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PMAT Submission – New Draft Tasmanian Aboriginal Heritage Legislation

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We share the concerns of many in the community, including the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre andthe Environmental Defenders Office, that the draft Aboriginal Heritage Bill 2026 is seriously flawed and has not been developed inconjunction with the Tasmanian Aboriginal Community. The central problem with the Bill is that itdoes not return Aboriginal heritage to Aboriginal ownership and control.

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PMAT Submission: draft Land Use Planning and Approvals (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2026

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The draft Land Use Planning and Approvals (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2026 (the draft
Bill) proposes various legislative amendments to the Land use Planning and Approvals Act
1993 and the Local Government (Building and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993.

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PMAT & TCT Submission: Draft Macquarie Point Planning Permit Bill 2025

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PMAT and Tasmanian Conservation Trust (TCT) believe it is important to express our concerns regarding the proposed legislation, before it is released, to each member of the Tasmanian Parliament. The State Government has made false assertions about the need for the ‘enabling legislation’ and is expected to unnecessarily rush the legislation through the Tasmanian Parliament.

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Mac Point's Future?

PMAT Submission: Macquarie Point Multipurpose Stadium Draft Integrated Assessment Report

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PMAT does not have a position on whether a stadium should be built at Macquarie Point. We have engaged in this issue due to the ad hoc and chaotic nature of the Tasmanian Government’s approach to planning the development of the Macquarie Point site.

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PMAT Submission: Draft LUPA Amendment (Development Assessment Panels) Bill 2025

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The 2025 revised Draft LUPA Amendment (Development Assessment Panels) Bill 2025 (2025 DAP Bill) is not significantly changed from the Land Use Planning and Approvals (Development Assessment Panels) Bill 2024 (2024 DAP Bill) that was refused by the Tasmanian Parliament in November 2024.

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PMAT Submission: Review of the Southern Tasmanian Regional Land Use Strategy (STRLUS)

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The Southern Tasmanian Regional Land Use Strategy is being updated by the Tasmanian Government and southern Tasmania’s 12 councils. Public comment on the first part of the review process was open from September to December 18, 2024. The Draft Southern Tasmanian Regional Land Use Strategy 2050 is expected to be placed on public exhibition in mid-2025.

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PMAT Submission: Improving Residential Standards in Tasmania, Draft Report July 2024 and associated Medium Density Design Guidelines 

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PMAT’s founding platform seeks to improve the liveability and wellbeing of all Tasmanians.
One of PMAT’s founding concerns was the poor residential standards of the State Planning Provisions. This concern was shared by the Local Government Association of Tasmania who resolved in 2018 to write to the then Minister for Planning Peter Gutwein to request a review of the State Planning Provisions for residential standards.

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