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the jurisdiction of the National Capital Planning Authority on the one hand and this Legislative Assembly on the other, as to whether or not the National Capital Planning Authority ought to intrude into those things that could be regarded as local matters of interest and of concern, and the definition of where the national interest begins and ends. Again, the Interim Territory Planning Authority has been in discussion with the National Capital Planning Authority on these matters, among others. It put a point of view. There is a debate going on, and out of that will emerge points of difference which will then float to the political level, and they will be discussed by the Minister for Territories and by me, as Chief Minister and as the Minister responsible for planning. If you like, we are in a negotiating position we are in a state of dialogue, and that will continue, as far as I am concerned, until the interests of the Territory are properly represented in the outcome.
Mr Whalan: Sorry, but there was a third part of the question.
MR SPEAKER: Do you wish to ask a supplementary question?
Mr Whalan: No, this is not supplementary; this is the original question relating to avenues.
MR KAINE: Yes, I am sorry, Mr Speaker; I did overlook the last part of the question. It has to do with whether land needs to be identified as national land or whether it needs to be designated by the NCPA for planning purposes in order for the National Capital Planning Authority to exercise control. Under the legislation there is a provision for a special Commonwealth interest, whether it has been designated for planning purposes or whether it has been identified as national land. Our negotiating position is that we do not need all of those provisions. We do not need to designate land for planning control by the National Capital Planning Authority if at any time under the legislation it can declare that it has a special interest in a particular piece of land and therefore should impose planning control over it. There seems to be a duplication of means there, by which the National Capital Planning Authority controls what happens in this Territory. We believe that duplication provision is unnecessary.
MR WHALAN: I have a supplementary question, Mr Speaker. I assume that Mr Kaine, having answered the question in the way he did, endorses the approach taken by Mr Campbell in relation to these matters. In view of the fact that each of those matters departs dramatically from the policy of the Residents Rally party, as expressed in its submission and in its public statements, is the Chief Minister confident that he has the wholehearted support of Residents Rally backbencher Mr Jensen?
MR KAINE: Mr Speaker, Mr Whalan is being very clever and very cute, but there happens to be an Alliance policy which
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