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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1998 Week 3 Hansard (28 May) . . Page.. 776 ..

Question put:

That the amendment (Mr Humphries's), as amended, be agreed to.

The Assembly voted -

AYES, 10	 NOES, 7

Ms Carnell	Mr Berry
Mr Cornwell	Mr Corbell
Mr Hird		Mr Hargreaves
Mr Humphries	Mr Quinlan
Mr Kaine	Mr Stanhope
Mr Moore	Ms Tucker
Mr Osborne	Mr Wood
Mr Rugendyke
Mr Smyth
Mr Stefaniak

MR BERRY (6.04): I seek leave to move the amendment which has been circulated in my name, Mr Speaker.

Leave granted.

MR BERRY: I move:

Add the following new paragraph:

"(3) requires the Chief Minister to deliver to each Member of the Assembly by close of business Friday, 29 May 1998, and to present to the Assembly at the next sitting:

(a) the `mutual agreement' (referred to in Question Time today), which terminated the `exclusive preliminary agreement' between the Government and Mr Whitcombe; and

(b) any plan of blocks associated with the Hall/Kinlyside development.".

As I explained earlier, the amendment merely requires the Chief Minister to table the mutual agreement she referred to in question time which terminated the exclusive preliminary agreement, properly called a contract, between the Government and Mr Whitcombe. This contract has already cost the Territory taxpayers $150,000 and is likely to cost us much more. I think the Territory taxpayers deserve to see the terms of the mutual agreement, if any, that was agreed to by the Chief Minister. We would also like to see the plan of blocks associated with the Hall/Kinlyside development. I think it is a quite reasonable proposition to put before the Assembly.

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