a

nd

b.

the

pote

ntia

l co-

loca

tion

of th

e th

ree

code

s at

a

sing

le v

enue

.

The

Gov

ernm

ent i

nten

ds to

co

mm

ence

inve

stig

atio

ns in

the

com

ing

year

.

B.2

In

tern

al a

nd E

xter

nal S

crut

iny

2012

.

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177

Nat

ure

of In

quiry

/Rep

ort

Title

Rec

omm

enda

tions

/Out

com

e of

Inqu

iryR

espo

nse

to th

e O

utco

me

of In

quiry

Impl

emen

tatio

n St

atus

as

at

30 J

une

2012

Inde

pend

ent C

ompe

titio

n an

d R

egul

ator

y C

omm

issi

on:

Inve

stig

atio

n in

to th

e A

CT

Rac

ing

Indu

stry

Fin

al R

epor

t -

Rep

ort 2

of 2

011.

ICR

C fi

nal r

epor

t rel

ease

d A

pril

2011

.

Gov

ernm

ent S

ubm

issi

on

publ

icly

rele

ased

21

June

Stru

ctur

al a

nd g

over

nanc

e ar

rang

emen

ts

for t

he A

CT

raci

ng in

dust

ry c

ontin

ued

Follo

win

g th

e ou

tcom

es o

f the

abo

ve

reco

mm

enda

tion

for a

n in

depe

nden

t ad

min

istra

tive

body

to o

vers

ee th

e m

anag

emen

t of t

he th

ree

raci

ng c

odes

, the

A

CT

Gov

ernm

ent,

in c

onju

nctio

n w

ith th

e A

CT

raci

ng in

dust

ry, s

houl

d un

derta

ke a

det

aile

d in

vest

igat

ion

into

the

feas

ibili

ty o

f co-

loca

ting

the

thre

e di

ffere

nt ra

cing

cod

es a

t the

one

lo

catio

n.

See

pre

viou

s pa

ge.

See

pre

viou

s pa

ge.

Allo

catio

n of

fund

ing

amon

g th

e co

des

If an

inde

pend

ent b

ody

is e

stab

lishe

d to

ov

erse

e A

CT

raci

ng, t

he b

ody

shou

ld b

e pr

ovid

ed w

ith s

ome

disc

retio

n as

to h

ow fu

nds

are

allo

cate

d ac

ross

the

thre

e ra

cing

cod

es,

refle

ctin

g th

e at

tract

iven

ess

of th

e ra

cing

pr

oduc

t and

the

need

for i

nves

tmen

t in

each

of

the

code

s.

If go

vern

men

t fun

ding

is to

be

prov

ided

dire

ctly

to

the

thre

e ra

cing

cod

es:

ᇟ

it sh

ould

be

shar

ed o

n a

basi

s ag

reed

be

twee

n th

e co

des;

or

ᇟ

if ag

reem

ent c

anno

t be

reac

hed,

it

shou

ld b

e sh

ared

on

the

basi

s of

a

thre

e-ye

ar ro

lling

ave

rage

of t

he

prod

uct p

aym

ents

rece

ived

by

the

AC

T ra

cing

clu

bs.

Agr

eed

The

Gov

ernm

ent u

nder

stan

ds th

at a

n ag

reem

ent h

as

been

reac

hed

betw

een

the

thre

e co

des

on th

e fu

ture

sh

arin

g of

Gov

ernm

ent f

undi

ng.

On

that

bas

is, f

undi

ng w

ill b

e ba

sed

upon

the

agre

ed

75/1

2.5/

12.5

per

cen

t spl

it.

This

spl

it w

ill b

e re

view

ed b

y th

e G

over

nmen

t afte

r fiv

e ye

ars

if an

am

alga

mat

ed a

dmin

istra

tive

body

is

not e

stab

lishe

d.

The

Gov

ernm

ent w

ill p

rovi

de fu

ture

fu

ndin

g co

nsis

tent

with

the

split

ag

reed

upo

n by

the

thre

e co

des.

2012

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Nat

ure

of In

quiry

/Rep

ort

Title

Rec

omm

enda

tions

/Out

com

e of

Inqu

iryR

espo

nse

to th

e O

utco

me

of In

quiry

Impl

emen

tatio

n St

atus

as

at

30 J

une

2012

Aud

itor-

Gen

eral

’s R

epor

t N

o.1/

2012

: Mon

itorin

g an

d M

inim

isin

g H

arm

Cau

sed

by

Pro

blem

Gam

blin

g in

the

AC

T.

Rec

omm

enda

tion

1

The

AC

T G

ambl

ing

and

Rac

ing

Com

mis

sion

sh

ould

initi

ate

a re

view

of t

he G

ambl

ing

Cod

e of

Pra

ctic

e ta

king

into

acc

ount

:

a.

rece

nt d

evel

opm

ents

in o

ther

juris

dict

ions

an

d re

sear

ch; a

nd

b.

mea

ns to

enc

oura

ge li

cens

ees

to:

i. un

derta

ke s

taff

refre

sher

trai

ning

eve

ry

thre

e ye

ars;

ii.

prov

ide

rout

ine

brie

fings

by

Gam

blin

g C

onta

ct O

ffice

rs to

oth

er s

taff

who

pr

ovid

e ga

mbl

ing

serv

ices

, par

ticul

arly

ca

sual

or p

art-t

ime

staf

f;

iii.

prep

are

proc

edur

es to

gui

de s

taff

on th

e us

e of

the

Pro

blem

Gam

blin

g In

cide

nt R

egis

ter a

nd e

ncou

rage

co

nsis

tenc

y in

repo

rting

and

reco

rdin

g in

cide

nts;

iv. e

nsur

e al

l inf

orm

atio

n re

latin

g to

pr

oble

m g

ambl

ing

is m

ade

avai

labl

e to

pat

rons

in ‘a

con

spic

uous

way

’ and

th

at th

is in

form

atio

n pr

esen

ts a

ccur

ate

fact

s on

the

chan

ces

of w

inni

ng m

ajor

pr

izes

, pro

gram

s fo

r exc

lusi

ons

from

ga

mbl

ing,

the

avai

labi

lity

of in

terp

rete

r se

rvic

es, a

nd th

e na

mes

and

con

tact

s fo

r gam

blin

g co

ntac

t offi

cers

;

The

Gov

ernm

ent S

ubm

issi

on w

as s

ubm

itted

to th

e A

CT

Legi

slat

ive

Ass

embl

y S

tand

ing

Com

mitt

ee o

n P

ublic

Acc

ount

s (P

AC

) on

29 J

une

2012

. A

s at

30

Jun

e 20

12 th

e PA

C h

ad n

ot a

utho

rised

pub

licat

ion.

See

‘Res

pons

e to

the

Out

com

e of

th

e In

quiry

’.

B.2

In

tern

al a

nd E

xter

nal S

crut

iny

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179

Nat

ure

of In

quiry

/Rep

ort

Title

Rec

omm

enda

tions

/Out

com

e of

Inqu

iryR

espo

nse

to th

e O

utco

me

of In

quiry

Impl

emen

tatio

n St

atus

as

at

30 J

une

2012

Aud

itor-

Gen

eral

’s R

epor

t N

o.1/

2012

: Mon

itorin

g an

d M

inim

isin

g H

arm

Cau

sed

by

Pro

blem

Gam

blin

g in

the

AC

T.

Rec

omm

enda

tion

1 co

ntin

ued

v.

impr

ove

the

cons

iste

ncy

of th

e co

nten

t of

sig

nage

and

war

ning

not

ices

to

patro

ns a

nd e

nsur

e th

at th

ese

are

also

pr

esen

ted

in ‘a

con

spic

uous

way

’;

vi.

enha

nce

the

use

of th

e us

e of

the

Reg

iste

r of E

xclu

ded

peop

le m

aint

aine

d by

lice

nsee

s; a

nd

vii.

rest

rict t

he c

apac

ity fo

r gam

blin

g to

re

serv

e ga

min

g m

achi

nes

in li

cens

ed

venu

es.

The

Gov

ernm

ent S

ubm

issi

on w

as s

ubm

itted

to th

e A

CT

Legi

slat

ive

Ass

embl

y S

tand

ing

Com

mitt

ee o

n P

ublic

Acc

ount

s (P

AC

) on

29 J

une

2012

. A

s at

30

Jun

e 20

12 th

e PA

C h

ad n

ot a

utho

rised

pub

licat

ion.

See

‘Res

pons

e to

the

Out

com

e of

th

e In

quiry

’.

Rec

omm

enda

tion

2

The

AC

T G

ambl

ing

and

Rac

ing

Com

mis

sion

sh

ould

impr

ove

its c

orpo

rate

pla

nnin

g an

d re

porti

ng b

y:

a.

spec

ifica

lly re

porti

ng a

gain

st th

e ob

ject

ives

and

stra

tegi

es in

clud

ed in

its

Stra

tegi

c P

lan;

b.

bette

r alig

ning

info

rmat

ion

used

in

its S

trate

gic

Pla

n, A

nnua

l Rep

orts

an

d its

Bud

get P

aper

s/P

erfo

rman

ce

Mea

sure

men

t Fra

mew

ork;

and

c.

supp

ortin

g its

Cor

pora

te P

lan

with

an

actio

n pl

an o

r its

equ

ival

ent.

The

Gov

ernm

ent S

ubm

issi

on w

as s

ubm

itted

to th

e A

CT

Legi

slat

ive

Ass

embl

y S

tand

ing

Com

mitt

ee o

n P

ublic

Acc

ount

s (P

AC

) on

29 J

une

2012

. A

s at

30

Jun

e 20

12 th

e PA

C h

ad n

ot a

utho

rised

pub

licat

ion.

See

‘Res

pons

e to

the

Out

com

e of

th

e In

quiry

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Report No. Title Date Presented

Standing Committee on Public Accounts - Review of Auditor-General’s Report No.6 of 2009 – Government Office Accommodation

Interim Report tabled February 2011.

Government Response: The Government response to the Interim report was tabled on 16 August 2011.

Recommendation Government Response Directorate Implementation

Recommendation 1

The Committee recommends that the ACT Government make no final decision with regard to the whole-of-government office building project until the Standing Committee on Public Accounts has received a copy of the business case, and the economic and environmental analysis, together with any other relevant considerations, and had time to consider this information and report to the ACT Legislative Assembly.

Not Agreed

A decision to proceed with the Government Office Building project was made in the 2011-12 Budget.

The information supporting the business case has been made available publicly. A special briefing on the project was provided to the Select Committee on Estimates 2011-12 at which all members of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts were present. Information provided at this briefing included economic, budget impact analysis and environmental analysis.

Refer to statement below 1

1 On 20 September 2011, the Committee Chair made a Statement pursuant to Standing Order 246A relating to the Committee’s inquiry into Auditor-General’s Report No.6 of 2009: Government Office Accommodation. Following an Assembly motion on 24 August 2011 and the Government’s announcement to market test the delivery of new office accommodation in Gungahlin and Civic the Committee resolved no further inquiry was warranted however, the Committee would continue to monitor.

The statement is available at: www.parliament.act.gov.au/downloads/reports/246A-Statement.pdf

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Recommendation Government Response Directorate Implementation

Recommendation 2

The Committee recommends that the ACT Government provide the Standing Committee on Public Accounts with an assessment of the opportunity cost of a whole-of-government office building project against other significant infrastructure projects, such as the Majura Parkway, a light rail network, a new convention centre, or a third major hospital.

Not Agreed

A decision to proceed with the Government Office Building project was made in the 2011-12 Budget. In making this decision, the Government assessed projects against other relative priorities and its capacity to fund the project. This process, by its very nature, assesses the opportunity cost of proceeding with the building. The Budget Impact analysis provided to the Select Committee on Estimates includes the cost of capital.

The Economic Development Directorate (formerly the Department of Land and Property Services) sought specific independent economic advice about the impact of the proposed building on the Territory’s capacity to fund other capital works. Advice received from the Directorate’s advisors, and supported by a leading credit rating agency, indicates that other capital works projects would not be constrained and the Territory’s credit rating would not be adversely affected.

The reasoning underpinning this advice is that completion of the building results in an asset that is expected to exceed the development cost. Therefore, it should improve the Territory’s balance sheet, other things being equal.

Refer to statement below 1

Recommendation 3

The Committee recommends that the ACT Government whole-of-government office accommodation strategy should be finalised, and considered by the ACT Legislative Assembly, prior to any final decision, or awarding of any contract, with regard to the whole-of-government office building project.

Not Agreed

The future office accommodation strategy is now influenced by the Government’s decision to proceed with the new ACT Government Office Building. The new government office will see significant consolidation of current office accommodation and changes to planned office refits/refurbishments. The office accommodation strategy will now be revised in line with this decision.

Refer to statement below 1

1 On 20 September 2011, the Committee Chair made a Statement pursuant to Standing Order 246A relating to the Committee’s inquiry into Auditor-General’s Report No.6 of 2009: Government Office Accommodation. Following an Assembly motion on 24 August 2011 and the Government’s announcement to market test the delivery of new office accommodation in Gungahlin and Civic the Committee resolved no further inquiry was warranted however, the Committee would continue to monitor.

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24 Standing Committee on Public Accounts Inquiry into the Gaming Machine Amendment Bill 2011

7 June 2012

Government Response: As at 30 June 2012, the Government response was yet to be finalised

Directorate Implementation: Nil – as report is yet to be finalised

Recommendation

Recommendation 1

The Committee recommends that the ACT Government should consider introducing an interim electronic gaming machine trading scheme for period of up to two years.

Recommendation 2

The Committee recommends that, within the first year of the operation of the interim electronic gaming machine trading scheme, the ACT Government should establish a gaming machine management system that includes the following principles – to allow for gaming machines to be: transferred between clubs; relocated within club groups; and transferred and traded between existing clubs, and/or new clubs which are not necessarily part of a club group.

Recommendation 3

The Committee recommends that in tandem with the introduction of an interim electronic gaming machine trading scheme that a relocation scheme for multi-venue clubs be introduced.

Recommendation 4

The Committee recommends that the ACT Government comprehensively evaluate the interim electronic gaming machine trading scheme after 12 months of operation.

Recommendation 5

The Committee recommends that the electronic gaming machine relocation scheme should set a threshold of a specified number of machines that require regulatory approval.

Recommendation 6

The Committee recommends that the ACT Government should commence, as a matter of priority, a review of the existing electronic gaming machine cap. The review should commence immediately and a progress report be provided to the ACT Legislative Assembly by the second sitting Tuesday in August 2012.

Recommendation 7

The Committee recommends that amendment number 12 be deleted from the Gaming Machine Amendment Bill 2011 and not be reconsidered until such time as a review of the existing electronic gaming machine cap has been completed and reported to the ACT Legislative Assembly.

Recommendation 8

The Committee recommends that where entities operating a small number of gaming machines can substantiate a case that the $250 ATM will adversely affect other aspects of their business, they should be able to apply to the ACT Gambling and Racing Commission for an exemption.

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Recommendation 9

The Committee recommends that the Gaming Machine Act 2004 be amended to allow for an exemption to the $250 ATM withdrawal limit under approval by the ACT Gambling and Racing Commission.

Recommendation 10

The Committee recommends that the introduction of the $250 ATM withdrawal limit be aligned with the start time of the Commonwealth legislation as it relates to the withdrawal limit on ATM machines in gaming premises.

Recommendation 11

The Committee recommends that the ACT Government should implement programs to address the root cause of problem gambling.

Recommendation 12

The Committee recommends that the ACT Gambling and Racing Commission should amend the ACT Gambling Code of Practice to detail that the practice of reserving gaming machines should be regulated.

Recommendation 13

The Committee recommends that the online exclusion database be in operation by 31 December 2012.

Recommendation 14

The Committee recommends that the ACT Government take into account the findings and recommendations of the ACT Auditor-General as detailed in Auditor-General‘s Report No. 1 Monitoring and minimising harm caused by problem gambling, as part of any proposed amendments to the Gaming Machine Act 2004.

Recommendation 15

The Committee recommends that the Minister for Gaming and Racing make a statement to the ACT Legislative Assembly by the first sitting week in August 2012 detailing:

i. what outcomes were achieved over the ACT Government’s ten year agreement with the Australian National University’s Centre for Gambling Research;

ii. the terms of the new agreement; and

iii. the status on the research chair of gambling studies position.

Recommendation 16

The Committee recommends that the ACT Government should progress a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ClubsACT that mutually agrees on parameters for reform to the club sector in the ACT. Amongst other things, the parameters of such an understanding should include:

i. maintaining the role and contribution of clubs in the ACT community;

ii. supporting the economic viability of the sector; and

iii. outlining measures and strategies that continue to work towards addressing problem gambling and minimising harm caused by problem gambling.

Recommendation 17

The Committee recommends that the Gaming Machine Amendment Bill 2011 should only be supported by the ACT Legislative Assembly subject to the recommendations as detailed in the ACT Standing Committee on Public Accounts’ report inquiring into the Bill.

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Report No. Title Date Presented

23 Standing Committee on Public Accounts Report on Annual and Financial Report 2010-11

7 June 2012

Directorate Implementation: Nil – as report is yet to be finalised

Recommendation Government Response Directorate Implementation

Recommendation 7

The Committee recommends that given the issues raised by the draft environmental assessment, in particular the land offset ratio, the ACT Government may wish to reassess the location of the low-budget tourist accommodation.

As at 30 June 2012, Government response yet to be finalised.

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LegislationEnacted

Yes/No

Minister for Economic Development

Mutual Recognition (Australian Capital Territory) Act 1992 Yes

Planning and Development Act 2007, chapter 4 Yes

Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 Yes

Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation

Boxing Control Act 1993 Yes

Drugs in Sport Act 1999 Yes

Exhibition Park Corporation Act 1976 Yes

Nudity Act 1976 Yes

Public Baths and Public Bathing Act 1956 Yes

Minister for Gaming and Racing

Betting (ACTTAB) Limited Act 1964 Yes

Casino Control Act 2006 Yes

Gambling and Racing Control Act 1999 Yes

Gaming Machine Act 2004 Yes

Interactive Gambling Act 1998 Yes

Lotteries Act 1964 Yes

Pool Betting Act 1964 Yes

Race and Sports Bookmaking Act 2001 Yes

Racing Act 1999 Yes

Unlawful Gambling Act 2009 Yes

Legislation Report B.4

Kerry Holle

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