Page 365 - Week 02 - Tuesday, 19 February 1991
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have been responsible for what was obviously an inadvertent mistake, but rather to counsel people in the hospital system to provide for a more responsive system in the future.
Casuarina Sands Weir
MRS GRASSBY: Mr Speaker, my question is to Mr Duby. Has a decision been made on Casuarina Sands; and what costs have been incurred in the process of your on again-off again decision on what will happen with Casuarina Sands?
MR DUBY: I thank Mrs Grassby for the question. In relation to the first part of the question, Mrs Grassby, the answer is no, a final decision regarding the future of the Casuarina Sands weir has not been made. People are aware that originally I announced some weeks ago that the weir, because of the perceived number of problems associated with that device, was scheduled to be demolished in an ecologically approved fashion.
Subsequent to that announcement, representations have been made to me, both by you, Mrs Grassby, and by a number of other constituents in the Territory - and, for that matter, the Chief Minister - asking that the basis for that decision be reviewed, to see whether there was any feasible way in which the weir could be saved. We are in the process of reviewing those recommendations that have come to us from the various branches of government, including the legal side, the engineering side and the parks and conservation management area side.
The question, I believe, that you then asked was: What costs have been involved in delaying this decision? The answer to that clearly is none, to my knowledge. The original tender process, I believe, was entered into last week. People have put in their submissions as to how they would propose to remove the weir. But, to date, I do not see how there could have been any further expenditure of public moneys in this regard.
MRS GRASSBY: I have a supplementary question, Mr Speaker. Is it true that the amount put aside for the demolition of Casuarina Sands was in the vicinity of $66,000?
MR DUBY: As Mrs Grassby knows, that figure was given to her on a confidential basis some weeks ago, but I believe that it has been widely reported in the newspapers ever since.
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