Elise Archer MP

Recent calls by the Housing Industry Association, Master Builders Association and the Property Council of Australia for the State Government to introduce a single Residential Planning Code should not be ignored. The Tasmanian Liberals echo the calls of industry groups for a show of leadership on this issue. The Government should cease talking about the issue and act.

It is now one year since then planning Minister David Llewellyn announced that Labor agreed with the Tasmanian Liberals’ policy that there would be a move to a uniform Statewide Residential Planning Code.

Following my consultation with industry, it is clear there is absolutely no reason why Minister for Planning, Bryan Green, cannot show leadership and act now. There should be nothing standing in the Government’s way of acting on this vital issue unless the Greens have also back flipped on their election commitment of a Statewide Residential Planning Code.

Regards

Elise Archer MP
Shadow Minister for Planning