Future Threat

Rainbow 2000—a Regional Planning Strategy for Albany & the Great Southern, Western Australia

Page 3 of 17 pages of significant statements by relevant persons during project development :

“Albany has a tremendous port that the residents of Albany should be proud of. With proper planning of the port precinct and of surrounding land uses it can generate enormous wealth for the community and coexist with it. The concept of relocating the port is a distraction from the far more pressing task of ensuring that we get the land use planning, including that of transport corridors, right. The Albany Port Authority Board and I are working hard to see that happens.”

Brad Williamson, Chief Executive Officer, Albany Port Authority Statement : 10 Jun 2004

Western Australia’s “Local Government Minister Tom Stephens should step in and save the council and administration from further embarrassment. The handling of the extended trading (hours) debate was symptomatic of a council that was ‘stuffed’. It is in absolute disarray. And it is not only about trading hours but about council’s lack of direction or consistency on planning issues. The budget is another example of a council that doesn’t know what it is doing. The CEO has lost his handle on the situation and the mayor has lost the plot.”

Cr Paul Lionetti (Breaksea Ward), City of Albany Extract : AGS Weekender (Page 3), 5 Aug 2004

“Priority Projects - Third rail line into Albany Port to cater for exports such as new timber products and product from the proposed second woodchip facility.”

Bruce Manning, Chief Executive Officer, Great Southern Development Commission Statement : 8 Sep 2004

“Firstly, allegations involving the misconduct of public officers do not fall within our jurisdiction which only applies to matters of administration. It is our practice - and our obligation under the Corruption and Crime Commission Act 2003 - to refer such matters to the CCC which has absolute discretion to decide to investigate, or not to investigate, allegations which are drawn to its attention. Secondly, when the CCC was established, it was specifically excluded from our jurisdiction under Schedule 1 of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1971 which regulates our operations.”

Jane Burn, Assessments Team, Parliamentary Commissioner for Administrative Investigations Letter : 8 Nov 2004

“Under the (Albany Waterfront) plan the amount of short-term accommodation effectively doubled and the development shifted closer to the port, intensifying fears use of the port would be restricted. The City should have retained the original concept, rather than accept designs unveiled by Planning Minister Alannah MacTiernan. If the development went ahead, the future of the port could not be safeguarded and condemned what he said was a lack of industry consultation.”

Ian Peacock, Chairman APULG Extract : Albany Advertiser (Page 5), 18 Nov 2004

“The boat harbour needed to be built as soon as possible to allow development to progress on the foreshore. A gas pipeline would also be welcomed.”

Russell Harrison, Chairman Great Southern Development Commission Extract : Albany Advertiser (Page 3), 10 Feb 2005

“The city was looking forward to LandCorp presenting a financially feasible and workable design of the (Albany) waterfront when it released details of the development’s business study in March. When the release is made we would expect what is proposed is also fully-funded. Funding for the second stage (of the Albany Ring Road) was also vital to ease traffic and safety concerns on the Chester Pass Road and Albany Highway roundabout.”

Andrew Hammond, CEO, City of Albany Extract : Albany Advertiser (Page 3), 10 Feb 2005

“Defence has recently undertaken a strategic review of the long-term force disposition (location) of all major Defence bases. The primary focus of the review has been to develop a strategy to consolidate and better align Defence basing to economise on maintenance and operating costs, enhance retention of Australian Defence Force personnel, and to better support ADF capability. The main features of this strategy are fewer, larger, sustainable, functionally aligned, multi-user bases, clustered with industry, in locations that provide employment and educational opportunities for families. You may care to note that the Government has not taken any decision to vary the current use of RAAF Base Pearce and HMAS Stirling, or to establish additional bases in Albany or its surrounding region.”

Senator Robert Hill, Minister for Defence, Commonwealth of Australia Letter : 20 Apr 2005

“The development of a sustainability assessment tool is a joint project of the Western Australian Planning Commission and the Sustainability Roundtable’s Sustainable Building and Land Development Partnership Group. We believe that the discussion paper will be of great interest to all of those concerned about the impacts of growth and development.”

Jeremy Dawkins, Chairman, Western Australian Planning Commission Report : 7 Jun 2005

The Rainbow 2000 Project is a private planning strategy that has not been endorsed by any level of governance in Australia, which is what makes it particularly relevant and very challenging for governance, industry & community.