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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 11 Hansard (28 November) . . Page.. 3317 ..
MS CARNELL (continuing):
The GMC 400 complied with all environmental guidelines relating to noise pollution, protection of existing drainage systems and preservation of the race precinct's heritage value. An independent acoustic specialist from the acoustics and vibration unit of the Australian Defence Force Academy conducted significant noise monitoring of the event. Environment ACT has been provided, and is happy, with the findings.
CTEC considered that an effective safety and emergency response was of paramount importance for the safe conduct of the event. An integrated approach to safety planning was adopted from the start. The safety committee included relevant staff from the Australian Federal Police, ACT Emergency Services, ACT WorkCover, the ACT Department of Health and Community Care, St John Ambulance and coordinators of the event.
The event now has a working plan for emergency response that can be modified each year to comply with future changes in layout and procedures. The AFP and ACT Emergency Services provide tremendous support for the event, and I would like to thank them for the huge amount of work they did. They certainly helped to make the event a huge success.
The GMC 400 achieved an operating profit of $2.671 million for the 2000 event. The total revenue for the event was $11.479 million, including a $7 million contribution from the ACT government. Total expenses for the 2000 event amounted to $8.808 million. A further $3.402 million was spent on the purchase of capital equipment, including concrete barriers, security fencing and pedestrian bridges.
For next year's event, additional requirements have been imposed by the National Capital Authority following its review of the inaugural event. These changes, and more restricted timeframes for setting up and dismantling the track and associated facilities, are expected to result in the need for an increased contribution by government. The National Capital Authority has suggested that the timeframe for setting up and pulling down event facilities needs to be shorter than was the case this year, and CTEC will certainly be complying with all National Capital Authority requirements. The extra costs were more than compensated for by the much better than expected results of the GMC 400 for the year 2000.
I believe that CTEC, during the short lead time available, delivered an event that has provided economic benefits surpassing all expectations. I would like to particularly thank Katie Reardon and her team at CTEC, who put in an enormous amount of time and effort. Jane Service and others involved on the board of CTEC should be thanked also. I commend the report to members of the Assembly.
MR HIRD (4.19): Mr Deputy Speaker, I present report No 57 of the Standing Committee on Planning and Urban Services, entitled Proposals for the establishment of rural residential development as a land use, together with extracts of the minutes of proceedings, and I move:
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