Page 1100 - Week 04 - Wednesday, 20 March 1991
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Ms Follett: You did not know the answer.
MR KAINE: Well, it is a pretty big question, is it not - the entire ACT? It took me a little time to get the answer and I have now given it to you.
Financial Accounts
MR KAINE: Also yesterday, Ms Follett asked:
... have the 1989-90 financial accounts for the Treasury been completed and submitted to the Auditor-General for audit, and, if not, why not?
The answer is that the Treasury is yet to finalise its financial statements for the 1989-90 financial year. The statements are in an advanced stage of preparation and will be available to the Auditor-General this month. Preparation has been hampered due to the limited number of specialised resources required to prepare this first statement - and it is the first such statement.
Kingston Foreshore Redevelopment
MR KAINE: A much more penetrating and longer question came from Mr Stevenson, and it had to do with the development at Kingston. Members will be aware that there has been an interest in potential development at Kingston for some time and also, therefore, an interest in a possible variation to the policy relating to that area.
As members will also be aware, the proposal has an advocate in the private sector who is keen to press for priority action on this particular project. Initially, the then Interim Territory Planning Authority, with my agreement, intended to address the issue in the draft Territory Plan. However, recently the Chief Planner advised me that, because of the complications of Territory land-national land and the National Capital Planning Authority, et cetera, associated with that area, it was preferable in his view to deal with it as a separate plan. The Chief Planner then took the initiative to inform Mr Ian Hirst, who is the advocate referred to, and this news was well received at the time.
At the meeting, a date of four weeks hence was set for the next meeting so that initial work could be prepared by the Authority, and so that Mr Hirst could have the opportunity to discuss some of his ideas in more detail. I am informed that the work by the Territory Planning Authority is under way and that the meeting with Mr Hirst is expected to take place next week. However, there will be a process of consulting the National Capital Planning Authority and the Administration's various agencies before release of any
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