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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 12 Hansard (19 November) . . Page.. 3688 ..

By Mr Berry (continuing):

Your petitioners therefore request the Assembly to require the Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Urban Services, Mr De Domenico, to abide by his commitment by ensuring that the services to Kippax, and in particular the 409 Bus Route via Wirraway Crescent, are retained.

Egg Production - Battery Cage System

The petition read as follows:

To the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory:

The petition of certain residents of the Australian Capital Territory draws to the attention of the Assembly: that the battery cage system of egg production involves many cruel practices towards hens, including:

1. caging for their entire lives in cages where they cannot exhibit their natural behaviour, for example spreading their wings and scratching in dirt or litter;

2. caging for their entire lives in cages with sloping wire floors, where the only possible position of comfort is to roost on the bodies of other hens.

Your petitioners therefore request the Assembly to: abolish the battery cage system of egg production in the ACT.

National Soccer Centre

The petition read as follows:

To the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory:

The petition of certain residents of the Australian Capital Territory draws to the attention of the Parliament that: the undersigned residents living in the Belconnen area can identify huge benefits to our community from the proposed project to introduce much needed community, sporting and other amenities by the Belconnen Soccer Club. This project is to be located in McKellar at Section 71, bounded by William Slim Drive and Owen Dixon Drive.

Your petitioners therefore request urgent attention by the Assembly to approve this lease and development application.

Petitions received.

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