Page 3657 - Week 13 - Tuesday, 15 October 1991
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MR BERRY: Who wants to answer the question? Do you want to answer it or do you want to let me do it?
MR SPEAKER: Order! Please proceed, Mr Berry.
MR BERRY: Firstly, Mr Speaker, I indicated to the committee that I would be in receipt of those figures in due course. I am now in receipt of them.
Mr Kaine: Can we have them?
MR BERRY: Hang on a minute. The Estimates Committee was in first. It wanted them. As I indicated, Mr Speaker, those figures would be available to the Estimates Committee, and I am about to release them publicly.
Canberra Bowling Club : Northbourne Oval
MR COLLAERY: Mr Speaker, my question is directed to the Chief Minister. Has she received the written requests in relation to the Forrest bowling club development that we all know about, and have those requests included written or oral submissions from a self-proclaimed lobbyist for that development, Mr Paul Whalan? I also ask, in view of an article in today's Chronicle, whether the Chief Minister would agree that the Alliance Government gave no approval to develop Northbourne Oval and whether her Government would now revisit that decision and approve that development.
MS FOLLETT: Mr Speaker, Mr Collaery has really addressed his question in two parts, the first of which is relevant to me, but the second of which is really more relevant to the Minister responsible for planning, Mr Wood. I will take the first part, which referred to whether I had received any communication in writing or in person from Mr Whalan concerning the Forrest bowling club. The answer to that is no, I have not. Mr Speaker, I certainly have not spoken to Mr Whalan about it and, to the best of my knowledge, I have had no written communication from him, either.
The second part of Mr Collaery's question referred to planning for Northbourne Oval. I must advise, Mr Speaker, that I have no information with me on that. We have a choice, I suppose, of taking that on notice. It refers to action of the previous Government, the Alliance Government; so I guess I have a choice of taking that part on notice or deferring to Mr Wood. Is Mr Wood in a position to answer it?
Mr Wood: No, I know nothing about it.
MS FOLLETT: We had better take that second part on notice, Mr Speaker.
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