Page 1010 - Week 04 - Wednesday, 28 March 1990
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debate continues. I believe it is an appropriate time to break for lunch. The chair will be resumed at 2.30 pm.
Sitting suspended from 12.30 to 2.30 pm
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
Ministerial Statements
MS FOLLETT: My question is to the Chief Minister, Mr Kaine. During question time yesterday I asked a question concerning the failure of the Government to introduce into this chamber any substantial business. Will you now confirm that the Government has decided to request the preparation by public servants of ministerial statements for presentation in the Assembly?
MR KAINE: My answer is the same as my answer yesterday. No, I have not asked my agencies for any such input.
MS FOLLETT: I ask a supplementary question, Mr Speaker. Mr Kaine, do you deny that at a meeting on 14 March 1990, the Government decided precisely that?
MR KAINE: I have no recollection of any such decision and I repeat that I have not asked my agency heads for any such input. That is the third time I have answered the question, Mr Speaker.
Royal Canberra Hospital Site
MR STEVENSON: My question to the Chief Minister concerns the casino and the Royal Canberra Hospital site. I have been contacted by constituents who are concerned that the decision to close Royal Canberra Hospital, announced yesterday by Mr Humphries, may allow a casino to be built on the site. In Mr Humphries' statement under the heading "Possible Alternative Uses of the Acton Peninsula Site", item 58 states:
The transfer of Royal Canberra Hospital will provide the opportunity to revitalise the use of this beautiful peninsula through the parallel development of community recreational facilities and a range of public health-related activities which the Government has decided will be located on that site.
My question has two parts: Firstly, will the Chief Minister please explain what "development of community recreational facilities" means; and secondly, will the closure of Canberra Hospital under any circumstances allow a casino to be developed on that site?
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