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ironic in a sense that the Commonwealth Bank has put $2.5 million more than the commonwealth government on the table to help this issue. Here we have the Commonwealth Bank being more generous than the government that was actually responsible for the filling of people’s roofs with this product some 40 years ago. I think the Assembly should note that.

MR HANSON (Molonglo—Leader of the Opposition) (12.03): I will be brief, Mr Assistant Speaker. Mr Rattenbury said that a line has to be drawn somewhere. It is very clear in this debate that the line that has been drawn by Mr Rattenbury is a tramline between Gungahlin and Civic, and he is putting that ahead of this issue today.

The decision is whether we are going to have something that is fair or something that is unfair. That is the debate that we are having now. There are always commitments that the government must achieve in health, education and community services. But equally there are discretionary priorities. It is clear that light rail, as a discretionary priority of this government, is being put above a solution that would be fair to Mr Fluffy home owners.

The reality is that the government scheme––I will say it again—in the words of Mr Fluffy home owners, puts a gun to their head. They are being forced off their land and that land will become unaffordable so that they are unable to rejoin their communities. Shame on you. We will not be supporting the government’s amendment to my amendment, because what it is saying is that you do not stand up for fairness for the Mr Fluffy home owners.

Question put:

That Ms Gallagher’s amendment to Mr Hanson’s proposed amendment 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.

Mr Hanson’s amendment, as amended, agreed to.

Bill, as a whole, as amended, agreed to.

Bill, as amended, agreed to.

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