Page 4486 - Week 14 - Thursday, 9 December 1993
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Mr Wood: So, bump out the sound. What about the law that puts requirements on sound?
MR DE DOMENICO: Mr Wood, what I would like to ask you, for example, is: How many times have we had noise inspectors out there on this complex measuring the noise level?
Mr Wood: Quite often.
MR DE DOMENICO: How often?
Mr Wood: Quite often.
MR DE DOMENICO: I would also like you to tell me, one day, the result of their measurements. On the one hand, Mr Wood, you are trying to tell me that trucks being driven around this complex may or may not be noisier than a truck normally being driven down Sutton Road. That is what it comes down to.
Mr Wood: They happen to have mufflers on them. That makes a big difference.
MR DE DOMENICO: I do not care what they have on them. What you have to prove to this house is that there is no - - -
Mr Lamont: Come on, Tony. You have to be the second speaker on your side, but can't you get a real argument going; something with substance?
Mr Cornwell: He is on the defensive, Tony. Keep going.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order! Mr De Domenico has the floor.
MR DE DOMENICO: Mr Wood might think, "Okay; we have given this organisation a 10c peppercorn rent because it is a non-profit organisation". That has nothing to do with the issue at hand either. Never let it be known that I would suggest this, but perhaps it may be a way of the Transport Workers Union knowing who is getting a licence to drive trucks, so that they can follow up in the future and try to get them to join the union. I should never suggest that, because, of course, the Transport Workers Union would never dream of doing things like that. They would never dream of doing things like that because it might affect the numbers that they may have on ACT ALP preselection panels.
Mr Cornwell: No, that would be jumping to conclusions, too. ALP preselections, yes, goodness me!
MR DE DOMENICO: That would be jumping to conclusions. Thank you, Mr Cornwell. The other point I would like to make is - - -
Mr Wood: What would you want to see the site used for? How would you like to see the site used? Do you have a view about that? How would you like to see it used?
MADAM SPEAKER: Order!
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