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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 11 Hansard (26 September) . . Page.. 3451 ..

MR MOORE (continuing):

(b) the proposed construction of Nudurr Drive, Palmerston,

the Committee may send its Reports to the Speaker or, in the absence of the Speaker, to the Deputy Speaker, who is authorised to give directions for their printing, circulation and publication; and

(2) the foregoing provisions of this resolution have effect notwithstanding anything contained in the standing orders.

This is a simple motion which provides for the publication of those reports out of session, should that be necessary. We are hoping to have the report on the proposed construction of Nudurr Drive, Palmerston, fairly shortly, and I think it will be of convenience to the Minister, his department, and the people involved to have as early a response as possible. At this stage we still have to see what happens with the management of former sheep dip sites; but, should the opportunity be appropriate, we will also seek to table that report out of session.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

MR HUMPHRIES (Attorney-General and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning): Mr Speaker, I seek leave to make a short statement on the subject of the reference Mr Moore has referred to.

Leave granted.

MR HUMPHRIES: I thank members. On 29 July I undertook to provide to the Assembly by 25 September a Government response to the Planning and Environment Committee's report on contaminated sites as well as the Auditor-General's report on the same subject. At this stage, Mr Speaker, I have received a draft of the Government response to that report. However, I want to indicate to the Assembly that I am not satisfied with the content of that response and I have asked officers of my department to do further work on it.

I have discussed this issue with Mr Moore and with other members of the Planning and Environment Committee, and it is my proposal, Mr Speaker, that I present the Planning and Environment Committee with a Government response out of session, in about a fortnight's time, at which point I am very willing to brief members of the Planning and Environment Committee on progress with the Government's response to the contaminated sites issues raised in both of those reports. Mr Speaker, I believe that it will be possible to ensure that all the information is laid on the table at that time, for the Planning and Environment Committee's benefit.

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