Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I move the motion as amended:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes:

(i)

that the proposal for a direct factory outlet and bulky goods retail centre at Hobart International Airport is for a 70 000 square metre development, which would make it the largest direct factory outlet in the nation,

(ii)

the concern of Tasmanian businesses that the development will have a serious adverse impact on local businesses in a community of half a million people, and

(iii)

that there is a denial of natural justice because of the refusal to release the social and economic impact statement on the proposal; and

(b)

calls on the Government to:

(i)

immediately authorise and ensure the release of the social and economic impact statement on the proposal,

(ii)

review the assessment process to remove the inherent bias that will see the Hobart International Airport Pty Ltd, acting on behalf of the developer, assess and summarise the submissions and then advise the federal minister, and

(iii)

implement a regulatory framework for the development such that local businesses paying land tax are not disadvantaged by the Commonwealth land’s exemption from state and local government law.

Question put: