Page 3742 - Week 12 - Thursday, 21 October 1993
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I, too, share the view that it is unfortunate that the 15-day rule has apparently again been breached, and I hope that the association will pull up their socks on that matter. However, I certainly would not be prepared, as sport and recreation spokesman for the Liberal Party, to contemplate anything as foolish, in my opinion, as the attempt of Mr Moore on the last occasion to disallow the exemption. Whether Mr Moore or Mr Berry, or anybody else for that matter, likes the involvement of a cigarette company in this matter, the fact remains that the match is an institution in this Territory. It has the support of the vast majority of Canberrans, and I look forward to seeing other members of this Assembly at the match in December.
MS SZUTY: I also seek leave to make a short statement on this matter.
Leave granted.
MS SZUTY: As the Minister has stated to the Assembly, he does not like granting these exemptions, and I think that says it all. Hopefully, in the future he will not have to grant such exemptions on very many occasions. As Mr Moore has pointed out, the Minister has a very good track record in this area and deserves our congratulations for progressing the matter in the way he has. Along with Mr Cornwell, I believe that this event is a significant event for Canberra and will be enormously beneficial, not just for the ACT economy but for the residents. I hope that it does not rain on the day.
I regret that the normal period of 15 sitting days for disallowance will not be observed on this occasion, and other members have spoken on that matter. I appreciate the conditions the Minister has imposed with regard to the signage that will be displayed on 2 December for this event. I support the Minister in his granting of the exemption on this occasion, and I hope that we will not see many more occasions in the ACT where this action will be necessary.
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION
Papers
MR WOOD (Minister for Education and Training, Minister for the Arts and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning) (3.34): Madam Speaker, for the information of members, I present a discussion paper on a proposal for integrated environment protection legislation, together with a newsletter on environmental management, and move:
That the Assembly takes note of the papers.
Last Tuesday I presented to the Assembly an outline of key Government initiatives which will help achieve the Government's preferred future for the ACT environment in the next century. A significant part of this vision, as set out in the Government's report Choosing Our Future: Canberra in the Year 2020, is for the ACT to be planned, developed and managed within ecological principles so that we may share a healthy, vital and sustainable future. Today I wish to focus on one initiative which will help lay a strong foundation to achieve this.
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