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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 6 Hansard (21 May) . . Page.. 1511 ..

MR WOOD: No, I do not say; the documents say. Let me read this statement on page 40:

The following table shows the construction proposals that are supported by the ACT Government (source: Treasurer's letter to the Standing Committee on Planning and Environment dated 15 January 1996, Attachment B).

It is your document, it is your timetable, and Mr De Domenico created a fraud when he stood up last week and said, "We are fast-tracking this; we are bringing this forward". The same can be said for the other two examples that are indicated here. The Tuggeranong police station is dear to Mr Osborne's heart, and I give him credit.

Mr Kaine: Mine too.

MR WOOD: And yours; but it is probably Mr Osborne's work that has brought that forward, not today, but - - -

Mr Whitecross: We promised it in the last election, you know.

MR WOOD: Yes, we did too. What has changed? The Tuggeranong police station is listed here under the maintenance of law and order public works program on page 42 of this document. It is due to commence in the 1996-97 financial year. That was when it was due to commence. That is when the Government acknowledged it was going to commence, and that was wonderfully relaunched, magically relaunched, by Mr De Domenico the other day.

We also have Gungahlin Drive listed. It was approved by the Government for 1996-97 and relaunched by the Minister in his con trick at the MBA dinner the other night. These projects have not been fast-tracked. This is typical work by the Government, who stand up here and say a whole lot of fancy stuff, hoping to convince our community but actually misleading our community. They are grossly misleading them, trying to inspire confidence in the building sector, and failing miserably.

Mr Whitecross: When he says "fast track" he means fast lips.

MR WOOD: Yes, fast lips. I think that is right. That is what it is.

Mrs Carnell: No, it is not.

MR WOOD: This program has been approved.

Mrs Carnell: There is a big deal of difference between starting next March and starting in August or July.

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