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explicitly asked Actew for them. They are all the technical papers for the think water, act water strategy. We should explore those things. If we discuss—
Mrs Dunne: I have read the material.
DR FOSKEY: I beg your pardon. If this inquiry is to do what I planned for it to do, it will look at options for demand reduction and using our water more efficiently. That is what all those terms of reference are about—not about increasing supply; that is what this inquiry was not to be about. You may propose another inquiry if you wish to do that, but this is not the inquiry for it. This inquiry already has a huge amount of work to do.
MR SPEAKER: Dr Foskey, perhaps you should not have given leave for the amendments to be moved together if you want to deal with them separately. You will need to move for the question to be divided.
DR FOSKEY: I move:
That the question be divided.
MR CORBELL (Molonglo—Attorney-General, Minister for Police and Emergency Services) (11.32): The government agrees with Dr Foskey’s proposal. I will speak on the amendments separately, but in terms of dividing the question they are two quite distinct and separate matters, and the government agrees that the question should be divided.
Ordered that the question be divided.
Amendment No 1.
MR SPEAKER: The question is that Mr Stefaniak’s amendment No 1 be agreed to.
MR CORBELL (Molonglo—Attorney-General, Minister for Police and Emergency Services) (11.33): Mr Speaker, the government will support Mr Stefaniak’s amendment No 1, which proposes the inclusion of sporting fields in the terms of reference—to look at the impact on sporting fields. That is quite clearly a very legitimate issue in our community. As I said in my comments earlier when speaking to my proposed amendment to this motion, the impact on sporting fields is potentially very significant, both socially and economically. It is a very significant matter for our community that affects thousands of people in our community. We support its inclusion in the terms of reference.
Amendment No 1 agreed to.
Amendment No 2.
MR SPEAKER: The question is that Mr Stefaniak’s amendment No 2 be agreed to.
MR CORBELL (Molonglo—Attorney-General, Minister for Police and Emergency Services) (11.34): The government does not support amendment No 2. The
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