Page 106 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 24 May 1989
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ENCUMBERED VEHICLES REGISTER
MR WOOD: Mr Speaker, I direct a question to the Chief Minister in her capacity as Minister responsible for consumer affairs. We all know of efforts to establish a register of encumbered vehicles for the ACT. In view of the fact that another sad incident is reported in today's media, I ask the Chief Minister whether she can give top priority to establishing this register?
MS FOLLETT: Yes, I agree fully that the question of encumbered vehicles and many other questions of consumer affairs have been somewhat neglected in the ACT, and I believe that has been largely as a result of the lack of our own government. While we have always had to rely on action to be taken in other places we have been, to an extent, disadvantaged. I agree that that should be an area of priority for government and that gives me no trouble at all.
I am happy to say that agreement has been reached between officials of the Northern Territory and New South Wales and the ACT to include the ACT and the Northern Territory on the New South Wales register of encumbered vehicles. That should take place in about September of this year. In fact, broad agreement had been reached before the election was held in the ACT, but the matter was placed on hold while the Greiner Government considered the future of the register of encumbered vehicles held in New South Wales. I believe Mr Greiner was concerned to work out whether that register should continue to be a government operation, and I think that matter has now been resolved. It should be occurring about September this year, and I am happy to give it priority.
ASBESTOS REMOVAL
MR JENSEN: Although my question is related to the asbestos issue, it is directed to the Chief Minister because it has budgetary connotations. In view of the fact that the Federal Government has continued to allow the installation of asbestos in the ACT long after it was banned in New South Wales in 1975 - bearing in mind the arrangement made by Federal Minister Holding, on behalf of the ACT, to require the ratepayers to contribute the first $10m, the next $10m being shared dollar for dollar between the people of the ACT and the Federal Government and the final $10m being shared two-to-one in favour of the ACT - and in view of the stringent budgetary constraints forced on the Government by the Federal Government at the Premiers Conference, can the Chief Minister advise whether she will be seeking to renegotiate a more favourable deal for the ratepayers of the ACT and, if not, why not?
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