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Speech notes at 'Cartledge' flats opening and naming, Elizabeth
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S P E E C H N O T E S FDR THE P R E M I E R . M R . D U N S T A N AT " C A R T L E D G F "
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M R . J O H N S O N , M R . G L A S T O N B U R Y , M R . R A M S A Y L A D I E S AND G E N T L E M E N .
I T ' S MY V E R Y P L E A S A N T J O B T O D A Y , ON B E H A L F OF A L L G U E S T S , TO THANK M R . J O H N S O N FOR C O M I N G TO S O U T H A U S T R A L I A TO P E R F O R M T H I S C E R E M O N Y .
THE P R E S E N T F E D E R A L C A B I N E T I S N O T A B L E FOR THE NUMBER OF R E A L L Y O U T S T A N D I N G MEN I T C O N T A I N S . I T ' S A C A B I N E T OF MANY T A L E N T S . AND I N E V E N THAT COMPANY L E S J O H N S O N S T A N D S A S A MAN OF H I G H P O L I T I C A L A D M I N I S T R A T I V E S K I L L S , S O M E O N E WHO P U T S P E O P L E AND T H E I R N E E D S F I R S T .
HE H A S A V E R Y HARD J O B TO DO AND H E ' S D O I N G I T V E R Y W E L L . WE I N S O U T H A U S T R A L I A A R E G R A T E F U L TO H I M FOR WHAT H E ' S A C H I E V E D SO FAR AND FOR THE E X C I T I N G F U T U R E HE H O L D S O U T .
TODAY W E ' R E M A R K I N G A F U R T H E R D E V E L O P M E N T OF E L I Z A B E T H AND A F U R T H E R E X P A N S I O N OF THE T R U S T ' S F L A T B U I L D I N G P R O G R A M M E .
BOTH A R E S U C C E S S S T O R I E S .
E L I Z A B E T H I N I T S DAY SHOWED A U S T R A L I A THE WAY I N NEW TOWN
D E V E L O P M E N T . I ' M NOT S A Y I N G I T ' S P E R F E C T . M I S T A K E S WERE MADE H E R E . BUT THE P L A N N E R S OF E L I Z A B E T H HAD V I S I O N , F A I T H AND A B O L D C O N C E P T W H I C H T H E Y WERE P R E P A R E D TO P U S H T H R O U G H . I T WAS A L S O V E R Y MUCH A D E V E L O P M E N T OF THE F I F T I E S .
Dunstan Collection, Special Collections, Flinders University Library.
NOW WE A R E L O O K I N G FOR P L A N N E R S W I T H E Q U A L V I S I O N AND V I G O U R TO C R E A T E THE NEW C I T Y OF MONARTO - A C I T Y W H I C H W I L L BE V E R Y MUCH OF THE S E V E N T I E S , W H I C H W I L L MAKE U S E OF THE KNOWLEDGE G A I N E D AND M I S T A K E 5 MADE I N B U I L D I N G E L I Z A B E T H AND W H I C H W I L L B E U N I Q U E L Y A U S T R A L I A N .
E L I Z A B E T H W A S , O V E R A L L , A S U C C E S S . MONARTO W I L L B E A G R E A T E R S U C C E S S AND I P R E D I C T W I L L B E S T U D I E D BY P L A N N E R S AROUND THE W O R L D .
THE OTHER P O I N T W H I C H THE C O M P L E T I O N OF T H E S E F L A T S B R I N G S TO M I N D I S THE W I S D O M OF THE T R U S T ' S B A S I C P O L I C Y D E C I S I O N TO
B U I L D ONLY -LOW R I S E ' F L A T S AND TO S H U N T H O S E G H A S T L Y M O N O L I T H I C TOWERS THAT D I S F I G U R E OTHER C I T I E S , N O T A B L Y M E L B O U R N E .
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S O C I O L O G I C A L AND E C O N O M I C S T U D I E S H E R E AND A B R O A D SHOW THAT ' H I G H R I S E ' D E V E L O P M E N T , S A V E I N C E R T A I N C A S E S AND P L A C E S
S U C H A S FOR S P E C I A L G R O U P S AND I N A R E A S OF A C U T E L A N D S H O R T A G E , CAN BE V E R Y U N D E S I R A B L E .
I N A D E L A I D E W E ' V E C O N C E N T R A T E D ON D E V E L O P I N G M E D I U M D E N S I T Y H O U S I N G . MUCH OF T H E T R U S T ' S C U R R E N T P L A N N I N G I S B A S E D ON T H I S T Y P E OF H O U S I N G AND THE NEW C L U S T E R AND P A T I O D E S I G N S , G E N E R A L P L A N N I N G , L A N D S C A P I N G AND C O N S T R U C T I O N M E T H O D S U S E D MEAN I N C R E A S I N G L Y THAT A P U B L I C H O U S I N G D E V E L O P M E N T I S A S P L E A S I N G TO LOOK AT AND A S C O N G E N I A L TO L I V E I N A S P R I V A T E D E V E L O P M E N T . MY G O V E R N M E N T I N T E N D S TO E N S U R E THAT I T G E T S B E T T E R S T I L L .
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M R . J O H N S O N A G A I N OUR T H A N K S FOR C O M I N G TO SOUTH A U S T R A L I A AND I HOPE THAT B E F O R E YOU L E A V E Y O U ' L L BE A B L E TO S E E AT F I R S T HAND S O M E T H I N G OF WHAT THE T R U S T - TO MY M I N D THE
L E A D E R I N H O U S I N G A U T H O R I T I E S I N A U S T R A L I A - I S A C C O M P L I S H I N G H E R E .
THANK Y O U .
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