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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 14 Hansard (10 December) . . Page.. 4872 ..

MR MOORE (5.17): I must admit, Mr Speaker, that my personal approach would have been to say, "No, I just do not agree with the Government's amendment", and to have knocked those off together. However, I can see that, in the spirit of compromise, there has been a position reached that will still recognise the importance of allowing people time to do what needs to be done. So, the best method through it, as far as I am concerned, is to support the amendment put by the Greens to Mr Humphries's amendment, and that will get the desired result.

MRS CARNELL (Chief Minister) (5.17): Mr Speaker, we will not be opposing Ms Tucker's amendment to Mr Humphries's amendment. We are wedded to the greenhouse gas targets that Mr Humphries announced recently. The reason we went down the path of the amendment that is here was to make this system workable and accepted by the community. I think one of the things that it is easy to do when you are potentially in opposition - certainly those opposite find it easy to do - is simply to oppose or to just have a go. Mr Speaker, it is up to the government of the day to actually enforce this and make it workable. That means that we have to get people to understand what we are talking about, to get a system in place that is workable. In other words, Mr Speaker, we have to deliver.

Mr Moore: Wayne Berry can deliver it; it is okay.

MRS CARNELL: Yes, I am sure that he can! He will have to learn how to work out a balance sheet first; but I am not confident about it. Mr Speaker, we are wedded to making this thing work. Twelve months will be tight; but we understand the will of the Assembly and we will not be opposing the amendment.

Amendment (Ms Tucker's) agreed to.

Amendment (Mrs Carnell's), as amended, agreed to.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 3

MRS CARNELL (Chief Minister) (5.19): Mr Speaker, on behalf of Mr Humphries, I move:

Page 2, line 7, definition of "energy efficiency rating statement", omit the definition, substitute the following definition:

" `energy efficiency rating statement' means an energy efficiency rating statement prepared in accordance with the regulations;".

Mr Speaker, it is our view that the energy efficiency rating statement should not be the same as the complex one that applies to the design of new houses. It is our view that we should set about establishing a simple check list style of approach, which will not add significantly to the cost of completing an energy rating scheme. We intend, once this Bill is passed, to bring together industry and community groups to build and design a simple, cost-effective energy efficiency rating statement which can apply to all houses when sold.

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