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A
And
eight
we've
got
no
apologies
today
and
we've
got
a
full
contingent
committee
and
we
also
welcome
councillor
hamill
councillor
gates
or
deputy
mayor
gates
and
councillor
ryan
baldwin
lumsden.
A
A
B
Director,
this
is
a
there's.
C
B
That
came
in
at
48
000
that
I
agreed
to
fund
because
there
had
been
an
expectation
that
we
were
going
to
deliver
bus
shelters
and
I
begrudgingly
copied
the
director
that
I
would
allocate
the
funding
given.
I
had
no
choice
and
miraculously
he's
come
back
with
it
reduced
by
some
sixteen
thousand
dollars,
which
makes
a
big
difference
when
we're
talking
about
the
escalation
of
costs
etc.
So
thank
you
to
the
director
for
doing
that.
For.
D
A
E
E
E
So
this
is
the
the
first
part
sandy.
If
you
can
chuck
that
up,
then
we'll
we'll
workshop.
The
the
second
part
word.
D
E
D
The
funding,
so
we
could
pause
this
for
a
moment.
I
don't
think
that
they
will
release
the
funding
until
this
current
state
government
gets
around
to
getting
the
federal
approvals
required
in
order
to
proceed
with
the
project
that
they'd
like
the
funding.
For
so
I
would
say
to
you
that
it
probably
is
the
prudent
management
of
money
not
to
advance
two
billion
dollars
or,
however
much
it
is
to
a
state
government
that
hasn't
yet
got
its
approvals
in
place
or
completed
its
design
work
for
the
same
things.
D
E
E
Here
we
go.
The
first
stage
of
the
consultation
for
the
burley
to
tugan
section
saw
an
unprecedented
level
of
engagement
with
43
face-to-face
community
sessions
over
a
10-week
period.
That
equates
to
more
than
220
hours.
Listening
to
the
community's
feedback
and
concerns
and
answering
questions.
Mr
bailey
said
research
conducted
on
the
gold
coast.
E
Highway
burley
heads
to
tugan,
multimodal
study
in
2020
showed
that
the
community
supported
a
potential
light
rail
extension
from
burleigh
heads
all
the
way
to
coolangatta
via
the
gold
coast
airport,
and
it
goes
on
and
I'll
we'll
talk
to
the
merits
of
today's
announcement
in
the
press,
but
to
answer
council
young's
question
I've
lifted
those
words
from
the
first
paragraph
of
the
minister's
state
statement
which
I
can
only
assume
or
take
at
face
value,
is
correct
and
reflects
the
results
of
that
independent
research.
I
think
we
had
a
paper
to
council
anyway,.
E
B
Yeah,
obviously,
by
someone
who
doesn't.
E
C
G
Also,
in
accordance
with
the
council's
established
position
and
that
established
position
has
been
arrived
at,
as
you
say,
through
prior
community
consultation
and
significant
work
to
look
at
what
the
best
route
is.
So
we
know
that
the
coastal
route
is
the
most
efficient
route.
It
takes
people
to
destinations.
So
it's
attractors
and
generators
for
demand.
G
E
B
Yeah,
I
I
do
have
an
issue
with
the
word
efficient,
because
of
course
you
want
these
things
to
be
efficient,
but
the
concern
or
the
the
issues
that
are
being
raised
are
not
about
efficiency
they're
about
other
matters.
So
I
I
just
don't
know
whether
that
word's
necessary
in
there.
I
also
think,
if
we're
going
to
refer
to
independent
market
research,
that
we
should
source
give
the
source
of
that
so.
B
B
E
That
and
if
we
could
just
add
that
council
notes
the
statement,
sorry,
the
council
notes
this
statement.
Yep.
B
G
The
second
one,
if
we
take
out
the
words
on
the
basis
that
is
considered
because
that
basis
has
already
been
established
before
you
in
previous
presentations.
You
might
want
to
add.
H
There's
three,
madam
chair
councillors,
so
the
step
one,
the
strategic,
what's
called
a
strategic
assessment,
was
submitted
to
infrastructure
australia.
Several
months
ago
it
was
produced
in
partnership
between
the
city
and
the
state
government
and
that
that
also
reaffirmed
the
position
that
it's
the
strategic
assessment
phase
is
essentially
a.
H
Is
there
a
need
for
a
project
or
is
there
no
need
to
establish
the
need,
but
also
does
a
little
bit
of
optionary
in
that
phase,
which
then
gets
taken
through
to
a
much
more
granular
level
of
assessment
in
the
preliminary
business
case
phases,
which
is
what
we're
doing
now.
E
So
through
madam
chair
matt,
I'm
just
interested
to
just
touch
on,
and
I
know
we
don't
have
a
stop.
We've
got
to
move
in
a
second,
I
suppose,
but
I
just
want
to
get
some
clarity
around
the
submission
to
infrastructure.
Australia
is
that
presently
under
assessment
or
has
infrastructure,
australia
past
judgment,
because
I
think
if,
if
we
have
a
minister
making
a
very
prejudicial
comment
about
a
project,
that's
under
active
consideration
by
infrastructure,
australia
that
heightens
my
desire
for
us
to
go
on
the
record
here.
E
E
H
H
D
B
Through
you
to
council
of
worster,
I
just
feel
like
the
wording
would
sound
better
if
it
was
in
accordance
with
the
adopted
transport
strategy,
preliminary
business
case
and
the
majority
community
view
yeah,
it's
just
it.
You
know
it
should
be.
You
start
with
the
adopted
transport
strategy.
If
you
don't.
E
E
H
Sorry
about
that
counselor
so
through
the
chair,
so
the
the
information
was
submitted
by
the
city
to
the
state
around
june
july
last
year
was
then
submitted,
goes
through
a
state
government
infrastructure
investment
committee
style
forum
and
then
is
submitted
to
ia
soon
thereafter,
the
ia
don't
actually
need
to
approve
the
strategic
assessment
is
my
understanding,
but
they
consider
it
and
then
it
then
eventually
on
the
process,
which
is
what
I'm
about
to
find
out
now
is
if
it
does
get
listed
on
a
an
infrastructure
priority
list,
or
it's
noted
in
the
fact
that
there
is
more
for
the
work
being
done
through
a
business
case
style
process
for
further
review
and
evaluation,
as
that,
as
that
process
evolves
and
matures.
H
So
so
we
did
a
presentation
I'll
give
a
presentation
to
them
along
with
tmr
and
I'm
going
to
say,
may
june
last
year,
probably
a
year
ago,
and
that
was
a
very
positive
meeting
and
there
was
a.
I
would
say
that
at
the
time
was
a
lot
of
positive
cinnamon
about
the
project
from
those
representatives.
My
a.
E
I
saw
a
list
of
important
infrastructure
projects
that
some
levels
of
government,
whether
it's
all
three
or
two,
or
one,
we're
lauding
as
critical
to
the
delivery
of
the
brisbane
2032
olympic
games.
I
think,
on
that
list
I
saw
the
light
rail
connection
to
the
airport.
Am
I
laboring
under
a
false
assumption
here.
G
Through
you,
madam
chair,
my
recollection
is
certainly
the
current
stage.
Three
is
on
that
list.
Okay,
I
am
aware
that
the
minister
has
certainly
made
a
representation
in
the
media
that
his
belief
is
at
stage.
Four
is
required
for
the
2032
games.
Yep.
G
E
E
Thanks,
madam
chair,
look,
I
think
it's
undeniable
that
our
population
is
growing
and
as
much
as
we
would
like
to
build
wider
roads
and
more
roads.
The
reality
is
that
in
the
parts
of
our
city
that
are
already
developed,
we
are
constrained.
E
The
only
way
that
we're
going
to
protect
our
lifestyle
and
allow
people
to
commute
easily
easily
to
work
to
school,
to
the
shops
to
employment
to
services
is
if
we
can,
as
far
as
possible,
encourage
mode
shift.
Now.
Active
transport
has
a
role
to
play,
but
the
reality
is
that
some
services
are
concentrated
in
these
principal
activity,
centers
that
require
more
than
just
a
bicycle
or
a
scooter.
E
Because
when
we
fell
greenfield
sites
and
we
put
people
west
of
the
m1,
we
actually
make
it
more
difficult
for
them
to
enjoy
the
gold
coast
livestock.
We
make
it
more
difficult
for
them
to
enjoy
access
to
services,
including
education
and
employment.
Now,
what's
critically
important,
I
think,
as
a
council
is
we're
doing
absolutely
everything
we
can
to
secure
our
fair
share
of
funding
from
both
the
federal
government
and
the
state
government.
Why
is
that?
Well?
E
Because,
as
council
owen
jones
says,
we
are
only
able,
as
a
local
government
sector,
to
collect
about
three
per
cent
of
revenue
taxation
revenue
in
this
commonwealth.
If
we
want
the
big
infrastructure
projects
that
we
need
to
protect
our
lifestyle,
the
money
must
come
from.
Other
levels
of
government
must
come
from
the
state
that
must
come
from
the
feds.
E
So
we
need
to
be
in
a
position
where
we
are
negotiating
as
ferociously
and
as
firmly
as
possible
to
get
our
fair
share,
and
that
can
only
be
achieved
if
we
are
making
bids
that
are
in
accordance
with
community
expectation
and
community
sentiment.
And
I
think,
while
there
is
an
organized
political
minority
that
does
not
support
the
proposed
gold
coast
route.
As
policy
makers,
we
have
seen
the
research
which
clearly
demonstrates
a
majority
appetite
for
this
particular
route,
because
it's
the
one
that's
been
promised
effectively
since
2013,
it's
the
shortest
it's
the
fastest.
E
It's
the
most
efficient
and
guess
what
it
will
do,
the
most
heavy
lifting
in
getting
cars
off
the
road,
because
it
passes
by
front
doors
and
takes
people
to
the
front,
pickup
and
drop
off
area
of
schools.
Of
work
of
shopping
centers
legitimately,
there
is
no
better
route
that
can
substitute
the
use
of
a
private
motor
vehicle
than
this
one,
and
I
have
to
say
I
like
the
triple
seven
servers.
I
like
the
buses
that
connect
the
gold
coast
airport
to
broad
beach.
E
That's
just
supported
project,
lift
at
the
gold
coast
airport
to
make
that
airport
of
world-class
standard
to
ask
punters
to
leave
the
airport
terminal
to
get
on
a
bus
to
change
with
a
tram
to
get
to
their
hotel
in
surfers
paradise
that
doesn't
that
lets
us
down
as
a
tourism
city
absolutely
lets
us
down.
We
need
an
integrated
transport
network,
but
we
need
to
make
it
simple
and
reliable
and
we
need
to
make
it
effective
and
only
this
route
will
get
us
there.
E
I'm
unsatisfied
that
any
other
proposition
that's
been
put
forward
on
the
table
can
achieve
that
outcome
and
I
think
any
resident
on
the
southern
end
of
the
gold
coast
would
be
bitterly
disappointed
to
learn
that
that
connection
into
northern
new
south
wales
may
be
put
at
risk
because
of
investment
uncertainty.
Madam
chair,
our
population
is
growing.
E
We
need
every
cent
every
dollar
we
can
get
and
mixed
messaging
only
undermines
the
case
that
every
gold
coaster
depends
on,
and
that
is
for
us
to
get
a
return
to
protect
our
lifestyle
and
make
sure
that
we're
all
working
in
the
best
interest
not
only
of
our
own
patch
but
the
whole
of
the
gold
coast.
It's
about
time
that
we
get
a
commitment,
and
hopefully
this
injects
a
bit
of
insert
a
bit
of
certainty
into
the
debate.
Thank
you.
D
And
that's
not
a
surprise
to
me,
because
every
every
everybody
in
the
room
appreciates
the
need
for
us
to
actually
get
on
with
investing
in
infrastructure.
It's
the
thing
we
hear
from
all
of
our
residents
about.
Where
is
the
infrastructure,
and
we
can
only
deliver
it
in
the
case
of
the
light
rail,
with
the
support
of
the
state
government
who
spearheads
the
project
like
councillor.
D
You
know
so
we're
the
sixth
largest
city
in
australia,
and
I
think
that
it
is
beholden
on
our
five,
not
our
three,
but
our
five
federal
members
to
get
behind
the
city
and
and
help
us
move
people
properly
in
an
efficient
way
and
that's
how
we
improve
productivity
and
it's
how
we
make
a
more
affordable
options
for
everyday
australians.
So
new
prime
ministers
come
to
the
gold
coast
inevitably
to
announce
stages
of
light
rail
funding.
We've
had
it
with
prime
minister
morrison.
D
We
had
it
with
prime
minister
turnbull,
and
it
would
be
nice
if
we
had
an
announcement
in
regards
to
stage
four
funding
from
the
current
prime
minister.
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
have
that
is
a
missed
opportunity
to
be
delivering
meaningful
public
transport
across
our
city,
so
we
have
to
do
more
of
it
and
we
need
to
build
it
as
efficiently
and
as
quickly
as
we
can,
and
the
reason
that
it's
so
important
is
because
it
is
inherently
a
good
environmental
outcome
to
get
people
out
of
cars
and
onto
public
transport,
and
it
is
inherently
going
to
protect
our
coastal
way
of
life
to
make
sure
that
we
have
capacity
in
our
transport
network
to
allow
for
a
growing
population.
F
So
for
those
who
might
be
critical
of
a
transport
network
that
services
the
majority
of
the
urban
population,
we
actually
can't
afford
the
economic
or
environmental
cost
of
continued
sprawling
development
in
an
uncontrolled
fashion
to
the
west.
We
as
a
city
value
the
green
fringe
that
we
have,
and
we
want
to
keep
it
that
way.
So
we
know
that
development
needs
to
be
consolidated
into
a
smaller
footprint,
and
in
order
to
do
that,
we
need
that
to
be
offset
by
making
sure
people
can
move
around
efficiently
and
light.
F
We
actually
need
to
be
showing
people
that
this
is
the
way
of
the
future
that
it's
actually
enhancing
our
lifestyle
and
protecting
the
coastal
way
of
life
by
making
sure
that
we
are
delivering
meaningful
infrastructure
to
the
population
and
any
criticisms
of
the
most
efficient
and
effective
route.
Delivering
public
transport
to
the
vast
majority
of
residents
is
completely
out
of
line
and
ill-conceived
in
every
respect.
So
that's
why,
I'm
speaking
in
support
of
this
motion,
it's
only
two
lines
long,
but
it's
a
strong
message
that
we
need
to
send
that
as
a
city.
C
Thank
you
just
briefly.
I
think
that
the
city
made
a
commitment
to
mass
transit
systems
about
two
decades
ago
and
in
around
about
2008
2009,
the
city
engaged
with
the
community
very
genuinely
and
legitimately,
and
we
held
the
we
had
the
bold
futures
planning
process
which
ran
for
a
couple
of
years
and
we
derived
from
that
what
the
community
wanted
the
city
to
be
like
in
the
future,
so
that
wasn't
just
a
haphazard
outcome:
the
result
of
development,
that's
unchecked
and
and
population
growth
and
so
forth.
C
We
can
look
at
the
city
think
this
is
a
beautiful
place
to
live
it's
clean.
It
has
organized
an
efficient
transport,
public
transport,
there's
less
congestion
that
there
might
be
in
other
places.
So
these
were
the
goals
that
we're
seeking
to
achieve
and
meets
and
light
rail
was
a
very
key
element
of
that.
C
Those
are
just
nonsense.
This
is
the
only
way
to
go,
and
it
is
very
disappointing
that
we
don't
have
that
commitment
from
the
local
federal
member
of
parliament.
I
think
it's
I've
seen
what
she's
written
and
it's
and
I'm
a
guest
at
that
really,
and
it's
become
a
very
political
thing
and
that's
unhealthy.
C
G
Speaking
again,
thank
you
and
look.
I
just
want
to
support
everyone.
That's
made
comment
today.
It's
really
important
being
the
centre
of
the
gold
coast
that
I
do
represent
is
high
density.
We're
only
going
to
get
more
people
in
this
particular
area,
we're
currently
in
service
paradise
and
broadband
can
get
to
universities.
We
can
get
the
hospitals
and
we
need
to
get
people
to
the
airport.
G
This
is
where
our
visitors
land-
this
is
where
our
residents
go
when
they
want
to
go
interstate
overseas,
and
we
need
to
ensure
that
we've
got
connectability
to
these
particular
areas,
and
southern
gold
coast
needs
to
be
connected
with
the
rest
of
the
light
rail
to
ensure
that
our
city
continues
to
grow
and
support
from
all
levels
of
government
is
needed.
G
Now,
as
councillor
caldweigh's
call
was
said
recently
with
four
years
that
we
could
have
had
a
connectability
through
to
the
airport
and
to
southern
gold
coast,
and
it's
time
that
we
actually
push
forward
and
get
this
delivered,
because
every
year
that
goes
past,
we're
going
to
have
more
visitors
and
we're
going
to
have
more
residents
to
our
area.
And
we
need
to
ensure
that
this
infrastructure
is
put
in
place.
A
What's
happened
over
the
last
couple
of
years,
where
we've
every
business,
every
industry
here
on
the
gold
coast
has
been
affected
in
either
a
small
or
a
large
way
by
tourists
not
being
able
to
favor
our
city
as
much
as
they
could
international
tourists
not
being
there
and
we're
here
from
destination
gold
coast
all
the
time
now,
where
they're
they're
marketing,
not
just
us
to
our
to
queensland
but
to
nationally
to
internationally,
and
if
we're
to
be
known
as
an
international
destination,
then
we
have
to
ensure
that
people
are
able
to
move
around
our
city
and
to
experience
everything
that
our
city's
got
to
offer
and
as
we're
all
very
well
aware
of
with
the
figures.
A
Eighty
percent
of
people
that
visit
our
city
stay
less
than
a
kilometer
from
a
beach.
So
when
we
talk
about
the
route
going
straight
down
north
south
down
the
highway
through
to
the
airport
and
on
hopefully
forwards
into
new
south
wales,
we
are
delivering
what
the
strategy
has
has
informed
us
on
with
delivering
what
the
residents
have
informed
us
on,
and
we
are
establishing
a
network
that
will
not
only
support
the
residents
of
this
city
to
move
around
with
less
congestion.
A
We
have
people
students
coming
from
overseas
choosing
to
study
here
we
have
30
odd
thousand
international
students
registered
within
our
city,
who
need
to
have
the
ability
to
move
around
our
city
without
having
to
purchase
a
car
or
to
rely
on
other
alternatives
so
as
when
it
comes
to
a
mass
mode
shift.
This
is
actually
going
to
deliver
what
the
city
most
needs
and
that's
people
off
the
roads
onto
public
transport
that
is
reliable,
every
seven
minutes
they
can
walk
to
a
station
if
they
see
a
tram
departing.
A
They
know
they've
got
a
five
minute,
wait
in
a
a
well
protected
environment
to
be
able
to
access
the
next
stage
of
their
journey.
So
I
think
this
puts
the
message
out
there
to
to
the
federal
members
that
this
is
the
way
that
the
city
is
looking
to
go
forward.
So
I
appreciate
everybody's
input
here
today
and
I
appreciate
councillor
vorster
raising
this
on
the
floor
here
this
afternoon.
As
a
general
business
item.
B
E
Madam
chair,
I
think,
what's
often
lost
in
the
debate
concerning
the
light.
Rail
is
the
fact
that
those
with
a
light
rail
station
close
to
their
homes,
have
the
ability
to
access
services
that
are
available
elsewhere
in
the
city.
It's
not
so
much
about
who
can
now
come
visit
palm
beach,
for
example,
for
the
first
time
or
more
easily,
but
it's
about
residents
in
palm
beach
being
able
to
get
to
the
gold
coast
university
hospital
without
paying
a
thousand
dollars
for
parking.
E
It's
about
people,
students
being
able
to
get
to
griffith
university
without
spending
45
minutes
listening
to
a
bad
podcast
battling
traffic
up
the
congested
m1
before
getting
onto
smith
street.
When
you
have
access
to
mass
public
transport,
you
have
services
literally
on
your
doorstep
and
as
a
city.
E
If
we
want
to
be
prudent
spenders
of
public
money,
we
need
to
consolidate
where
it
makes
sense,
but
we
also
need
to
address
accessibility
and
that's
where
mass
transit
comes
to.
Madam
chair,
I
think
if
I
were
a
student
attending
one
of
the
schools
along
this
coastal
corridor,
I
would
be
bitterly
disappointed
by
this
announcement.
E
If
I
were
the
palm
beach
surf
club,
who
only
has
limited
parking
around
its
premises.
I
would
be
bitterly
disappointed
by
this
announcement.
If
I
was
a
small
business
in
coolangatta
which
had
the
most
torrid
time
during
the
pandemic,
I
would
be
devastated
that
fewer
people
would
potentially
walk
through
my
door.
E
So,
madam
acting
chair-
oh
sorry,
madam
chair,
I
should
say
I
think
when
we
talk
about
light
rail,
we
shouldn't
just
be
talking
about
the
work,
the
heavy
lifting
it
will
do
to
ease
traffic
congestion.
I
actually
think
we
need
to
be
talking
about
the
way
it
will
transform
the
lives
of
gold
coasters,
giving
them
access
to
education,
giving
them
access
to
employment
and
giving
them
the
ability
to
support
small
businesses
right
across
the
spine
of
our
city.
E
It's
not
just
a
transport
argument,
it's
a
social
argument,
it's
an
economic
argument
and
tell
you
what
we
shouldn't
be
arguing
about
it
to
begin
with,
because
it
makes
too
much
bloody
good
sense.
So,
hopefully
we
send
a
strong
message
today,
and
one
thing
I'll
say
about
this
council
is
that
there
is
nobody.
E
Nobody
in
this
city-
and
I
say
body-
I
mean
group
of
people
that
better
represent
the
collective
interests
of
the
city.
We
have
no
agenda
other
than
to
represent
our
communities
and
look
after
the
future
prosperity
of
the
city,
and
if
this
earns
the
near
unanimous
support
of
the
council,
which
I
hope
it
does,
it
should
send
the
strongest
possible
signal
to
those
who
write
the
checks
that
this
proposed
route
is
the
majority
view
it's
the
one
that
will
look
after
the
taxpayer
and
it's
the
one
that
will
look
after
the
gold
coaster
too.