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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 1 Hansard (19 February) . . Page.. 179 ..

MRS CARNELL (Chief Minister) (6.52): Mr Speaker, my understanding is that this event was organised many months ago, a long time before the Assembly indicated their view on this. I fully agree that the strategic plan is not the view of the total Assembly. It is still, by the way, the view of the Government as such, of the Liberal Party; and, on that basis, it has a status. The moment the Assembly determined what they wanted, I wrote to everybody in this place asking for their input so that we could rejig the document in line with the Assembly's approach. Again, that is exactly what I was asked to do. I have had some feedback from the Labor Party and from the Greens, and I thank them. I think some of the input the Greens gave was very sensible. They did suggest, from memory, that the report that the Commissioner for the Environment gives triannually, hopefully, now, should have been included. I agree with that totally.

There are some other good ideas as well. All of those things are currently being looked at as ways to improve the document, to bring it more into line with what the Assembly believes. But that does not in any way take away from the fact that the Government has a right to an opinion that may not be the same as the Assembly's.

Ms McRae: When will that be done?

MRS CARNELL: As soon as we get the feedback from others. We are moving very quickly to look at ways to improve the documentation in line with the Assembly's request.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

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