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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 8 Hansard (27 August) . . Page.. 2548 ..

Mr Moore: It will be "Not in my next-door neighbour's backyard".

MR HUMPHRIES: Perhaps. As Mr Stefaniak still refers to you as a NIMBY, Mr Moore, I am sure - - -

Mr Moore: No, he does not, because I refer to him as Fourby in such circumstances, and he does not take the risk anymore.

MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order, Mr Moore! You asked for protection from interjections.

MR HUMPHRIES: I am sure members will hear more about these issues when residents complain to them about them, but I think that this is a suitable development and should see some family units strengthened by the capacity of family members to live on the same block as their other family members, and it will assist in the cohesion of some families, which is a good thing for the community.

MR MOORE (4.27), in reply: In closing the debate, Mr Temporary Deputy Speaker, I draw it to your attention that Mr Stefaniak appeared in here for a brief second. It took me back to 1989, when he originally began calling me NIMBY and I responded as I did in 1989, "Righto, Fourby". That, of course, refers to four-by-two. Do I need to explain facts of a plank of wood that is four by two or how solid it is? Probably not.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

MR HUMPHRIES (Attorney-General and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning): For the information of members and pursuant to section 29 of the Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991, I present three approvals of variations to the Territory Plan: Variation No. 55, provisions for temporary care accommodation; variation No. 64, B2 commercial land use policies, local centres, Part B2D; and variation No. 76, area specific policy, Palmerston section 142, blocks 7 and 8, and section 143, blocks 8 and 9. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, these variations are tabled with the background papers, a copy of the summaries and reports, and a copy of any direction or report required.

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