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misrepresented implicitly in that. No file was made available; a file was quoted from. Secondly, Mr Speaker, the leaked document, for which I still await the consent of the Deputy Chief Minister to table, said - and this is where I am misrepresented again - that the prices asked are well below market value, possibly half real value.
The point at issue is - and the reporter was correct in saying - that the officials of the department, after valuation, had maintained that the property was going at half value; it was after the valuation, and nothing to do with the Australian Taxation Office, Mr Speaker. There are other issues that we can take up elsewhere, but I reject this attack, this unwarranted slur, on a member of the press gallery. It should have been more properly taken up with the head of the press gallery.
PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE - STANDING COMMITTEE - REPORT - GOVERNMENT RESPONSE
Ministerial Statement
MR WHALAN (Minister for Industry, Employment and Education), by leave: Mr Speaker, I seek to make a short statement to indicate the Government's interim response to the report of the Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Infrastructure on the redevelopment of the former Canberra Times site. The Government generally supports and accepts the broad thrust of the committee's findings. The report will receive further consideration in the context of other related planning and leasing matters.
Recommendation 2 of the report calls for collation of information on the impact of the development on traffic, parking, public transport and pollution levels. In order to allow the Government to respond to those issues as soon as possible, the Government, together with Concrete Constructions, is preparing the necessary data and the assessment for public release. I thought it appropriate to advise the Assembly of this action.
RADIOTHERAPY MACHINE
Paper
MR HUMPHRIES, by leave: I table the following paper:
New radiotherapy machine for ACT and Queanbeyan districts - Petition.
This is in fact a petition, which does not conform with standing orders, from 4,456 concerned citizens of the ACT and Queanbeyan, regarding the need for additional radiotherapy equipment for the treatment of cancer patients. The petition is a fairly substantial one, and I appreciate the efforts made by the Secretariat for the
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