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MINISTER FOR URBAN SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION. NO 491

Harness Racing Club

Mr Stefaniak - asked the Minister for Urban Services -

In order to ensure the viable future of the harness racing industry in the ACT -

(1) Willthe Minister give an undertaking to ensure that the government preserve the rights of the ACT Harness Racing Club to use their track at NATEX.

(2) Will the Minister undertake to provide the Club with a satisfactory agreement with NATEX to provide them with tenure which will permit their proposed constructions of stables and other facilities with their already allocated Racecourse Development Funds.

(3) What will be the terms of this agreement and when will it be finalised.

Mr Connolly - the answer to the Members question is as follows:

(1) The ACT Harness Racing Club has a long standing agreement with NATEX regarding the use of the main arena track. The licence fee for the track is currently being renegotiated with the Harness Racing Club and an independent valuation is being sought. Similarly the licence fee for the use of the area currently used as a training complex is being negotiated between NATEX and the Club, with an independent valuation of the facility currently being obtained.

(2) The issue of a satisfactory agreement between NATEX and the Club is expected to be finalised once the valuations have been obtained.

(3) The terms of the agreement and its finalisation depend on the valuations and subsequent commercial negotiations between both parties.

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