Winton makes the hall of fame
BENDIGO’S residential Strategy will be reviewed because of greater than expected growth.
The State Government has announced a grant of $50,000 to carry out the review.
The review is needed because, according to the State Government, 40 per cent of the forecast growth between 2006 and 2031 had already been realised.
Regional Development Parliamentary Secretary Damian Drum made the announcement this morning.
Mr Drum said the Bendigo Residential Strategy Review would deliver greater community and investor certainty, helping the region grow.
“The Bendigo Residential Development Strategy was adopted in 2004 and is currently being audited because of the faster than anticipated growth that has occurred in Bendigo in recent years,” he said.
“Strong residential growth has many flow-on economic benefits and having a clear framework for future development will position Greater Bendigo City Council to undertake more detailed, place-based planning in the future.”
Deputy Premier Peter Ryan said about 40 per cent of the forecast growth between 2006 and 2031 had already been realised.
The Residential Strategy impacts directly on where and how property developments use “infill” parcels of land, range of housing styles and also on housing affordability.
“This project will review the strategy, assess current and estimated land supply and demand and consider various legislative and policy changes,” Mr Ryan said,
“It will also consider the latest demographic data and establish a new strategic framework to guide the long-term residential growth of Greater Bendigo.
“The project will result in a revised residential strategy that will give developers, the community and service providers greater surety and confidence about where land can be developed for residential purposes, and that sufficient land is available to accommodate the City of Greater Bendigo’s future growth.”
Mr Ryan said a contemporary strategic planning framework was essential to the economic development of a large regional centre like Bendigo.
“Clearly identifying future growth options and supporting infrastructure needs will enable the Greater Bendigo City Council and other infrastructure providers to plan their capital works programs well in advance,” he said.
“Identifying long-term growth areas will enable the council and other service authorities to start planning for the delivery of services, thereby minimising the lag time between when residential development occurs and when the services need to be in place.”
Bendigo Weekly | Bendigo Weekly | 20-Sep-2012
Wouldn’t be surprised if they put up a statue of Tim Winton over in Western Australia pretty soon.
Only problem is, the author of Cloudstreet and Breath, as well as the kids’ series Lockie Leonard, does sometimes annoy the powers-that-be by getting in the way of tourist developments on parts of the WA coastline that are both remote and extraordinary.
But this week, they officially inducted him into the State Library of Western Australia’s Hall of Fame.
Seems like this is a bit like the AFL’s Hall of Fame: it can be a bit tricky talking everyone into agreeing. The criteria for selection is that you have to be either “notable” or “prolific”.
Tim is certainly both, although it’s been five years since he published what is arguably his best novel, Breath, and that one was his first in seven years.
He just started very early (winning the Vogel Award for his stories, An Open Swimmer, in 1981).
Cloudstreet, still his best-known book, had its 21st anniversary last year, celebrated with a new edition of the book that became a brilliant stage play.
Cloudstreet has now become a television production and Tim Winton, with Ellen Fontana, was awarded the script prize this week in the WA Premier’s Book Awards.
Anna Funder, who has won just about everything this year, took out the fiction prize for All That I Am, and she also won the People’s Choice Award.
The interesting thing about the WA awards is that they were scrutinised very closely when the coalition government came to power, and it appears a compromise has been reached: while not exclusively, WA writers are given priority, when possible.
The Premier’s Prize went to Fiona Skyring, for a book about the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA, published by UWA Press.
This is in stark contrast to the response to the state’s literary awards by Premier Campbell Newman in Queensland: he came into power this year and promptly cancelled them, just a couple of months out from the announcement of winners.
Also interesting in the WA prize list is the announcement of Max Barry’s Machine Man as winner of the “digital narrative” prize, a way of describing e-books, and one of the first prizes to acknowledge this now not-so-new form of publishing.
-Rosemary Sorensen
BENDIGO’S residential Strategy will be reviewed because of greater than expected growth.
The State Government has announced a grant of $50,000 to carry out the review.
The review is needed because, according to the State Government, 40 per cent of the forecast growth between 2006 and 2031 had already been realised.
Regional Development Parliamentary Secretary Damian Drum made the announcement this morning.
Mr Drum said the Bendigo Residential Strategy Review would deliver greater community and investor certainty, helping the region grow.
“The Bendigo Residential Development Strategy was adopted in 2004 and is currently being audited because of the faster than anticipated growth that has occurred in Bendigo in recent years,” he said.
“Strong residential growth has many flow-on economic benefits and having a clear framework for future development will position Greater Bendigo City Council to undertake more detailed, place-based planning in the future.”
Deputy Premier Peter Ryan said about 40 per cent of the forecast growth between 2006 and 2031 had already been realised.
The Residential Strategy impacts directly on where and how property developments use “infill” parcels of land, range of housing styles and also on housing affordability.
“This project will review the strategy, assess current and estimated land supply and demand and consider various legislative and policy changes,” Mr Ryan said,
“It will also consider the latest demographic data and establish a new strategic framework to guide the long-term residential growth of Greater Bendigo.
“The project will result in a revised residential strategy that will give developers, the community and service providers greater surety and confidence about where land can be developed for residential purposes, and that sufficient land is available to accommodate the City of Greater Bendigo’s future growth.”
Mr Ryan said a contemporary strategic planning framework was essential to the economic development of a large regional centre like Bendigo.
“Clearly identifying future growth options and supporting infrastructure needs will enable the Greater Bendigo City Council and other infrastructure providers to plan their capital works programs well in advance,” he said.
“Identifying long-term growth areas will enable the council and other service authorities to start planning for the delivery of services, thereby minimising the lag time between when residential development occurs and when the services need to be in place.”
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