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PAUL McCARTHY:The Productivity Commission has devised a plan that proposes the national system for heritage listing. It met in Adelaide today to take public submissions. Its plan proposes individual conservation agreements be drawn up for each property, effectively making listing voluntary.
TONY HINTON:A system of volunteers rather than conscripts probably produces a much more conducive outcome for community support and community attitude. That is an oversimplification as to what we have in mind but certainly we think at the moment the over-reliance on prescriptive regulation has gone too far.

What is the meaning of these three parts in bold,please?

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

1. to accept suggestions and comments froom the public.

2. That way of explaining what we are thinking about is too simple to show our meaning adequately.

3. Relying too much on telling people in detail what they must do.

I think these speakers like to speak in complicated ways that they think make their opinions sound important.

Best wishes, Clive

Behnazzz · Answer

Thanks

In this sentence:

That is an oversimplification as to what we have in mind

your translation=That way of explaining as to what we are thinking about is too simple to show our meaning adequately.

Sorry ,but i can't undrestand what he is thinking about?He didn't explain anything that made it too simple to understand?what made it too simple ?Does he agree to making the listing valuntary or is he against it?English is so confusing to me

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Can you explain alittle bit about presprective regulation? Is it oppsitive of valuntary?and how about conscripts ?What is the meaning of conscrips,is it oposite of valuntary too?What are the meanings of these three words?

MY MIND IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE

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PAUL McCARTHY: It's a trend that's long been worrying heritage groups, and it's feared proposed federal heritage laws might throw open the door altogether for developers and their bulldozers.

ALAN GRAHAM, NATIONAL TRUST CEO: It basically reverses 25 years of established practice. The whole existing heritage regime would be reviewed and one would assume, as a consequence of any review that's undertaken, that places would be reconsidered and perhaps, as a consequence of that, delisted

I have problem with this one here it can refer to the thing he regards to as that places would be reconsidered or deisted (so it will mean:one thing that would be assumed as a consequence of any review that's undertaken ,is, that places would be delisted or reconsidered)or it can refere to someone like you or me(so it will mean:someone would assume as a consequence of that ,those places would be reconsidered or delisted.)

what do you thing which one is it?but i think i understood as i was trying to type it to ask you ,cause i used ed at the end of the word assume for the first example so it can't refer to something,right?does it refer to someone?

Here in this part:

PAUL McCARTHY: The National Trust believes what's proposed favours developers when there should be a more holistic approach. It wanted measures to ease the burden of costs on heritage building owners; instead, it might give them the option to sidestep conservation.

i cann't figure out the true meaning of the part all together in the bold.

Thanks

Clive · Answer

Hi again.

In this sentence,

That is an oversimplification as to what we have in mind

your translation=That way of explaining as to what we are thinking about is too simple to show our meaning adequately.

Sorry ,but i can't undrestand what he is thinking about?He didn't explain anything that made it too simple to understand?what made it too simple ?Yes, it's not really clear as to what exactly he means here. Probably the idea of 'a system of volunteers' is what he means, but he is saying that these few words do not give all the details of how this system would work. Does he agree to making the listing valuntary or is he against it? He's in favour of it. English is so confusing to me. To me, too, sometimes.

Can you explain alittle bit about presprective regulation? Is it oppsitive of voluntary? Yes and how about conscripts ?What is the meaning of conscripts, 'A conscript' is someone who is forced to do something, often by law. eg If young men join the army because the government/law says they must, they are called 'conscripts' and the susyem is called 'conscription'.

MY MIND IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE I think mine already did. I usually feel better after it does that.

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PAUL McCARTHY: It's a trend that's long been worrying heritage groups, and it's feared proposed federal heritage laws might throw open the door altogether for developers and their bulldozers.

ALAN GRAHAM, NATIONAL TRUST CEO: It basically reverses 25 years of established practice. The whole existing heritage regime would be reviewed and one would assume, as a consequence of any review that's undertaken, that places would be reconsidered and perhaps, as a consequence of that, delisted

I have problem with this one here it can refer to the thing he regards to as that places would be reconsidered or deisted (so it will mean:one thing that would be assumed as a consequence of any review that's undertaken ,is, that places would be delisted or reconsidered) NO or it can refere to someone like you or me(so it will mean someone would assume as a consequence of that ,those places would be reconsidered or delisted. YES. It's the impersonal, rather formal pronoun 'one', meaning a person or people in general. eg One should not eat with one's mouth open.)

what do you thing which one is it?but i think i understood as i was trying to type it to ask you ,cause i used ed at the end of the word assume for the first example so it can't refer to something,right?does it refer to someone? Yep.

Here in this part:

PAUL McCARTHY: The National Trust believes what's proposed favours developers when there should be a more holistic approach. It wanted measures to ease the burden of costs on heritage building owners; instead, it might give them the option to sidestep conservation.

i cann't figure out the true meaning of the part all together in the bold.

believes what's proposed believes that this suggested plan

favours developers is better for developers, offers them more benefuts/advantages

when there should be a more holistic approach. an approach that looks at the whole problem and does not just look at parts of it.

This is not easy English that you have chosen to read. You are doing OK. Just be patient, and your understanding will slowly improve.

Best wishes, Clive

Behnazzz · Answer

Hi Clive

Thanks for your help

TONY HINTON: We don't see it pro-development or anti-development. We see it as balancing the interests of property owners relative to the public good that flows from the conservation of historic heritage places.

can you explain this to me as well?

Does re-pointed mean covered?

What is the meaning of prescriptive regulation?doeas it have the same meaning as conscription?what is the difference between them?

The National Trust believes what's proposed favours developers when there should be a more holistic approach.

Does when in this sentence mean considering that?does it have a special grammer point?

Clive · Answer

Hi,

TONY HINTON: We don't see it pro-development or anti-development. We see it as balancing the interests of property owners relative to the public good that flows from the conservation of historic heritage places.

can you explain this to me as well?

Property owners have their interests, the things that they want. eg to change and demolish heritage buildings in order to make money.

The public, all the other people, have their interests, which will be helped by this conservation of the nation's heritage.

The government's job is to balance these two opposite intersts in a fair and reasonable way.

Does re-pointed mean covered? I can't find where this word is used in this discussion.

What is the meaning of prescriptive regulation? It means making rules that say 'you must do this, you must not do that ...'

doeas it have the same meaning as conscription? No. This means 'making people work to do a particular thing'.

The National Trust believes what's proposed favours developers when there should be a more holistic approach. 'When' can have the meaning of 'although' in a context like this. eg 'You ate all the cake when I told you not to!'

Best wishes, Clive

Behnazzz · Answer

We see it as balancing the interests of property owners relative to the public good that flows from the conservation of historic heritage places.

Does relative to mean about?

Does public good here mean that is non-rival. This means: consumption of the good by one individual does not reduce the amount of the good available for consumption by others.

Doese flow from mean due to?

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