Page 2664 - Week 09 - Wednesday, 25 August 1993
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entirely suitable appointment. As I have said before, the proof of the effectiveness of an appointment lies in the job that the person does. I repeat that I am more than happy with the job that Mr Wright is doing for the Tourism Commission in the ACT.
MR DE DOMENICO: I ask a supplementary question, Madam Speaker. Has the Chief Minister in fact read the transcript of the royal commission, which I will attempt to incorporate in Hansard after I have finished asking my supplementary question? Can the Chief Minister confirm that it is planned that Mr Wright will accompany her in October on her $180,000 trip to Japan?
MS FOLLETT: Madam Speaker, no, I have not read the transcript, to answer the first part of Mr De Domenico's supplementary question. On the second part of his question, as I informed the Assembly yesterday, the delegation for the visit to Japan later this year has not been finalised. I will inform members when it is.
Mulligan's Flat
MS SZUTY: Madam Speaker, my question of the Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning, Mr Wood, relates to a question I asked the Minister on 17 June this year about the determination of boundaries for Mulligan's Flat. In his response on that day the Minister said, and I quote from Hansard:
I have seen a boundary that I think is pretty final and it will not be long, I think, before I will be announcing that.
The Minister went on to say, and again I quote:
It will be quite a long time yet before there is any urban development in that area.
During the consideration of the capital works program by the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Committee I requested further information from the Minister's Department of the Environment, Land and Planning about Mulligan's Flat fencing. In the reply provided by the director of the Environment, Culture and Sport Division it is stated:
The need to plan the urban edge in Gungahlin will mean that the Mulligan's Flat area will not be declared as a nature reserve until mid-1994.
Can the Minister provide clarification as to when the boundaries for Mulligan's Flat will be finally determined?
MR WOOD: Madam Speaker, in the period since 17 June I have had further approaches regarding those boundaries. One other proposal is being made to me, which I am considering. It is the case that there is continuing pressure to expand and expand that boundary. Indeed, we have expanded it very considerably already. The proposal is still being examined and refined with the potential for that expansion. I do not think there is a problem about the timing, because the longer it takes, it seems, the larger it gets. Obviously, the final gazettal is a matter that does need some formality, although I do not think that is a long process in itself. I think the matter is in good hands. But to answer Ms Szuty's question, I will come back with some greater detail for her.
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