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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2002 Week 12 Hansard (14 November) . . Page.. 3665 ..

MRS DUNNE (continuing):

the developers and the builders concerned would ring up and complain to her office with the ridiculous notion that he put about that, by disallowing some of the place names, it would be impossible to go ahead with the subdivision for some time.

This is the sort of bullying that I do not expect to see from ministers in this place; it should not have happened. We should have been able to come to the accommodation that we came to today much sooner and by a much more civilised path than we did. I congratulate Ms Dundas for taking up the cudgels on this. I note that her efforts in this have paid off already because the last disallowable instrument of street names that came out earlier this week in Banks showed a considerable increase in the number of women's names on that list. I congratulate her and support the motion.

MRS CROSS (3.48): Mr Speaker, I just want to commend Ms Dundas for this initiative. I think it is a very good initiative and I congratulate her on it.

MR STEFANIAK (3.49): I do not know if I am still the only member who was born in Canberra. There might be somebody else now. Ros? Well done. Good stuff. I think it is most appropriate then, as the initial member born in Canberra, to congratulate our latest member and second member born here for an excellent initiative.

I have circled a few names that I think represent the individuals and families who have done much for this territory. There is Gormly Grove, named after James Noel Gormly. A lot of Gormlys in Canberra are descendants of James-most appropriate. There is Notaras Lane, named after Frank Emmanuel Notaras. A dynasty has almost been established, and I have the pleasure of knowing many Notarases. They have done a wonderful job for Canberra as a family. Then there are Frank Austin "Paddy"Pallin-a household name in Canberra-and my old mate, Gus Petersilka, the man who founded outdoor cafés in Canberra. He was a real stirrer, but a bloke who left a huge legacy here.

So, well done, Ms Dundas. Among the names that were replaced I noticed one I had a slight chuckle about when I looked at it: Resch's Lane or Resch's Street, after the famous brewing family. I do not think the family had a huge amount to do with Canberra, but the drink did.

MR SPEAKER: There'd be a lot of Resch's drunk here, I would have thought.

MR STEFANIAK: There's been a lot of Resch's drunk here, Mr Speaker, and I can certainly attest to that. As a young bloke it was certainly the drink that I and my mates drank. We would go down to the Wello and knock over a few schooners on a Friday night, and it was probably the most popular drink there. I can recall a dreadful team song that the Royals had when I first started playing with them. Luckily, their successive songs have got better. I think Didier wrote the last one, and it is almost a work of art compared with the appalling one of the early '70s, which was-

Mrs Dunne: Is it clean?

MR STEFANIAK: It is clean. It was something like-I won't sing it-"Canberra Royals, Canberra Royals, the team with the terrific players. Canberra Royals, Canberra Royals. Now look at them, don't they look dandy? We tear'em to pieces 'cause we train on Resch's. What a team, what a team, Canberra Royals."An appalling song, I must say.

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