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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2004 Week 05 Hansard (Thursday, 13 May 2004) . . Page.. 1900 ..

MR SMYTH: Two weeks ago, I am told by Mrs Dunne; so members have had it for approximately two weeks. It is a neat little bill; it is a good little bill. Indeed, many community groups have come to us and said, “We like your solution because you’ve obviously thought about it, and what it presents is a coherent way forward.”

So Mr Corbell, if you are upstairs listening and you are tap, tap, tapping away at your computer and getting that press release out slagging the Liberals because they are going to slag at you there, just put in a paragraph at the end on whether or not you will support bringing on the Projects of Territorial Significance Bill in the morning. If you do not, then you are a hypocrite. And it is as simple as that.

So there is the deal. We can actually give you a better solution, with a coherent bill, first cab off the rank in the morning and we will see whether or not the Labor Party is really sincere about putting GDE through. The reality is they are not, and they have been looking for an excuse to blame somebody else. Well, they will have their chance in the morning.

Our bill is far more comprehensive; our bill is far more coherent; our bill will give people certainty; and, most importantly, our bill is finished and on the table. So there it is; there is the offer; there is the deal. You do not get your steak knives, but, Mr Corbell, Mr Wood, Mr Stanhope, what you will get is the opportunity to build a road ending the farce that you have created, the absolute farce that you and your government have created, by your inability to get this project because you are the government of delay. You cannot get this project under way simply because you have not really thought about how to do it.

So we will see in the morning who is really sincere about getting GDE under way. The opportunity is there. We will stand and ask for leave. Mrs Dunne will ask for leave to bring her bill on, and then we will see who is stopping Gungahlin Drive.

Question put:

That Mr Stanhope’s amendment be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Question so resolved in the negative.

Amendment negatived.

MR STANHOPE (Chief Minister, Attorney-General, Minister for Environment and Minister for Community Affairs) (11.08): I move amendment No 1 circulated in my

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