The development contributions, raised by Senator Bannon, have been misrepresented a lot in the media. These contributions have been in place since 1993, when the Planning Act was enacted. What is significant now is that the final decision for these development contributions rests with the elected members of local authorities, which is important. We have to provide public infrastructure and facilities that benefit an area. In the past they covered the normal public infrastructure like roads and sewers. In more recent times, and especially with the Planning and Development Act 2000, we now include community facilities, landscaping and public transport infrastructure under the development levy. It is important to discuss these issues as they are an important source of funding for local authority infrastructure.