Page 1227 - Week 04 - Thursday, 21 March 1991
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MR MOORE (5.50): Mr Deputy Speaker, I support the amendments. I think Mr Connolly would agree that they came out of a discussion between us. I am not claiming that they are my idea.
Mr Kaine: Is this plagiarism, Mr Connolly?
MR MOORE: I have not inferred that at all. I think that Mr Connolly would be completely within his rights to claim to have been misrepresented. I did say that they came out of a discussion between Mr Connolly and me. The original amendment that Mr Connolly suggested was much stronger. In a compromise reached this morning, he came up with this new amendment which I said I would support.
This is a good opportunity to say that when the new legislation comes before us we should attempt to ensure that this is in the legislation. The method of calculating the betterment tax should become part and parcel of the legislation so that members of the community can see very clearly where they stand just by looking at that legislation. I think it is a most important way of going about it. It will make sure, as indeed this does, that it is all above board and that it is also simple to understand. I would encourage members who are considering the new legislation package to learn from this exercise.
Amendments agreed to.
Paragraph, as amended, agreed to.
Paragraph 4(d)
MR MOORE (5.51): I move:
Page 3, line 5, paragraph (d), after "lease", add "in relation to the purpose for which the land subject to the lease may be used".
I have made my points on this quite clear. The Government voted against it. I do not wish to add any further comments.
Amendment negatived.
Paragraph agreed to.
Clause 5
MR MOORE (5.52): Mr Deputy Speaker, I would like to make a brief point on clause 5. It is interesting that the Government has chosen to allow its appeals to go to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal at this point. Just prior to Christmas I strongly suggested that we also have the opportunity for an appeal under our interim planning
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