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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2003 Week 7 Hansard (24 June) . . Page.. 2351 ..
Mr Corbell
: I withdraw the comment, Mr Speaker.MR CORNWELL
: I simply wish to make the point that I'm happy to accept the offer of Mr Corbell for a briefing on the matter of the 65 beds. That's all I wanted to say, and I was refused leave.MR SPEAKER
: The question is that standing orders be suspended.MR CORNWELL
: I withdraw that motion, Mr Speaker.MR SPEAKER
: You'll have to seek leave to withdraw the motion.MR CORNWELL
: Very well, I seek leave to withdraw the motion. I have made the comment I wanted to make.Motion, by leave, withdrawn.
Proposed expenditure agreed to.
Proposed expenditure-part 1.12-Urban Services, $229,807,000 (net cost of outputs), $83,084,000 (capital injection) and $44,664,000 (payments on behalf of the territory), totalling $357,555,000.
MR CORNWELL
(8.40): I must admit that it's always difficult to know where to start with Urban Services.MR SPEAKER
: It's okay, Mr Cornwell; it's not compulsory.MR CORNWELL
: It is difficult because it covers such a broad spectrum of, if you like, roads, rates and rubbish, which, in spite of what many people in this Assembly believe, are of greater importance to the average person out there in the community than a lot of the bigger issues that we argue and debate.I'm happy to participate in this discussion. I think the first thing, of course, that we should bring up, referring back to the Estimates Committee, is the government's decision not to agree, Mrs Dunne, with the recommendation that sufficient free parking be provided for the students of Lake Tuggeranong College.
What sort of discrimination, Mr Speaker, is this? This is the only college in Canberra that is located within a CBD-the only college, essentially. Think of the other colleges. Ms Dundas, you are more aware than I of the young; you are closer to them. The point I'm making is that the students at Lake Tuggeranong have a legitimate concern in relation to their parking. Hawker, Erindale, Narrabundah, et cetera, don't have these same problems.
All that the government has done, Mr Speaker, is provide some parking for teachers. Then, in the response to the Estimates Committee report, they talk about:
... "3 for FREE"spaces will be available in the ... carpark opposite the College.
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