Page 2064 - Week 07 - Thursday, 16 June 1994
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MS FOLLETT: Madam Speaker, I certainly will try to ensure that all of our documentation does comply with any recommendations that the Public Accounts Committee may have made. Without having that particular document before me, I do not know whether I need to qualify that statement at all. It certainly would be my overall intention to comply. As I said to Ms Szuty, I will examine the documents. If they do need to be amended, I will so amend them, and in doing so I will look at recommendation No. 2 from the Public Accounts Committee report No. 3.
Housing Trust Budget
MR CORNWELL: My question is to Mr Lamont, the Minister for Housing and Community Services. Why was some $9m in the Housing Trust budget not spent in the 1993-94 year, and therefore rolled over, thus giving the impression of more funding being available in this budget than really has been provided? Is it because of another payday or something?
MR LAMONT: No, that is not the reason outlined in the papers, Mr Cornwell. As I understand it, that is for works that have been committed and have been rolled over into this year. I undertake to give you a full briefing on where that $9m came from and where it is going to.
MR CORNWELL: I ask a supplementary question, Madam Speaker. Perhaps Mr Lamont could also explain, if we have $9m rolled over, why there is another $280,000 to be provided under a private rental leasing project announced in the budget to make more housing available for people on the public housing waiting list. I would have imagined that that $9m that has been rolled over could have provided some accommodation for these people.
MR LAMONT: I understand the point that you are making, Mr Cornwell. The Government has indicated that there is a range of options available to it to provide for reductions in the public housing waiting list, and I believe, as the Government does, that it is an appropriate mechanism to use in these circumstances. As I said to you in answer to your primary question, I will provide you with the full details of that $9m and the basis upon which it has been rolled over, at the earliest opportunity, and that has to do with your availability, Mr Cornwell. I will ensure that we fit in with you.
National Exhibition Centre and Canberra Racecourse - Development Proposals
MR MOORE: Madam Speaker, my question is directed to Mr Wood. On Tuesday, Minister, I asked the Chief Minister a question on forgone betterment to the tune of some millions of dollars with reference to the Yowani Golf Club. Can you clarify to the Assembly how much betterment will be forgone in the proposed development on the leases of Natex and the ACT Racing Club in Mitchell?
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