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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 3 Hansard (8 April) . . Page.. 729 ..

MR CORBELL (continuing):

Mr Hird, as committee chair, requested Mr Marshall to provide a copy of the letter if he had it on him. Mr Marshall said that he did not have a copy on him but that he would make the letter available to committee members as soon as possible. I understand that he did that in the next day or so. The questions in question time today related specifically to information that Mr Marshall said that he had written in a letter to Mr Denis Page about the concern about Mr John Moore. Further, he indicated that he had circulated that to various people, including you.

Motion (by Mr Humphries) proposed:

That the Assembly do now adjourn.

MRS LITTLEWOOD (5.24): Mr Speaker, I rise this evening to record my public thanks to the Canberra Greek community for its support of the ACT Society for the Physically Handicapped, the Canberra Quest, and Hartley Court and Hartley House. On 9 March this organisation held its final presentation. Ms Thea Connolly was selected as the ambassador of Canberra. The achiever of the year was Ms Eleni Notaras, who was supported by the Greek community. Eleni raised $51,000 in her own right. The ability achiever was Mr David Heckendorf. I would like to record my thanks to Mr Dino Nikias, Mrs Liangis and His Excellency Mr Constantis for their support of the ACT Society for the Physically Handicapped, which is Canberra's own organisation. All the funds raised will stay here in Canberra.

MR STEFANIAK (Minister for Education and Training and Minister for Sport and Recreation) (5.25): Members no doubt noticed over the weekend a first in ACT sport. The Victorians, after about 11 consecutive years of winning, lost the King's Cup at Lake Barrington. The ACT team won that most prestigious national event for the first time. I commend the coach, the manager and the rowers.

Mr Hird: They are from Belconnen, Bill.

MR STEFANIAK: Quite a few of them are, Mr Hird. I commend the rowers and everyone involved in the team's splendid effort in bringing that most prestigious award home to the ACT for the first time. I noted a few rather churlish comments by some of the Victorian press today along the lines of, "We was robbed"; but I do not think any of that can take away from the excellent effort by these ACT athletes.

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