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APPENDIX 8:
(Incorporated in Hansard on 10 November 1994 at page 4066)
CHIEF MINISTER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION WITHOUT NOTICE TAKEN ON NOTICE
14 SEPTEMBER 1994
MR MOORE
I noticed that you reacted with speed and efficiency to resolve the grievance of tourist bus operators (inaudible) complained of the high cost of registering their vehicles in the ACT compared with NSW. Can you explain why you failed to respond to the exact same argument which I presented to you several months ago which applied to the registration of farm vehicles in the ACT?
MY ANSWER IS:
The resolution of the grievance of tourist bus operators in the ACT was possible as their grievance related to the application of the annual licence fee to operate in the industry and the applicability of a single Third Party Insurance premium which covered buses of all sizes.
The Government did not alter registration rates.
In the 1993-94 Budget, the Government refocused concession expenditure to provide the greatest assistance to those with the greatest need. As part of that process, registration concessions for primary producers were abolished, since concessional registration is not provided to any other type of business in the ACT.
The amended concessions program enabled additional assistance to be provided to other groups, including improved winter electricity concessions for social security recipients.
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