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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 7 Hansard (29 June) . . Page.. 2186 ..
Seek the Treasurer and the Minister for Urban Services assurance that
a) the proposed new Griffin Centre development will have additional space to meet the needs of community-based organizations; and
b) the proposed new Griffin Centre development will be safe and accessible to all persons with particular access needs.
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 Assembly: that the Longstay Caravan Park Symonston is to be Privatised without sufficient security to all residents.
Your petitioners therefore request the Assembly to:
Support the purchase of the Longstay Caravan Park by our present long serving caretaker and the security offered to residents by his written guarantee.
Petitions received.
MR HUMPHRIES (Treasurer, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Community Safety) (10.33): Mr Speaker, I present the Duties Amendment Bill 2000 (No 3), together with its explanatory memorandum.
Title read by Clerk.
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, I move:
That this bill be agreed to in principle.
I seek leave to have my presentation speech incorporated in Hansard.
Leave granted.
The speech read as follows:
Mr Speaker, the Duties Act 1999 and the Duties (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 1999 commenced on 1 March 1999. This legislation was developed under the Stamp Duties Rewrite Project, undertaken by NSW, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT. Since the introduction of the new legislation, both NSW and ACT (the first
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