Queensland Consolidated Acts

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT 2012 - SECT 4

4 How main purpose is primarily achieved

(1) The main purpose of this Act is achieved primarily by—

(a) establishing MEDQ to plan, carry out, promote or coordinate activities to facilitate in the State the main purpose of this Act while also—

(i) seeking the achievement of ecological sustainability; and

(ii) valuing, protecting and promoting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge, culture and tradition; and

(iii) recognising the cultural heritage significance of places; and

(b) providing for a streamlined planning and development framework for particular parts of the State (declared as priority development areas under this Act) to facilitate the main purpose of this Act; and

(c) providing for MEDQ to undertake strategic leadership and coordination of place renewal areas.

(2) In this section—

"cultural heritage significance" , of a place, means its aesthetic, architectural, historical, scientific, social or other significance to the present generation or past or future generations.

"ecological sustainability" means a balance that integrates—

(a) the protection of ecological processes and natural systems at local, regional, State and wider levels; and

(b) economic development; and

(c) the maintenance of the cultural, economic, physical and social wellbeing of people and communities.