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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 14 Hansard (12 December) . . Page.. 4867 ..

Ms McRae: Yes, throw people out of their houses. Fantastic! What an advance for humankind!

MR MOORE: Ms McRae interjects, "You will throw people out of their houses". What a joke! You are a joke, Ms McRae, when you come up with things like that. You are supposed to be the planning spokesman for your party. If you are the one guiding them, no wonder they have such problems as they do. No wonder Ms Follett resigned from the party. She could not run fast enough, and I can understand why.

MR SPEAKER: Relevance, Mr Moore.

MR MOORE: If there is a problem with the way it has been drafted, then that is the very thing that the committee should consider. The next issue is the change of use charge, referred to in the past as betterment. I particularly mention that because somebody reading Hansard in a hundred years' time may wonder what the heck "change of use charge" is. It is betterment. I have suggested 100 per cent. That is not new and would not be enough reason for the Bill to be referred to the committee, but I also propose that there be a sunset clause in the legislation. That has not been dealt with.

Other issues include the appointment and salary of a new commissioner. My understanding is that the Government might support a provision that the commissioner's salary should be set by the Remuneration Tribunal and not the Government.

Ms McRae: And that was covered anyway, was it not?

MR MOORE: Ms McRae says, "And that was covered anyway, was it not?". These are the sorts of issues that should be considered by the Planning and Environment Committee. If it so happens that in one of these drafts I have not got it quite right - when we have had less than 12 hours since we got our final version, of course mistakes will be made - that is the whole point I am making. One of the critical issues is the notion that somebody has to be substantially and adversely affected in order to appeal.

MR SPEAKER: Order! The member's time has expired.

MR MOORE: Mr Speaker, I seek an extension of time because I have not finished this part of my speech.

Leave not granted.

MR MOORE: Mr Speaker, I move to suspend standing orders so that I can move a motion to allow me to complete my speech on this matter. I want to speak very quickly to the motion. It seems to me that it is perfectly reasonable that I be given an extension of time. I have not repeated myself once. I have gone through the process, and I am very disappointed that I was not granted leave.

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