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consultation process, as a very important element in this Government's commitment to an open and consultative style of government. I am only sorry that other members of this Assembly apparently do not share that view.
Bruce Stadium
MR STEFANIAK: My question is to the Minister responsible for sport, Mr Whalan. Minister, in relation to the Bruce Stadium Trust, is it true that one of the major proposed sporting bodies participating at the Bruce Stadium next year, the Australian Capital Territory Rugby Union, does not have a representative on that trust and, if not, why not?
MR WHALAN: Mr Speaker, there has been no announcement about the membership of the Bruce Stadium Trust.
Civic Square Development
MR COLLAERY: My question is directed to the Chief Minister in her role as Minister responsible for planning and in her role as the purveyor of open government. I refer the Chief Minister to the advertisement in the Canberra Times of 16 August 1989, calling for expressions of interest in the Civic Square development. The advertisement states that the project design will include an international hotel with a casino, commercial office space, prestigious retail area and other uses. There is no mention of the cultural facilities to be included. I ask the Chief Minister what facilities are cited in the expression of interest document as being part of the development and, in view of her commitment to open government, could each MLA in this Assembly be forwarded a copy of this document this afternoon?
MS FOLLETT: I think the question can be more appropriately answered by Mr Whalan, the Minister for Industry, Employment and Education.
MR WHALAN: There seems to be some confusion in the mind of Mr Collaery in relation to this particular development. What has been called for is expressions of interest for the development of the site which will contain the commercial elements of the particular development. The cultural facilities are in the general precinct but on a different location and are not part of this particular development.
Travel Agents
MRS NOLAN: My question is to the Minister for Industry, Employment and Education. Does the Minister recall a
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