Page 25 - Week 02 - Tuesday, 23 May 1989
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emphasise that the relationship between the Canberra Raiders and the trust which will be established to manage the Bruce Stadium will be a commercial one. The basis of that commercial arrangement will be a lease arrangement, which is the subject of current negotiations, in which the Commonwealth, as it was formerly constituted, and now the ACT Government, is represented by accountants, Price Waterhouse, acting as negotiators on behalf of the Government with the Canberra Raiders.
The final point that I would like to make is that the Canberra Raiders themselves have already committed a financial contribution of $1m to the stadium. When the details are finalised, I will inform the Assembly of the precise details.
PUBLIC SERVICE
MR COLLAERY: Will the Chief Minister inform the house whether she agreed to the removal of Mr Keith Lyon from the post he formerly occupied in the ACT Administration, and is she aware that Mr Lyon had encouraged the director of internal investigations to investigate the surrender and regrant of two blocks at Turner owned by a company of which a senior ACT Administration official was a director? Is the Chief Minister aware that discussions regarding this inquiry were held with the former Minister for the Territories, Clyde Holding, regarding this senior officer who had primary responsibility in the drafting stage of the Casino Control Ordinance?
MS FOLLETT: I thank Mr Collaery for his question. Yes, I did take the decision in accordance with the ACT (Self-Government) Act on Mr Lyon's continued employment. That legislation empowers me as Chief Minister to divide the Public Service into administrative units and to appoint people to head those units.
Mr Lyon has not been sacked from the Public Service. His continued employment is a matter now between himself and the Public Service Commissioner. I am not aware of the matters that Mr Collaery has raised in the second part of his question and I think perhaps if it is permissible, Mr Speaker, I might be able to provide him with a response on the second part of the question in writing as soon as possible.
MR COLLAERY: I ask a supplementary question, Mr Speaker, to round this off. Will the Chief Minister inform the house of the progress of inquiries relating to matters affecting the Lands Branch so that the vast majority of honest public servants are cleared of any suggestion of wrongdoing as quickly as possible?
MS FOLLETT: I think, Mr Speaker, it might be best if I were to take that question on notice, but of course I would
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