Page 1027 - Week 06 - Thursday, 27 July 1989
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . .
Thursday, 27 July 1989
______________________
MR SPEAKER (Mr Prowse) took the chair at 10.30 am and read the prayer.
ASSEMBLY BUSINESS
Motion (by Mr Whalan) agreed to:
That order of the day No. 3, Assembly business, have precedence and be called on forthwith.
ESTABLISHMENT OF A CASINO - SELECT COMMITTEE
Report
Debate resumed from 26 July, on motion by Mr Humphries:
That the recommendations be agreed to.
MR WHALAN (Minister for Industry, Employment and Education) (10.31): Mr Speaker, on behalf of the Government I would like to say how pleased we are to receive the report of the select committee. In doing so I would like to express my gratitude to the committee members for their work and their thoroughness in assessing the issues placed before them and in doing that within quite a tight time frame. I would also like to echo the thanks to the committee staff who obviously did a very substantial job in producing a good, well-written report in a very short time frame.
At the outset of this inquiry the Government was confident that all the relevant issues related to the casino project had previously been examined in a thorough and open manner by the social impact study team and three House of Assembly reports. The fact that the select committee's report is in favour of the casino project proceeding on section 19, City, is welcomed by the Government. As a result, it is the Government's intention to proceed immediately with this project.
The Government has examined in detail the implications of this project. We acknowledge that it will provide a high-quality, enduring development that will ensure that Civic Square becomes a focus for the ACT community. It will introduce a significant new territorial taxation source. It will provide replacement activity for the ACT construction industry, including much needed employment opportunities, and will assist the readjustment of the ACT construction industry to longer-term sustainable levels.
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . .