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• Sharing information on economic development policies and trends with global economic development agencies.

• Strengthening partnership with Austrade Ireland and Manchester - Austrade Senior Consultants to be ACT Industry Champions.

• Promoting the ACT’s research and development capacity.

• Marketing the ACT as a centre for educating foreign students.

• Promoting the significance of Canberra as the National Capital, the home of Australia’s decision makers as an advantage to investing in Canberra.

• Promoting Canberra’s economic showcase event Focus on Business 2006.

(d) ACT Delegation to UK and USA (Mr Corbell, June 2005) 

• Establishment of mutually beneficial relationships with other jurisdictions, including skill sharing and knowledge transfer.

• Putting the ACT back at the leading edge of planning and in the development and use of land.

• Potential for the ACT to obtain global pilot projects in sustainable development and design.

• The ability to apply the latest in world thinking to the planning of new areas such as Molonglo Valley and North Gungahlin.

• The ability to form a view and a sense of bench-marking as to the ACT’s current and planned approach to development viz–a–viz key comparable jurisdictions.

WorkCover—review
(Question No 843)

Mr Mulcahy asked the Minister for Industrial Relations, upon notice, on 14 February 2006:

(1) Does the ACT Government intend to undertake a review of WorkCover as previously indicated; if so,

(a) when will the review be undertaken and completed,

(b) who will undertake the review and

(c) what is the estimated cost of the review;

(2) Will the findings of the review be made available to the Legislative Assembly.

Ms Gallagher: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) The ACT Government has not stated an intention to undertake a review of ACT WorkCover.

(a) See answer to (1) above.

(b) See answer to (1) above.

(c) See answer to (1) above.

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