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ADJOURNMENT

MR SPEAKER: It being 9.30 pm, I propose the question:

That the Assembly do now adjourn.

Mr Berry: Mr Speaker, I require the question to be put forthwith without debate.

Question resolved in the negative.

BUILDING (AMENDMENT) BILL (NO. 2) 1991

Consideration resumed.

Amendment agreed to.

Bill, as a whole, as amended, agreed to.

Bill, as amended, agreed to.

CONSERVATION, HERITAGE AND ENVIRONMENT - STANDING COMMITTEE

Report on Space Tracking Stations in Namadgi National Park

Debate resumed from 23 October 1990, on motion by Dr Kinloch:

That the recommendations be agreed to.

MR DUBY (9.32): There is no question that both the Orroral Valley and Honeysuckle Creek space tracking stations are not only part of the ACT heritage but also, because of the vital role they have played in many of the major space programs conducted by NASA in the sixties, part of the world heritage scene. I think it was most appropriate that a reference was put before the Standing Committee on Conservation, Heritage and Environment for inquiry into the future use of the tracking stations in Namadgi National Park.

One of my most vivid memories of my period in this Assembly will be of the time I visited these tracking stations in Namadgi. The amount of damage that has been perpetrated on buildings left in that isolated bush area is unbelievable. The amount of vandalism and damage done to those buildings was beyond belief. I could not comprehend how people could derive satisfaction from vandalising what clearly is - or was - part of our world heritage. However, that has been the case.

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