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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 5 Hansard (13 May) . . Page.. 1350 ..

ADJOURNMENT

Motion (by Mr Kaine) proposed:

That the Assembly do now adjourn.

Legislative Assembly - Eighth Anniversary

MR MOORE (6.55): Mr Speaker, I rise on the first sitting day after the eighth anniversary of this Assembly to recall that it was on 11 May 1989 that we first met. As I look around at the members sitting here at the moment, I recall that Mr Berry, Mr Kaine, Mr Stefaniak and I were there. Mr Humphries and Mr Wood were also there on that day. Mr Speaker, I have a range of memories of that First Assembly, of the beginning of that time. The thing in my mind that contrasts most greatly is the changing community attitude towards the Assembly. I take this opportunity to draw new members' attention to how delicate the community attitude is. Those of us who were in the First Assembly, and even those who were in the Second Assembly, would know that there is a changing attitude. It has been a particularly difficult exercise for some of us to gain some credibility. Mr Speaker, I think it is a very delicate matter which we all need to treat very carefully. It will be very interesting to see what sort of celebrations are part and parcel of our tenth anniversary.

Sister City Relationships

MR BERRY (6.57): Mr Speaker, today I received in my office a press release from Australians for a Free East Timor and the Canberra Program for Peace, and it is headed "Canberra/Yogyakarta: Carnell in secret sister city deal". I will read it, Mr Speaker. It says:

Indonesian news agency, Antara ... claims, "Indonesian Ambassador to Australia and Vanuatu, Mr S. Wiryono, has said Australia's Capital City Territory ... (ACT) of Canberra is eyeing Yogyakarta for a sister-city relationship. ACT chief minister, Kate Carnell, has sent a letter to Tony Ectaway ... about this and the forming of such a relationship has already been approved".

Mr Speaker, I raise this issue because that is the first I have heard of it and Mrs Carnell may wish to make a comment on it. I certainly would be very interested about any sister city relationship with a city in Indonesia.

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