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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 7 Hansard (29 June) . . Page.. 2242 ..
MR MOORE (continuing):
do is say that a particular mistake has occurred and ask themselves what they can do to improve the situation and make sure that that sort of thing does not happen again.
MR SPEAKER: Before I call Mr Corbell, I would like first of all to recognise the presence in the gallery of some students from MacKillop Catholic College who are conducting a youth parliament workshop catch-up. Welcome to your Assembly. Secondly, I draw attention to the fact that we have had so far four questions in 35 minutes. I would ask members on both sides of the house to be aware of that.
MR CORBELL: My question is to the Minister for Urban Services and only requires a simple answer, Mr Speaker. Minister, yesterday a majority of the Assembly passed a motion recommending that you direct the Planning and Land Management Group to review the Territory Plan as it relates to variation No 114 to provide a development intensity of no more than one dwelling on any block in the old Red Hill housing precinct. Minister, will you now outline to the Assembly how you intend to comply with this recommendation of the Assembly on eliminating dual occupancy in the old Red Hill area?
MR SMYTH: Mr Speaker, the motion that was passed asked me to review that decision, and we will review that decision.
MR CORBELL: I have a supplementary question. Can the minister explain to the Assembly the timetable for the review and when he expects to report to the Assembly on this matter?
MR SMYTH: Mr Speaker, as the motion was passed only yesterday, I have yet to inform PALM of that decision. They are aware of it informally. I will inform them formally. When the review is done, I will report to the Assembly.
MR KAINE: Mr Speaker, my question, through you, is to the Chief Minister and is a follow-up to the question I asked yesterday about some documents that were placed on the table by the Chief Minister, which she claimed to be a report from a staffer on overseas travel that cost nearly $13,000. As part of her response yesterday, Mrs Carnell, amongst other things, referred to the fact that Senator Kate Lundy was also on this trip. I am not too sure what relevance that had to the expenditure of nearly $13,000 of ACT taxpayers' money, but she did make that reference.
Given that she noted that, I am sure that she is aware that there is a genuine report, an acceptable report, by Senator Lundy on her trip which is available for all to see on Senator Lundy's website. I am sure that the Chief Minister would be aware of that. Since the Chief Minister would be aware of it, would she agree that, in contrast to the stack of photocopied rubbish cobbled together by her staffer to try to justify his end-of-job junket, that which she tabled in the Assembly, Senator Lundy's report is a serious attempt to inform the community about high-tech innovations overseas and what she gained in the taxpayers' interest from her trip overseas?
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