Page 1101 - Week 06 - Thursday, 27 July 1989
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It is one of the major problems that I suggested during the casino debate about the bankruptcy, if you like, of the Government's area. It was only, once again, looking at one particular area. So, on this basis, Mr Speaker, I think it is appropriate that I note also that there is a motion. Is there a motion to come forward, an amendment?
Ms Follett: It has been circulated, Norm, and we have all agreed to it.
MR JENSEN: I understood that there were some changes to the amendment.
Mr Kaine: You are moving it, are you not?
MR JENSEN: Yes, that is what I was just about to do, Mr Kaine. I was just waiting for the piece of paper which did not appear on my desk. There it is. Mr Speaker, I move the following amendment:
Omit "matters be referred to the Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Infrastructure", substitute "action be taken by the Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Infrastructure after an assessment of current proposals for the Kingston Foreshore area has been completed by the Government".
Mr Speaker, I do not think there is any further need for me to talk. I understand that my colleague Mr Collaery wants to speak to the motion and the amendment.
MR KAINE (Leader of the Opposition) (4.20): Mr Speaker, I strongly support attention being focused on this proposed development on the Kingston foreshores. As has been said many times by others, we need a continuing flow of construction projects to ensure that the city continues to grow and to prosper and that we do not begin to stagnate. This one seems to me to be, as far as I am aware of what is supposed to be happening down there, a very good project that we should be looking at, perhaps to follow section 19 when that project is finished in two and a half years' time. So I do strongly support the fact that this project should be examined in some detail.
I did have some difficulty with the Chief Minister's proposal because I think that the terms of reference were such that they were way beyond the capability of the committees of this Assembly to deal with. The Chief Minister has referred to the fact that by accepting Mr Jensen's amendment it will be some time before the committee sees the proposal. Well, I would submit that, if the matter were simply referred to the committee to undertake, it would be even longer before something positive came out. It is a very major project and has enormous ramifications, and to expect a committee clerk of this Assembly to undertake all of the work that is necessary to examine all of the matters that the Chief
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