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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 8 Hansard (30 August) . . Page.. 2657 ..

Mr Corbell: Perhaps the grass at Bruce will too.

MR HUMPHRIES: Perhaps herbs could be helpful. I stress that these are guarantees, not loans, grants or any other form of financial assistance, and that the maximum exposure under the scheme is capped at $500,000. To date, including this loan, loans to the value of $99,570 have been approved under the scheme.

MR HUMPHRIES (Treasurer, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Community Safety): For the information of members, I present the following paper:

I ask for leave to make a statement in relation to this paper.

Leave granted.

MR HUMPHRIES: I thank members. I present to the Assembly for the information of members the Call Tender Report for the 2000-2001 capital works program. The report has been introduced in line with the reforms to the government's capital works program.

As well as being a useful tool for the government in monitoring progress of the capital works program, the report has been provided to key industry groups such as the MBA, HIA and the Property Council of Australia. It will inform these groups of proposed tender and construction dates for projects being undertaken by the ACT government in 2000-2001. In turn, these groups will be able to pass this information on to their members for their own planning needs.

Mr Speaker, the response from the construction industry following the re-introduction of the call tender schedule last year has been positive. I am confident that these users will again find it a valuable tool in their annual and long-term planning and budgeting. I commend the capital works call tender report to the Assembly.

Mr Smyth presented the following paper:

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