Page 363 - Week 03 - Thursday, 1 June 1989
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LAND RELEASE
MR JENSEN: This question is directed to the Deputy Chief Minister via the Chief Minister. It is understood that arrangements have been made for the land being made available for a tourist development on the Monaro Highway near Gilmore not to go to auction but for it to be released as a direct grant. Can the Minister advise on the conditions of that arrangement, the method used to calculate the price to be paid by the party approved by the ACT Administration to develop the site and when this information will be made available to the public?
MS FOLLETT: I thank Mr Jensen for that question. I will take it on notice, Mr Speaker, and the Deputy Chief Minister will provide an answer.
DEATH OF BUS DRIVER
MS FOLLETT: Yesterday, Mr Stefaniak asked me about the arrangements for compensation for the dependant of Mr Trenholme, the ACTION bus driver who went to the aid of passengers allegedly being assaulted on a bus at the Woden Interchange. I inform the Assembly that in accordance with normal procedures the sole dependant of the deceased, namely his widow, has been visited on several occasions by representatives of the Office of City Management, which includes ACTION.
Yesterday morning Mrs Trenholme received a cash advance from the deceased's entitlement to unpaid wages, recreation leave and long service leave. The balance of that entitlement will be paid by cheque tomorrow. Also yesterday Mrs Trenholme was given the necessary forms to effect a claim for a spouse's benefit under the Commonwealth superannuation scheme, and at the same time similar forms were presented for a compensation claim to be handled by Comcare.
The personal financial life assurance provisions of the deceased are not, I believe, the concern of persons other than the immediate family, and I have not been provided with any information from that point of view. Mr Trenholme's funeral was conducted today, and many representatives of ACTION, including the general manager, attended. I am assured that Mrs Trenholme is being well cared for by associates and friends of her late husband, many of whom are members of ACTION staff.
INNER CANBERRA HERITAGE STUDY
MS FOLLETT: Mr Speaker, I am in a position to provide a response to a question asked by Mr Moore on the release of the inner Canberra heritage study. The answer to Mr
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