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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 3 Hansard (7 March) . . Page.. 612 ..

MR SPEAKER: I will not speculate, Mr Quinlan, but it would be discourteous, I think, not to make mention of them. I understand that they are guests of the Australian Political Exchange Council. Is that correct, Chief Minister?

Ms Carnell: That is right, Mr Speaker. Mr Humphries and I spent time with them today.

MS CARNELL: Mr Speaker, I wish to provide a response to a question I took on notice from Mr Wood last Thursday. I have already given him some of the information in it, so I table the response to his question and seek leave to have it incorporated in Hansard.

Leave granted.

The response read as follows:

Mr Wood - Asked the Chief Minister on 2 March 2000:

Have all bills for the redevelopment of Bruce Stadium now been paid by the Government? Were all those bills covered by the supplementary appropriation the Government sought from the Assembly last year?

Ms Carnell - The answer to the Members question is as follows:

a) Have all bills for the redevelopment of Bruce Stadium now been paid by the Government?

Not all bills in relation to the redevelopment for the Stadium have been paid yet. I understand that some invoices have yet to be received. Indeed there are also warranty and defect guarantees that do not lapse for at least another five to six months.

The warranty and defect period for a lot of the work at the Stadium in terms of construction runs for a twelve-month period. The Construction Manager holds either a security deposit, a bank guarantee or retains 10 per cent of the final invoiced amount until the warranty and defect period is over.

The process for authorisation and payment of an invoice is as follows -Haskins Pty Ltd (Construction Manager) makes a recommendation to CRI (Project Manager) for payment who then makes a recommendation to WT Partnership (Cost Controller/Quantity Surveyors). WT Partnership then submits a final recommendation and authorisation to the ACT Government.

Until these processes have been followed no invoice or bill is paid, thereby ensuring that only invoices that represent work that has been performed and is of a satisfactory quality and standard are paid.

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