Page 2644 - Week 10 - Tuesday, 13 August 1991
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Raiders as a matter of urgency. As a result, fundamental progress was made on the resolution of all outstanding issues and the ACT Government Solicitor's Office, which you would be interested in, was in the process of finalising the detailed wording of the agreement for the improvements made to Bruce Stadium.
Negotiations with both the New South Wales Rugby League and the management of the Canberra Raiders will be recommenced once the financial management position of the Raiders becomes clear in the next few weeks. I am confident that the interests of the ACT can be protected when negotiations recommence shortly. I am sorry for repeating myself.
In the meantime, the Raiders will continue to hire the Bruce Stadium on the same basis as has operated for the 1991 season. I am sure that all members of the Assembly wish the Raiders well and hope that the current financial difficulties can be overcome so that their success on the football field can be repeated this year and in future years. Negotiations have been suspended until the financial and management situation of the Raiders has been clarified. The Raiders' financial situation has also meant that the $1m being held by the Australian Sports Commission has been returned to the New South Wales Rugby League. They were right when they wrote this.
Mr Kaine: So, you blew the million. Let us be clear about this.
MR BERRY: You wait for the rest of the answer; it covers that. Advice from the ACT Law Office indicated that there was nothing that the ACT Government could do to prevent the $1m being repaid to the New South Wales Rugby League by the Australian Sports Commission. Discussions have been held with Mr John Quayle, the general manager of the New South Wales Rugby League, who has confirmed the league's obligation to the ACT Government in respect of the hire of Bruce Stadium and the payment of $1m.
Canberra Nature Park - Noxious Plants
MR STEFANIAK: Mr Speaker, my question is addressed to Mr Wood in his capacity as Minister for the Environment. It relates to the Canberra Nature Park located near the Federal Golf Course. Mr Wood, what steps are you taking to ensure that a proper program is undertaken to eradicate the noxious plants, including briar, hawthorn, blackberry and cotoneaster, which are all non-native and have no place in a supposedly Australian nature park?
MR WOOD: Thank you for the question. There is a continuing program around the whole of the Canberra Nature Park to eradicate the species you mention and other varieties. I cannot give you the precise details of the part of the nature park that you mentioned. It may be that
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