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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 11 Hansard (4 November) . . Page.. 3544 ..

MR SPEAKER: Order! Ask your supplementary question, Ms Horodny.

MS HORODNY: The Kingston ideas process was good and we liked the Gungahlin process.

MR SPEAKER: Otherwise there will be another process followed here very quickly.

MS HORODNY: Back to the supplementary question, Mr Speaker: Given that the New South Wales Government introduced strict new controls on jet ski use last January because of concerns about the safety of these craft, such as a requirement that jet ski users must keep at least 30 metres away from other water craft and licensing of jet ski users, do you propose to introduce similar regulations in the ACT if this proposal goes ahead?

MR HUMPHRIES: I am being asked to announce Government policy. First of all, Mr Speaker, I am not responsible for controls on water craft. That is probably a responsibility of my colleague the Minister for Sport and Recreation.

MR SPEAKER: It is very hypothetical, Minister.

MR HUMPHRIES: In any case, Mr Speaker, there is no point in having strict new controls on jet skis; we do not have any jet skis in the ACT. There is no point in having controls; we do not have any jet skis to control. If we have jet skis in the ACT, if at some distant point in the future we have jet skis, then I am sure that the Territory will want to enact appropriate controls to protect their operation. But if you must cite New South Wales, I am sure you would agree that New South Wales continues to allow them to be available for citizens of that State to enjoy for recreational purposes. Why should we not also have them available in the ACT?

MR HIRD: My question is to the Minister for Sport. In the last two weeks the media have clearly been highlighting the success of the Healthpact Sixth Australian Masters Games. It surprised me that the Opposition did not venture down this path at question time, to compliment the Government on the fine way that the games were organised and the amount of money that they brought into the Territory's economy. They failed to do so. I will put, if I may, Mr Speaker, a question to the Minister for Sport, better known as "golden Bill" for his achievements.

MR SPEAKER: I think in this case you may not. You have to refer to the Minister by his correct title.

MR HIRD: Can the Minister for Sport advise the parliament of the outcomes which the games have produced for the Territory? I would also like to answer Mr Berry's interjection. Might and Power won the 1997 Melbourne Cup. It was not sponsored by ACTEW, but it should have been.

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