Page 1174 - Week 04 - Tuesday, 24 March 2009
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The Liberal opposition will not be supporting the motion to suspend suspension of standing orders. We would welcome this debate during Assembly business on any sitting Thursday.
MR CORBELL (Molonglo—Attorney-General, Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Water, Minister for Energy and Minister for Police and Emergency Services) (11.21): For the second time this morning we have seen the Liberal Party try to obstruct the business of this place. They do so simply because their position is that they will oppose for the sake of opposition. That is the approach that we have from the Liberal Party and the current manager of opposition business in this place. She will oppose for the sake of opposing. She cannot help herself. She will not assist in the smooth running of this place. She will oppose for the sake of opposition—
Mr Stanhope: She always has.
MR CORBELL: and always has, and she has become more and more entrenched in that position over time. As the Chief Minister indicated, this is a motion stemming directly from the agreement entered into between the Labor Party and the Greens in return for the Greens’ support of Mr Stanhope’s candidature as Chief Minister. The government is seeking to implement that commitment. It is extraordinary that the Liberal Party seeks to stand in the way of that at this time.
Question resolved in the affirmative, with the concurrence of an absolute majority.
MR STANHOPE (Ginninderra—Chief Minister, Minister for Transport, Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, Minister for Business and Economic Development, Minister for Indigenous Affairs and Minister for the Arts and Heritage) (11.22): I move:
That this Assembly:
(1) notes that ensuring the safety of all Canberrans on our roads, including pedestrians, cyclists, drivers and motorcyclists, is of extreme importance for the community as a whole; and
(2) refers the option of reducing speed zones around shopping and community facilities to the Standing Committee on Planning, Public Works and Territory and Municipal Services for inquiry and report by the end of June 2010. The inquiry will consider, but not be limited to:
(a) the use of 40km/h speed limits (apart from school zones) in other jurisdictions, including the criteria used to identify location for the speed limits, any impacts on traffic flows and any issues relating to the enforcement of the reduced speed limit;
(b) the types of shopping centres (town centres, group centres, local shopping centres) and community facilities (child care centres, aged care facilities, community halls, sporting venues) where a 40km/h speed limit could apply;
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