The Watson Community Association filed an application in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal yesterday seeking an order to make the Department of the Environment Land and Planning comply with a Freedom of Information Act request on Better Cities money.
The association asserts the department has not complied with a request within the statutory 30 days. The request seeks information about the ACT Government’s action on its agreement with the Federal Government on Better Cities funding for ACT projects.
Better Cities money is being provided by the Federal Government through the states and territories to fix up deteriorating centres of cities. The Watson Community Association has asserted that the ACT Government is using the money in part to fund infrastructure in Gungahlin, a greenfields site. The Government says this is not so.