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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 11 Hansard (28 November) . . Page.. 3285 ..
MR SMYTH (continuing):
That is from Labor's Territory Plan. Under the objectives of broadacre use, Labor's document says that one of the objectives of that land was "to ensure, where appropriate, that development and the use of the land does not undermine the future use of land which may be required for urban and other purposes". In other words, when Bill Wood was Labor's planning minister, Labor set this land aside for future infill.
Through you, Mr Speaker, my question to Mr Corbell is: where was the photo of nice trees that appeared in the Canberra Times actually taken? It was not taken in the horse paddocks, was it? No, it was not. It was in fact taken in a much prettier piece of land which is tree-studded and is not being considered for development. It is next to the horse paddocks, but it on the other side of the big stormwater drain known as Yarralumla Creek. Mr Corbell knows that and he knows that it is not being considered for development, because he was told about that in the FOI document. I will read the letter; Mr Corbell has it. It says:
All blocks marked as being overland flow paths, open channels, cut-off drains or Yarralumla Creek must be reserved for drainage purposes. The blocks marked as having an underground pipe will require an easement over the pipe if considered suitable for sale.
That is another document that Mr Corbell has, Mr Speaker. I wonder whether Mr Corbell bothered to point out to the Save Open Spaces rally that, by his own party's definition, the horse paddocks they want to save are not urban open space. I doubt it. In fact, in yesterday's Canberra Times Mr Corbell was calling on the government to save open spaces with a definite implication of things such as the horse paddocks. Shame on you, Mr Corbell! That is just another example of how Labor is happy to mislead the public.
One more point in relation to the secret government sell-off plan that Mr Corbell has and the misleading of people is the document that Mr Corbell has been using to scare the residents of Weston Creek.
Mr Corbell: I take a point of order, Mr Speaker. The minister has claimed that I have misled people, and I think that is quite important.
Mr Humphries: Didn't you say that Labor has misled them.
MR SMYTH: No, I said "Labor". I did not name Mr Corbell.
Mr Corbell: No, he said I did, Mr Speaker. Get him to withdraw it, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: I must uphold the point of order. I think that you did suggest that Mr Corbell did it. If you meant Labor, that is fine; but you will have to correct it, Mr Smyth.
MR SMYTH
: I said, and correctly, "another example of Labor being only too happy to mislead the public". Here is the proof. This is the document that Mr Corbell tabled at the Weston Creek Community Council meeting the other night. It is one of the documents that he received. What he did not tell people was that he received a second document which has markings on it that indicate where these overland flows are and where the
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