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of the circuit at Fairbairn Park. The estimated total cost of the project was $92,000. The Canberra Automobile Racing Association Incorporated was formed from the Southern Districts Hill Climb Association during 1986, on my advice.
The Hill Climb Association were offered the grant on 16 January 1986, according to the CDF grant conditions of the day. Progress payments were made, on my advice, to the Canberra Automobile Racing Association on the basis of evidence of costs incurred for the project and their ability to match the grant. An audited financial statement and treasurer's report from the Canberra Automobile Racing Association show receipt of the grant and payments for the track development. Other documentation shows receipts of payments by Nomad Constructions for work on the circuit.
Mr Berry: I take a point of order, Mr Speaker. I think a concise response is called for by the standing orders.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Berry.
MR COLLAERY: Mr Speaker, I recall 10-minute long answers from members of the Opposition when they were in government, and Mr Berry's were the longest.
Mr Berry: I take a point of order. Mr Collaery does not recall much in his past, including his policies, so I cannot see how he would - - -
MR SPEAKER: That is not a point of order. I will not accept fruitless points of order. Please proceed, Mr Collaery.
MR COLLAERY: Unlike Mr Berry, at least we recall the working class and their needs.
Mr Moore: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. Given that we have had an admission today that Mr Collaery and Mr Duby have been disqualified from their office - a member vacates his office under section 14(1)(c) if he agrees to take an allowance - should this Minister be standing here answering a question, because in the Estimates Committee it was admitted that he had vacated his office?
Mr Kaine: Have you gone whacko or something? He has gone right over the edge. Where are the guys in the white suits?
MR SPEAKER: Order! Mr Moore, that is not a point of order at this time in the debate. If you have something to raise along those lines, please raise it as a substantive motion.
MR COLLAERY: Yes, Mr Speaker, I think that perhaps we do need more ambulances, and perhaps one stationed here, occasionally. Applications from the Canberra Automobile Racing Association under the 1988 and 1989 capital equipment program for further assistance to complete the track were not approved. They were not approved,
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