The Liberals rushed through the Tasmanian Planning Scheme, written by developers for development interests. It weakens the planning rules that protect our way of life and the local character people love.
We must reform our planning system to prioritise the interests of locals, and return the right to have a real say and to appeal.
Media ReleaseFriday, 6 March 2020 |
Liberals Must Rule Out Cable Car as Major ProjectCassy O'Connor MP - The Liberals’ announcement they plan to table major projects legislation has sent ripples of worry through the community. |
Media ReleaseThursday, 20 February 2020 |
Liberals' Failure Laid Bare on Social Justice DayCassy O'Connor MP - World Social Justice Day shines the spotlight on Premier Gutwein’s promise of a ‘compassionate’ government for Tasmania and it reveals the Liberals’ spin over substance. |
SpeechTuesday, 12 November 2019 |
Adjournment - Kangaroo Bay Proposed Development by Shandong ChambroadRosalie Woodruff MP - Rosalie Woodruff speaks during the adjournment on the closed council decision meeting at the Clarence City Council around the extension of the development for Shandong Chambroard petrochemical company on the Kangaroo Bay site. |
SpeechTuesday, 29 October 2019 |
Neighbourhood Disputes about Plants Amendment Bill 2019 - Second ReadingRosalie Woodruff MP - Madam Speaker, the Greens will be supporting the amendments to the Neighbourhood Disputes About Plants Bill that was debated and subsequently passed in 2017. That was the fruition of work at the time that Dr Vanessa Goodwin had done and put in train. |
Media ReleaseSaturday, 12 October 2019 |
Review Must Protect Tasmanian Planning Commission IndependenceRosalie Woodruff MP - We need a strong independent Planning Commission so it can continue to uphold the sustainable development objectives that protect what makes Tasmania special. |
MotionThursday, 5 September 2019 |
Motion - Huntingfield Housing Land Supply OrderRosalie Woodruff MP - People at the public meeting and people from the Kingborough Council have also been consistently concerned at the process that was used by the Government to bring on the community discussion about the Huntingfield development. |
MotionThursday, 5 September 2019 |
Motion - Huntingfield Housing Land Supply OrderCassy O'Connor MP - It is Thursday, it is not private members' time, it is not Government private members' time, and we have a motion on the books which has no action attached to it and no tangibles for people who need housing. |
SpeechTuesday, 11 June 2019 |
Estimates Reply - Minister JaenschRosalie Woodruff MP - Not only did this Liberal Government decide to squeeze such an important portfolio into one hour, we actually only got about two questions each. As I go back and look through the Hansard record, it is a disgrace. |
Media ReleaseWednesday, 29 May 2019 |
Greens Release Future-Focussed Alternative BudgetCassy O'Connor MP - Today we proudly delivered the Tasmanian Greens’ fully costed, long-term vision for Tasmania, our Alternative Budget 2019-20. |
SpeechWednesday, 1 May 2019 |
Greater Hobart Bill 2019 - Second ReadingRosalie Woodruff MP - Dr WOODRUFF (Franklin) - Madam Speaker, the Greens are pleased to support this bill. All great cities around the world have removed the artificial boundaries of municipal areas and have some mechanism that enables planning connectivity across municipal boundaries because that is the way we move in society. We do not stop at the border of Clarence and start at Hobart as a different person in a different car in a different way. |
SpeechThursday, 22 November 2018 |
Land Use Planning And Approvals Amendment (Tasmanian Planning Policies And Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2018Rosalie Woodruff MP - Dr WOODRUFF (Franklin) - Madam Speaker, I am pleased to provide the Greens' support for this Land Use Planning Approvals Amendment Bill. I am pleased to do that particularly because of the willingness of the minister to have the conversations about concerns raised by stakeholders. |
Media ReleaseWednesday, 22 August 2018 |
Call-in Laws For Major Developments ConfirmedRosalie Woodruff MP - Planning Minister, Roger Jaensch, today confirmed, under questioning from the Greens in Parliament, he will introduce Major Projects legislation in 2019. |
Media ReleaseMonday, 20 August 2018 |
Greens Move to Reject Major Projects Legislation and Enshrine Public Say on PlanningCassy O'Connor MP - Tasmania is at a crossroads, its environment and way of life under unprecedented threat from big development interests lured here by the Liberals’ ‘open for business’ mantra and willingness to keep Tasmanians in the dark. |
MotionWednesday, 22 August 2018 |
Planning and DevelopmentCassy O'Connor MP - Ms O'CONNOR (Denison - Leader of the Greens - Motion) - Madam Speaker, I move - That the House - |
SpeechTuesday, 21 August 2018 |
Public Reaction to Planning ProposalsRosalie Woodruff MP - Madam Speaker, I rise tonight to celebrate the power of the community of people in Tasmania who have risen up from the east coast but much more broadly than there to declare their love for the place they live in and their determination to resist this massive development being proposed for the east coast. |
QuestionWednesday, 22 August 2018 |
Planning Legislation for Major ProjectsRosalie Woodruff MP - Dr WOODRUFF question to MINISTER for PLANNING, Mr JAENSCH
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QuestionTuesday, 21 August 2018 |
Cambria Green Development ProposalCassy O'Connor MP - Ms O'CONNOR question to PREMIER, Mr HODGMAN |
QuestionTuesday, 21 August 2018 |
kunanyi / Mt Wellington Cable Car - Requirement for LegislationCassy O'Connor MP - Ms O'CONNOR question to PREMIER, Mr HODGMAN Over the past five years, your Government has done everything possible to get a cable car across the Organ Pipes to the summit of kunanyi - allocating departmental resources, introducing enabling legislation and playing stone-deaf to Tasmanians who want our wild mountain left as it is. |
SpeechThursday, 5 July 2018 |
HOUSING LAND SUPPLY BILL 2018 Second ReadingCassy O'Connor MP - Ms O'CONNOR (Denison - Leader of the Greens) - Madam Speaker, I indicate that the Greens will be supporting this legislation. We have received a very thorough briefing from the head of the Planning Policy Unit and the secretary of the Department of Justice and their adviser. We have been walked through the clauses in the bill. On behalf of the Greens I am comforted by that briefing because we raised a number of the questions we had in that briefing. |
SpeechThursday, 5 July 2018 |
HOUSING LAND SUPPLY BILL 2018 Second ReadingCassy O'Connor MP - Ms O'CONNOR (Denison - Leader of the Greens) - Madam Speaker, I indicate that the Greens will be supporting this legislation. We have received a very thorough briefing from the head of the Planning Policy Unit and the secretary of the Department of Justice and their adviser. We have been walked through the clauses in the bill. On behalf of the Greens I am comforted by that briefing because we raised a number of the questions we had in that briefing. |
Media ReleaseWednesday, 13 June 2018 |
Hodgman Refuses to Rule Out Rosny Hill DevelopmentRosalie Woodruff MP - Premier Will Hodgman confirmed in Parliament this morning his government would not prevent a proposed major commercial development proceeding on the Rosny Hill Nature Recreation Area. |
SpeechThursday, 14 June 2018 |
Matter of Public Importance - Cambria Green DevelopmentCassy O'Connor MP - MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE Cambria Estate, Swansea Ms O'CONNOR (Denison - Leader of the Greens - Motion) - Madam Speaker, I move - That the House take notice of the following matter: Cambria Estate, Swansea. |
QuestionThursday, 14 June 2018 |
Cambria Green - RezoningRosalie Woodruff MP - Dr WOODRUFF question to MINISTER for PLANNING, Mr JAENSCH |
QuestionThursday, 14 June 2018 |
Cambria Green Mega DevelopmentCassy O'Connor MP - Ms O'CONNOR question to PREMIER, Mr HODGMAN Your Government's open-for-business mantra has most recently manifested itself in a 3185 hectare mega development proposal at Dolphin Sands on prime agricultural land on the east coast. The footprint of the Cambria Green development proposal is massive. It is unlike anything Tasmania has seen before. |
Media ReleaseSunday, 4 February 2018 |
Greens Release Planning For People PolicyRosalie Woodruff MP - The Liberals rushed through the Tasmanian Planning Scheme, written by developers for development interests. It weakens the planning rules that protect our way of life and the local character people love, and threatens our clean green brand, as well as the history that enriches and binds communities. |
QuestionTuesday, 19 September 2017 |
Launceston Skyscraper - Proposal by Frangrance GroupAndrea Dawkins - To reassure the people of Launceston, will you today rule out providing any special support or using the powers you would have under the proposed major projects legislation to fast-track this project? |
Media ReleaseTuesday, 19 September 2017 |
No Reassurance for Launceston Over Fragrance SkyscraperAndrea Dawkins - The Minister for Planning and Local Government failed to provide any reassurance to Launceston residents today that he won't intervene on behalf of the Fragrance Group to fast track their proposed skyscraper development opposite City Park. |
Media ReleaseSaturday, 9 September 2017 |
Kangaroo Bay Community Protest Land TransferRosalie Woodruff MP - More than 200 residents gathered at Kangaroo Bay to launch a petition in opposition to the Hodgman Government's transfer of public land on the foreshore to Chambroad Petrochemicals. |
Media ReleaseMonday, 28 August 2017 |
Call-In Power Planning Laws Recipe for CorruptionRosalie Woodruff MP - The Liberals’ proposed “call-in powers” draft planning legislation opens a pathway to corruption that would lead to the worst planning outcomes for Tasmania. |
Media ReleaseTuesday, 6 June 2017 |
Groom's Blurring of Public and Private Lines on Cable CarCassy O'Connor MP - Public resources are being used to enable the private development of a cable car to the summit of kunanyi/Mt Wellington, in a secretive process being facilitated by the Office of the Coordinator General. |
Media ReleaseSunday, 4 June 2017 |
Residents Demand Kangaroo Bay Development Approval be RescindedRosalie Woodruff MP - A packed public meeting opposed to the Kangaroo Bay foreshore development moved to censure Clarence City Council for failing to uphold the community consultation guidelines, and called on them to rescind the development approval. |
Media ReleaseSaturday, 27 May 2017 |
Fragrance Group Skyscrapers On the NoseCassy O'Connor MP - The Fragrance Group's aggressive and obtrusive plans for Hobart have been dealt a near fatal blow. |
Media ReleaseMonday, 8 May 2017 |
Hobart City Council Needs to Reject Inappropriate, Ugly SkyscrapersCassy O'Connor MP - Cassy O’Connor MP | Greens' Leader and Member for Denison If the Hobart City Council listens to the community and abides by its own Planning Scheme, it will reject the two Fragrance Group skyscrapers proposed for Hobart. Council tonight will consider whether to give landlord consent for an area of Council land to be used by the developer. |
MotionWednesday, 15 March 2017 |
Premier Must Listen to Bellerive Community on Kangaroo Bay DevelopmentRosalie Woodruff MP - Ms Woodruff to move—That the House:—
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MotionWednesday, 8 March 2017 |
35 Organisations from Around Tasmania Understand Planning MattersRosalie Woodruff MP - Ms Woodruff to move—That the House:—
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Media ReleaseWednesday, 22 February 2017 |
Planning Provisions Threaten Tasmania's Unique Values- Rosalie Woodruff MP | Greens' Planning spokesperson The Liberals’ Statewide Planning Provisions are made by developers, for developers. Their implementation will mean Tasmania risks losing the very values that make it so appealing in the first place. The Liberals' Planning Scheme lacked any meaningful transparency or real community engagement. It has pandered to developers, and ignored Tasmanians. |
Media ReleaseWednesday, 30 November 2016 |
Heritage Register Removals Have Developers Popping the Champagne- Cassy O'Connor MP | Greens' Leader and Heritage spokesperson The removal of 514 properties from the Tasmanian Heritage Register will weaken heritage protections and fundamentally alter the look, feel and fabric of our towns and cities over time. Coupled with dramatic changes to state-wide planning, these removals are developer driven and enabled by a Liberal Government that seems to know the price of everything and value of nothing. |
MotionTuesday, 15 November 2016 |
Take the Politics out of PlanningRosalie Woodruff MP - Ms Woodruff to move—That the House:—
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Media ReleaseSunday, 6 November 2016 |
Gutwein Hides From Public On PlanningRosalie Woodruff MP - Twenty community and environment groups are organising a public meeting on Tuesday in Hobart Town Hall, because of their significant concerns about changes to planning in the State. |
Media ReleaseTuesday, 27 September 2016 |
Heritage Code A Pandora's Box Full Of Lawyers- Rosalie Woodruff MP | Greens Planning Spokesperson A unanimous theme was voiced by people making representations at today's Tasmanian Planning Commission hearings about the Heritage Code. Its language is so loose it will be a monster for heritage protection, and the "standard" exemptions mean there will be no ability to protect what is special about a place. |
MotionWednesday, 24 August 2016 |
Call to Maintain Environmental Living Zone in Planning ProvisionsRosalie Woodruff MP - Wednesday 24 August 2016 Rosalie Woodruff MP to move— |
Media ReleaseTuesday, 26 July 2016 |
Gutwein Must Heed Airbnb PleasAndrea Dawkins - The Tasmanian Planning Commission has heard from Airbnb, who were in Hobart today to plead the case of Tasmanian accommodation operators. |
Media ReleaseTuesday, 28 June 2016 |
TPC Should Rethink Planning Scheme Hearings- Rosalie Woodruff MP | Greens Planning spokesperson It was standing room only at the Tasmanian Planning Commission Hearing into the Statewide Planning Provisions in Hobart, with people struggling to hear proceedings. There was universal discontent with the process and the lack of time for proper community consultation about planning changes. The TPC needs to radically rethink its planning provisions hearing process. |
Media ReleaseTuesday, 7 June 2016 |
Environmental Defenders Office Ignored AgainRosalie Woodruff MP - Attorney General, Vanessa Goodwin, was happy to talk up picking up the slack of their Federal colleagues when it comes to funding to community legal centres, but refused to consider the Environmental Defenders Office. |
MotionTuesday, 31 May 2016 |
Government Must Provide More Time for Consultation on State Planning ProvisionsRosalie Woodruff MP - Rosalie Woodruff MP to move— That the House:— (1) Notes that the Draft State Planning Provisions (SPPs) fail to prioritise the interests of the community, and protection of the environment, ahead of development interests. (2) Acknowledges that the SPPs ensure a far wider range of development decisions will be “permitted” instead of “discretionary”, and that residents therefore lose their opportunity to comment on, or appeal against, these proposals. |
MotionWednesday, 14 October 2015 |
Urban Renewall- NOTICE OF MOTION WEDNESDAY 14 October 2015 Andrea Dawkins On tomorrow to move - That this House notes: 1. The proposed traffic changes as part of the renewal and revitalisation of the Launceston CBD; 2. That presently the City is vasty car-centric and that the proposed changes to the traffic system are designed to allow more human-centred activity in the CBD; |
Media ReleaseTuesday, 13 October 2015 |
Statewide Planning Scheme Adjournment Defeated- Rosalie Woodruff MP | Greens Planning spokesperson It's disappointing that both the Liberals and Labor voted against the Greens' move to defer the statewide planning scheme bill until the government released the scheme in full. The Greens motion would've meant MPs would have seen the statewide planning scheme before passing the legislation. As it stands, parliament is being asked to debate a statewide planning scheme, without seeing the statewide planning scheme. |
Media ReleaseMonday, 12 October 2015 |
Greens Move to Defer Planning Bill- Rosalie Woodruff MP | Greens Planning spokesperson The Greens will move to defer the bill that enables a statewide planning scheme until the government releases the full scheme, and it has been properly consulted upon. Minister Gutwein is asking us to sign off on legislation that doesn’t have any real detail. It is fundamental that Parliament has all the information before it is asked to pass a bill into law. |
Media ReleaseMonday, 29 June 2015 |
Scheme Needs to Cater to all Tasmanians, Not Just the Big End of Town- Andrea Dawkins MP | Local Government & Planning spokesperson The concern for the Greens is that any planning scheme that encompasses the whole State may not be an appropriate fit for Tasmania. The regional and rural nature of Tasmania sees a diverse range of needs from wilderness locations in the far North West to dense urban spots in Hobart city. A single set of statutory requirements could be incredibly problematic when assessing development applications for locations with unique and contrasting attributes. |
Media ReleaseTuesday, 28 October 2014 |
Beware Liberals' Planning AmendmentCassy O'Connor MP - A first shot has been fired across the bow at Tasmanians who want to have a say in planning reform and decisions that affect their lives with the tabling today of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Amendment Bill 2014. |
 | Lake Malbena Development Application |
| The Tasmanian Greens submission to the Lake Malbena development application to the Central Highlands Council. | |
| Tasmanian Planning Commission Cambria Green Appeal - Jurisdictional Issue |
| Tasmanian Greens comment to the Tasmanian Planning Commission on the Cambria Green Jurisdictional issue. | |
| Tasmanian Planning Commission Cambria Green Appeal |
| The Tasmanian Greens submission to the TPC on the Cambria Green Appeal. | |
| Alternative Budget 2019-20 |
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Tasmanian Greens Alternative Budget for the financial year 2019-20. | |
 | Planning for People |
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The Tasmanian Greens believe that a planning system should protect livability and the environment, and provide for meaningful community input. | |
| Population Settlement Planning |
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The Tasmanian Greens believe that population settlement planning is vital for a sustainable future. | |
