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role as the National Capital. Major employment location proposals must be determined with regard to their transportation and environmental impacts.
 2.       Centres at each level in the hierarchy form the focus of a range of retail, commercial and community facilities and services, in which specialisation increases at successively higher levels.
 3.        Continued expansion of services and facilities should be provided for and encouraged in each of the town centres.
 4.       Each town should have a town centre. The Territory Plan will provide for a range of lower order centres to meet the varying needs of residents.

3.5.3 Policies for employment location
 1.        Major employment generating land uses should be located with the Defined Activity Centres as indicated in Figure 10 and listed below:
      +          Barton and Forrest
      +          Belconnen Town Centre
      +          Bruce
      +          City
      +          Canberra International Airport
      +          Fyshwick industrial area
      +          Gungahlin Town Centre
      +          Hume industrial area
      +          Mitchell industrial area
      +          Molonglo Valley Town Centre
      +          Parkes
      +          Russell
      +          Tuggeranong Town Centre
      +          West Deakin
      +          Woden Town Centre.
 2.       Any new major employment generating land uses should consider the transportation and environmental impacts of the location.
 3.        Public sector office employment should be encouraged to locate in the City Centre and the Town Centres.
 4.       Industrial development should be located in the main industrial areas of Fyshwick, Mitchell and Hume and in the Fern Hill Technology Park at Bruce. The National Capital Authority will co‑operate with the Territory planning authority to investigate and define appropriate areas for new industrial development.

Figure 10: Defined Activity Centres

3.6 Broadacre Areas

3.6.1 Background
Beyond the Urban Areas are areas of land set aside for broadacre uses. Subject to the outcome of detailed study and the qualifications detailed below, these areas may offer the opportunity for further urban development. Some broadacre areas may be suitable for the siting of industry, transport facilities, defence installations, institutions and other activities requiring large sites. They may become of considerable economic importance to Canberra over time, and offer a basis for the further economic development of the city in a manner complementary to its function as the National Capital.

3.6.2 Principle for Broadacre Areas
Broadacre Areas may act as buffers between towns, provide sites for uses which require large land areas or may benefit from or be best located within a non‑urban setting, and provide a land bank for future Urban Areas.

3.6.3 Policies for Broadacre Areas
 1.        Building, site and landscape development must be sympathetic to and not be discordant with the landscape setting of the National Capital.
 2.       All proposals for development within two kilometres of HMAS Harman must be referred to the Department of Defence for examination and