Page 562 - Week 04 - Thursday, 29 June 1989
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Gaming
DR KINLOCH: My question is to the Chief Minister in that same role as related to my previous question. Is she aware of, and does she plan to act on, any allegations about the ACT Pub-Club TAB system similar to allegations made recently about large-scale fraud in the New South Wales Pub TAB system?
MS FOLLETT: I thank Dr Kinloch for the question. As I said before, I do not have any direct information on that matter. I am more than happy to provide the Assembly with information when it is available. I may need to talk to Dr Kinloch to establish just what information he is after.
Petrol
MR DUBY: My question is addressed to the Chief Minister. I believe she had discussions today with Mr Greiner, Premier of New South Wales. Can she assure the Assembly that the price of petrol in the ACT will not rise as a result of these discussions?
MS FOLLETT: The answer is yes, but I know that people will want me to expand upon that. The ACT Government will not be introducing the petrol franchise tax that has been introduced by the New South Wales Government, so there will be no rise in ACT petrol prices brought about by action of this Government, I can assure you of that.
It was a matter on which Mr Greiner touched briefly in his discussions with me. He is aware that the ACT will not be moving to impose the same tax as has recently been imposed in New South Wales. I know also that there is an issue there of whether the New South Wales people who live near the ACT may be disadvantaged in some way by the imposition of the New South Wales tax. I know that Mr Greiner is intending to introduce a buffer zone around the ACT, which would include Queanbeyan, as far as I am aware, and that that buffer zone would be exempt from the new New South Wales tax. That is the information that I have at the moment on that matter.
Traffic Accidents
MR COLLAERY: My question is directed to the Minister for Industry, Employment and Education. In view of the horrifying carnage, which was referred to also in this chamber earlier, on the black stretch of the Hume Highway adjacent to Canberra, will he ask the Canberra Tourist Bureau to implement a tourist awareness campaign in adjacent capital cities and elsewhere - by television advertisement, if possible - to encourage drivers to enter
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