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as the other agencies affected by the bills. I commend the Appropriation Bill 2019-20 (No 2) to the Assembly.
Debate (on motion by Mr Coe) adjourned to the next sitting.
Referral to committee
MR BARR (Kurrajong—Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Social Inclusion and Equality, Minister for Tertiary Education, Minister for Tourism and Special Events and Minister for Trade, Industry and Investment) (4.00): Pursuant to standing order 174, I move:
That the Appropriation Bill 2019-2020 (No 2) be referred to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts for inquiry and report.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Cost of living
Discussion of matter of public importance
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Ms Cody): Madam Speaker has received letters from Ms Cheyne, Ms Cody, Mr Coe, Mrs Dunne, Mr Gupta, Mr Hanson, Mrs Kikkert, Ms Lawder, Ms Lee, Mr Milligan, Mr Parton, Mr Pettersson, and Mr Wall proposing that matters of public importance be submitted to the Assembly. In accordance with standing order 79, Madam Speaker has determined that the matter proposed by Mr Wall be submitted to the Assembly, namely:
The importance of reducing cost of living pressures for all Canberrans.
MR WALL (Brindabella) (4.01): I am sure I speak for all MLAs in this place when I say that Canberra is the best place in the world to live. There is no place we would rather be. From our bush outlook to our national parks, our rural villages and easy way of life, we are rightly envied by big-city dwellers who cannot believe it when we whinge about a 25-minute commute to and from work. I will go one step further and say that Tuggeranong is, in fact, the best region in Canberra to live. We in Tuggeranong enjoy the best the bush capital has to offer by way of views, access to our national parks and wilderness spaces, large blocks and a great suburban atmosphere.
I am a born and bred Canberran and I am proudly raising my family in our fantastic region. There is a catch to this seemingly idyllic existence though, and that is the ever-increasing cost of living, the feeling that so many Canberrans and, indeed, Tuggeranong residents get when they know they are not getting quite what they paid for: maybe the cracked foot paths, the lack of maintenance in our parks and playgrounds, our local shopping precincts looking more derelict and decrepit by the day or the constant sound and smell, if you are in the southern suburbs, of burning rubber.
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