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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 12 Hansard (11 November) . . Page.. 3877 ..

The Clerk: I wish to inform the Assembly that the Speaker, Mr Cornwell, is absent from the Assembly for a short period this morning. In accordance with standing order 6, the Deputy Speaker, Ms Roberta McRae, shall perform the duties of the Speaker.

MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER (Ms McRae) thereupon took the chair and asked members to stand in silence and pray or reflect on their responsibilities to the people of the Australian Capital Territory.

The Clerk: The following petition has been lodged for presentation:

By Mr Hird, from 44 residents, requesting that the Assembly provide additional, safe car parking close to the Weetangera Preschool premises.

The terms of this petition will be recorded in Hansard and a copy referred to the appropriate Minister.

The petition read as follows:

To the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory:

The petition of certain residents of the Australian Capital Territory draws to the attention of the Parliament: that the undersigned parents and citizens affiliated with the Weetangera Preschool are concerned about the lack of safe parking facilities available for parents and their young children while attending the preschool.

Your petitioners therefore request the Parliament to provide additional, safe car parking close to the Weetangera Preschool premises.

Petition received.

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