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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 9 Hansard (3 September) . . Page.. 2855 ..

MR HUMPHRIES (continuing):

the Gazette, and I think they are then disallowable as a result. Members may want to lobby me on what form the notices should take. I suspect that Ms Horodny will want, in big red letters, something like, "Warning! These eggs have been produced by cruel and inhumane practices on poor, defenceless little chooks". If so, I might not be quite as amenable to her suggestion; but I will certainly listen to everybody's concerns about this.

Amendments agreed to.

Amendment (by Mr Corbell) agreed to:

Page 2, line 20, clause 4, proposed subsection 24B(2), omit the proposed subsection.

Bill, as a whole, as amended, agreed to.

Bill, as amended, agreed to.

MR CORBELL (4.40): Mr Speaker, I move:

That this Assembly calls upon the ACT Government to provide the $500,000 committed for the promotion of Canberra in the 1997-98 ACT budget to be allocated to the Canberra Tourism and Events Corporation for the promotion of Canberra, noting that:

(1) the Minister for Tourism made a commitment to industry representatives on Thursday 13 March this year to provide up to $1 million towards tourism promotion as part of the 1997-98 ACT Budget;

(2) the Canberra Tourism and Events Corporation is best placed to ensure the promotion of Canberra's business, tourism, sporting and cultural strengths and that this promotion is enhanced by partnerships with the private sector; and

(3) the ACT Liberal government failed to subsequently provide this additional $500,000 of funding allocated for the promotion of Canberra to the Canberra Tourism and Events Corporation.

Mr Speaker, this is a very important motion for this Assembly to address today. I have moved it following concerns that have been expressed to me by various representatives of the tourism industry in Canberra and also because of my own belief that this Government has been, I suggest, untruthful in the way it has made representations towards the tourism industry in the ACT.

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