Page 4258 - Week 14 - Tuesday, 29 November 1994
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it is much easier to say "earless dragon" than it is to say "Tympanocryptis lineata pinguicolla"; I had to practise that because somebody has taken a lot of trouble to give it a biological name that takes a little while to get your tongue around -
the committee requests the Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning not to proceed to develop Stages 2 and 3 until this committee has been provided with a report on the results of the December-January 1994-95 environmental survey.
That is a very important outcome because, again, the committee has to make sure that the environment that protects this species is not upset, certainly if it is going to threaten the future existence of the species. We have to ensure that the environment will not be disturbed, in order that we can properly assess how many there are. We also have to ensure that we are provided with evidence on what we might be able to do to ensure that the impact on these species, not only in the ACT but nationally, is not so high as to affect their continuing existence.
A lot of people did not think too much about other threatened species that have disappeared off the earth. In terms of the public relations exercise, there is some humour in the name of these creatures, but they are nonetheless significant. Like the legless lizard, the earless dragon is very significant, and I am sure that no member of this Assembly would want to be remembered for their demise. I certainly do not want to be, even though I detect from Mr De Domenico's most recent attempt to amend one of the recommendations to the Government that the Liberals might not have the same level of sympathy. Certainly, it is not the sort of sympathy the community has for these sorts of things.
Debate interrupted.
ADJOURNMENT
MADAM TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mrs Grassby): It being 9.30 pm, I propose the question:
That the Assembly do now adjourn.
Mr Berry: I request that the question be put forthwith without debate.
Question resolved in the negative.
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