Page 3019 - Week 10 - Thursday, 15 September 1994
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MR WOOD: Madam Speaker, I have little doubt that the issue that Mr Stevenson raises is of very considerable concern to the lessees in the same complex and adjacent to it. Therefore, it is of concern to my department. I think an appropriate step would have been to handle matters through there. I am not sure that the question itself justifies the measures taken to get it here.
At self-government there were hundreds of leases in Fyshwick that were not being complied with. This Government - and I think it was the case when Mr Kaine was Chief Minister - has been endeavouring to get lessees in Fyshwick to comply with their leases and, obviously, where necessary, to vary their lease so that they are operating in accordance with that lease. In fact, I gave encouragement to people in respect of betterment. There was a time limit I gave to lessees to convert, and I allowed them a continuing 50 per cent betterment as an inducement to change their lease. That is about to expire. I can tell Mr Stevenson that I will have the matter looked at. I obviously do not know the details about plans and whatever; but I will make the sort of inquiry that we could have made, anyway, without the necessity for a question.
MR STEVENSON: I have a brief supplementary question, Madam Speaker. Thank you very much, Minister, for answering the question. Action has been taken along the lines that you suggested; but, as there has been no result yet, we are trying to short-circuit that and get something done.
MR WOOD: I do not have any doubt that the officers can move quite swiftly. We are, I repeat, encouraging all lessees in that area to comply.
Transport Workers Union
MR LAMONT: Madam Speaker, during question time this day Mr De Domenico raised what he said, as I understand it, was the position of an owner-driver locked in his truck - - -
Mr De Domenico: No, I did not say that.
MR LAMONT: He was being stood over, or something was happening to the owner-driver and he was not able to have his - - -
Mr De Domenico: I did not say that either. I said that he was a subcontractor.
MR LAMONT: A subcontractor, which is commonly called an owner-driver in that industry. My information is that that is not factually correct, that the person who is occupying the truck - the subject of a dispute - in Tuggeranong is an employee allegedly receiving under-award wages, contrary to the common rule application of the transport workers 1982 award - - -
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