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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 9 Hansard (7 September) . . Page.. 3077 ..
MR SMYTH (continuing):
Party has been absent, and is absent yet again. The Labor spokesman on planning, Mr Corbell, is always missing at the vital times. He is too busy tinkering at the edges. He is over there now. That is very pleasing. He has moved up to talk to Mr Stanhope.
Mr Corbell: I take a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. The minister is implying that I have not been here for this debate. As the minister well knows, I have been here for the entirety of this debate.
MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: There is no point of order.
MR SMYTH: I did acknowledge that I had missed his move up to join Mr Stanhope.
MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: Let us get on with the debate.
MR SMYTH: We should remove the sunset clause, leave the rate at 75 per cent and debate the future of planning. This government is leading the debate, with the industry and the community heavily involved. It is a debate we need to have. It is a debate this government is sponsoring. It is a debate that this government will deliver some results on shortly, as I said we would. When we finish our consultation, I will tell the community and this place how we will make Canberra a city of high-quality design and how we will make it a sustainable and a more livable place. This government will do that. The Labor Party cannot do that. I commend the bill to the house.
Question put:
That this bill be agreed to in principle.
The Assembly voted-
Ayes, 9 Noes, 8 Ms Carnell Mr Berry Mr Cornwell Mr Corbell Mr Hird Mr Hargreaves Mr Humphries Mr Moore Mr Kaine Mr Quinlan Mr Osborne Mr Stanhope Mr Rugendyke Ms Tucker Mr Smyth Mr Wood Mr Stefaniak
Question so resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Bill, by leave, taken as a whole.
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