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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 5 Hansard (15 May) . . Page.. 1267 ..

MR DE DOMENICO: Did you say that? I am sorry; I misunderstood you.

Mr Moore: That would save us sending it back again.

MR DE DOMENICO: Okay. I am sorry, Mr Moore; I apologise for misquoting you there. You interjected so softly that I did not hear you properly.

I think we need to look also at some of those projects that the Government has been asked by Mr Moore's committee to defer, for example. Mr Moore's committee suggested that we should be deferring the $2.8m expenditure on the Erindale refurbishment. We would be delighted to go ahead with the Erindale refurbishment because it was an election promise and, most importantly, it needs to be done; but Mr Moore's committee suggests that we should hold off on that and not do it, and that is to cost $2.8m, Mr Speaker. A further thing we have been asked to defer is the AMTECH estate. That is $3m. Another one, the Mouat Street forward design, is $300,000. The most important one, the Acton Peninsula, involves about $8.125m. When you add up the cost of projects that we, as a government, have been asked by this Assembly to defer in one way, shape or form, you will find - surprise, surprise! - that it adds up to $14.3m. What a surprise that is!

Mr Berry: You misled us then. Acton Peninsula was not to cost $8m this year. Do not mislead us.

MR DE DOMENICO: Not this year, but altogether it is, Mr Berry. I have not misled anybody. Every time Mr Berry tends to disagree with someone, up go the ears - "Mislead, mislead. Wow! I want to be back in government". If you get back into government you will be his deputy, Mr Berry. You have to wait until you can take over the leadership. Then you can start making noises.

Mr Berry: You mob are fast and loose, and the truth is always a casualty.

MR DE DOMENICO: Do not walk in three-quarters of the way through a debate and try to take over.

MR SPEAKER: Order! Mr De Domenico has the floor.

MR DE DOMENICO: Thank you, Mr Speaker. If we are really fair dinkum about this, I think those people in this place who have some say in development projects ought to put their money where their mouth is and ought to say, "Okay, Government, let us go ahead, for example, with the Kingston foreshore redevelopment. Let us go ahead with the Erindale refurbishment. Let us go ahead with the AMTECH estate stage 2". This Government, Mr Wood, will take on board the recommendations of the committee. When we give the Government response you will find that we will be fast-tracking as many projects as possible to make sure that we do increase the employment structure in the ACT.

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