Page 3327 - Week 11 - Wednesday, 18 September 2013

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MADAM SPEAKER: The question is that Mr Rattenbury’s amendment be agreed to. I remind members of the opposition that when I call you to order, I expect you to be called to order or I am going to start warning and naming people.

Ordered that the question be divided.

Question put:

That paragraph (1) be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Ayes 9		Noes 8
Mr Barr	Ms Gallagher	Mr Coe	Ms Lawder
Ms Berry	Mr Gentleman	Mr Doszpot	Mr Smyth
Dr Bourke	Ms Porter	Mrs Dunne	Mr Wall
Ms Burch	Mr Rattenbury	Mr Hanson
Mr Corbell		Mrs Jones

Question so resolved in the affirmative.

Question put:

That paragraph (2) be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Ayes 1	Noes 16
Mr Rattenbury	Mr Barr	Ms Gallagher
	Ms Berry	Mr Gentleman
	Dr Bourke	Mr Hanson
	Ms Burch	Mrs Jones
	Mr Coe	Ms Lawder
	Mr Corbell	Ms Porter
	Mr Doszpot	Mr Smyth
	Mrs Dunne	Mr Wall

Question so resolved in the negative.

MADAM SPEAKER: The question now is that Mr Wall’s motion, as amended, be agreed to. Ms Lawder.

MS LAWDER (Brindabella) (11.20): I thank Mr Wall for his motion today. Since the announcement about the solar farm at Uriarra a month ago I too have been inundated with correspondence from the residents of Uriarra Village. The point they are trying to make is not about the merits of solar power, the ACT’s targets or the DA process. It is about the community who live at Uriarra Village, the families who have chosen to make Uriarra their home. It is about noise, loss of amenity and loss of view, and

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