Dr. Fred Logue:

Absolutely. However, the question is how that is brought forward. I will put the question back to the Senator by asking what is a planning statement and what is it meant to achieve. There needs to be a clear statement of what the statements are and are not supposed to do. There is a risk of central policy being overly prescriptive in a way that creates issues. Ultimately, development must be acceptable to the people in whose communities it is intended to take place. It is a democratic, rights-based process. The suggestion is that when we tried this with the SHDs, it did not work because people did not want that type of development and it was not viable. I can fully buy into the RIAI's aspiration to have very high-quality urban development. That would be a very positive outcome of this system. However, if it produces stuff people do not want in their communities or that people cannot build, there will be a negative outcome.