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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 14 Hansard (11 December) . . Page.. 4722 ..

MS TUCKER (continuing):

Mr Speaker, I move:

Add the following paragraph:

"(3) the Government, in accordance with recommendation 9(ii) of the Select Committee on Estimates 1996-97, not pursue any action aimed at the sale of Moore Street Health Building until the Framework and Guidelines to Strategic Asset Management has been considered by the Standing Committee on Public Accounts."

MR SPEAKER: The second amendment has been circulated. It is in order.

MR BERRY (4.14): If I were to speak now, I would close off the debate on the motion. Can I speak to the amendment?

MR SPEAKER: If you address your remarks just to the amendment, Mr Berry, that will be all right. Does anybody else wish to speak?

MR BERRY: Indications are not; so I will go for it, I think. The Opposition will agree with the amendment circulated by Ms Tucker. It raises an issue that I referred to in my speech in relation to the Estimates Committee assessment of the sale of assets, in the context of the sale of the Moore Street building and against the background of the requirement that the services cannot be disposed of until otherwise approved of by the Assembly in session, as well as being considered by the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.

I turn to a few comments the Chief Minister made in relation to this matter. Listening to the Chief Minister's speech, I wonder why the expressions of interest were - - -

Mr Humphries: Mr Speaker, on a point of order: I thought you ruled that Mr Berry could speak only on the amendment.

MR SPEAKER: He is, in fact, closing the debate because nobody else rose, Mr Humphries. So, effectively, he is speaking to both.

Mr Humphries: You asked whether anyone wanted to speak on the amendment rather than on the motion itself.

MR BERRY: I am happy to sit down, if you want to speak. I would want to close the debate anyway, Gary; so if you want to speak, with leave of the Assembly, I am happy to sit down.

Leave granted.

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