Page 3342 - Week 12 - Tuesday, 17 September 1991
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The Assembly voted -
AYES, 8 NOES, 8
Mr Collaery Mr Berry
Mr Humphries Mr Connolly
Mr Jensen Mr Duby
Mr Kaine Ms Follett
Dr Kinloch Mrs Grassby
Mrs Nolan Ms Maher
Mr Prowse Mr Moore
Mr Stefaniak Mr Wood
Question so resolved in the negative.
Amendment No. (2) (Mr Humphries') negatived.
Original question resolved in the affirmative, with the concurrence of an absolute majority.
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
Land Tax Legislation
MR KAINE: I would like to address a question to the Treasurer. It has to do with the land tax Bill that will be debated later in the week. I am advised that on at least five occasions the Real Estate Institute corresponded with the Chief Minister and Treasurer in an attempt to put their views on that Bill. On one occasion only they had the benefit of a staffer attending a meeting. On no other occasion did the Chief Minister respond to any of their approaches or any of their correspondence. Is this typical of the so-called consultation that this Government carries on in connection with its legislation?
MS FOLLETT: I thank Mr Kaine for the question, Mr Speaker. There is no doubt that I have had correspondence from the Real Estate Institute on the matter of the land tax Bill that has now been put before the Assembly. I cannot advise whether it was on five occasions, as Mr Kaine has indicated in his question. In fact, I do not think it was five occasions.
I thought that it was appropriate that we should get the Bill before this Assembly as a matter of priority, simply because of the amount of doubt and debate that was around on the issue. I believe that, we having put this Bill before the Assembly, much of the criticism of it can now be dispelled because we have quite clearly taken into account some of the significant matters that have been raised on the issue of extending land tax to investment residential properties.
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