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Question so resolved in the affirmative.

Question put:

That Mr Corbell’s amendment, as amended, be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Ayes 7		Noes 6
Mr Barr	Mr Gentleman	Mr Coe	Mr Smyth
Ms Berry	Ms Porter	Mrs Dunne	Mr Wall
Dr Bourke	Mr Rattenbury	Mr Hanson
Mr Corbell		Ms Lawder

Question so resolved in the affirmative.

Motion, as amended, agreed to.

Planning—proposed Conder medical centre

MR SMYTH (Brindabella) (4.24): I move:

That this Assembly

(1) notes that:

(a) the ACT has the lowest rate of bulk-billing in Australia;

(b) there is an urgent need for more bulk-billing medical centres in Tuggeranong;

(c) the construction of a bulk-billing medical centre on Block 12 Section 229 in Conder has stalled as a result of the Government’s reluctance to waive the extension of time fee for the site;

(d) the intention of the site’s owner is to develop his block, which will in turn provide a much needed localised medical service in Conder and surrounding suburbs;

(e) delays in the development of the site have been due to factors outside of the site owner’s control, and hence, he should not be penalised;

(f) this is a priority project, which the Government had initially encouraged; and

(g) this is not a land-banking case; and

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