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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 6 Hansard (18 June) . . Page.. 1773 ..

MR HUMPHRIES (continuing):

Ms McRae is right to say that there have been problems not so much in not having the letter of the law available to describe the entitlement of one planning system and the entitlement of the other in respect of these matters but rather in not knowing how to proceed through the use of general consultation mechanisms to resolve issues of conflict. When I say "consultation" I am referring to consultation between the two levels of government involved, consultation with the broader public of Canberra and, for issues that affect Canberra as the national capital, consultation with others interested in what is taking place within the national capital, particularly in places like the Parliamentary Triangle.

The matters Ms McRae referred to, including the Canberra-Nara Peace Park and the futsal slab, are issues that very much bring that sort of problem into relief and that we need to have better protocols to deal with. I have to confess that I have asked my department to prepare such protocols. It has had two attempts at doing so. To be quite frank, I am not satisfied with either of those attempts and I intend to press them to produce a third and successful attempt at satisfying the requirements laid out in Ms McRae's motion. I am hopeful of being able to produce those protocols very soon and giving members of the Assembly an opportunity of looking at them over the recess that is coming up soon. I look forward to being able to debate those protocols in the September sittings.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

EXECUTIVE BUSINESS - PRECEDENCE

MR HUMPHRIES (Attorney-General) (4.18): Mr Speaker, pursuant to standing order 77(d), I move:

That Executive business be called on.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (AMENDMENT) BILL (NO. 2) 1997
Detail Stage

Clause 1

Debate resumed from 17 June 1997.

Debate (on motion by Mr Humphries) adjourned.

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