Page 1909 - Week 09 - Thursday, 19 October 1989
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assessment of detailed design drawings and site premiums. Separate independent expert assessment panels will be established to assess the merits of design and financial submissions.
As I indicated earlier, the panels will be chaired by eminent independent experts from the private sector. Conforming financial bids will be required from each developer and will be in the form of a straight front-end premium bid. In addition, developers may, if they wish, submit a non-conforming financial bid. This will be optional and will allow scope for developers to propose a financing scheme that may provide greater long-term benefits to the ACT community.
Subsequent negotiations with the parties would be undertaken by the general manager of the major projects group, as the Government's chief negotiator, in conjunction with the independent chairpersons of the design and financial panels and expert advisers to refine design schemes and site bids where appropriate. This process has been used with success by the Darling Harbour Authority and the Sydney Cove Redevelopment Authority.
A report setting out the proposals of the three or four proponents assessed as most acceptable by the expert panels will be compiled by an interdepartmental committee chaired by the secretary to the Chief Minister's Department.
The final stage is the final assessment and selection. The results of the preceding stages will be referred to the Casino Surveillance Authority for consideration and recommendations to Government in accordance with the ACT Casino Control Act 1988. The final selection of the successful developer/casino licensee will be considered by Ministers, having regard to the assessments of the expert panels in relation to final negotiated design and financial proposals and recommendations by the authority on suitability.
As I have already mentioned, Cabinet has instructed that supervision of each of the selection processes will be by an interdepartmental committee chaired by the secretary to the Chief Minister's Department, and including the under treasurer and the chief law officer.
The interdepartmental committee has met and is supervising the first stage process. The committee will scrutinise the method and reason for any proposal being recommended for rejection by the independent expert assessment panels to ensure that fairness, ethics and due process are followed.
The functions of the Casino Surveillance Authority in the selection process for the ACT casino developer/licensee are established in division I, part III of the Casino Control Act 1988. It is to inquire into and make recommendations to the Minister on the suitability of a proposed casino developer/licensee.
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