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$1,600. The second house cost a total of $60,900. The component costs were equipment and materials, $11,800; site establishment and restoration, $5,000; labour and supervision, $42,500; and insurance, $1,600.
The greater cost of labour and supervision at the second house was due to trials of different methods of removal being tested. As part of these tests, some tasks were performed in three different ways to trial the options which were available. The costings do not include air monitoring costs, which were in the order of $2,000.
ESTIMATES COMMITTEE - REPORT - APPROPRIATION BILL 1989-90
Debate resumed from 2 November 1989, on motion by Mr Jensen:
That the recommendations be agreed to.
MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister) (3.13): Mr Speaker, I would like to respond to the report by the Estimates Committee on the Appropriation Bill 1989-90. On behalf of the Government I thank the committee for its report. In doing so, the Government acknowledges the hard work and the additional time and effort devoted by members to the scrutiny of expenditure proposals contained in the Appropriation Bill. The work of the committee chairman, Mr Norm Jensen, is worthy of particular mention. The incisive analysis of the committee will contribute to informed debate on the Government's expenditure proposals.
Mr Speaker, members will recall that, in introducing the Appropriation Bill, I detailed my Government's budget strategy for 1989-90. It was founded on the principles of social justice, economic responsibility and the desire to meet the needs and aspirations of the community. Proposed expenditures as reflected in the Appropriation Bill are, of course, only one side of the budget equation. In looking at expenditures, we need to recognise our ability to raise the necessary revenues to support that expenditure.
The Government accepts that the committee's report should not be interpreted as endorsing its budget strategy. However, the Government is of the strong view that the proceedings and report of the committee provide a valuable forum for considering its expenditure proposals and build on the community consultative processes adopted in the lead-up to the introduction of this budget.
In all, the committee has made some 20 recommendations. Three of those recommendations are directly linked to the passage of the Appropriation Bill 1989-90. The majority of the remaining recommendations relate to reporting issues. I do not propose to speak to each of the recommendations individually. Rather, I will seek leave to table the Government's detailed response to each recommendation
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