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with a private contractor and, secondly, steps towards engaging a consultant to cost the components of the development and to determine a number of costing options that Mr Whalan himself alluded to in his dealings with the matter before the Alliance Government came to power.
Indeed, it was also said that the Alliance Government is not committed to a pool in Tuggeranong. There have been two widely circulated press statements, both by the Chief Minister and myself, saying that we are strongly committed to the development of an additional swimming complex in Tuggeranong.
Mr Speaker, I can now advise the house that a final decision will be made on this matter, pursuant to the finalisation of binding contractual arrangements we have inherited and, secondly, the normal forward design and the budget appropriation requirements that follow from that.
Mr Whalan: By way of an aside, Mr Speaker, if you get the Valley View tomorrow you will find out the truth about the matter.
Executive Deputies
MR WHALAN: I ask a question of the Chief Minister and it is in relation to the establishment of positions of Executive Deputies. Is he concerned that the confusion between their executive and their back bench functions will give rise to the destruction of the Westminster system as the basis of governance in this chamber.
MR KAINE: No. The answer to that question is quite short - they have no executive role. We stated this on a number of occasions - they have no executive role. They have a task of assisting and advising the Minister to whom they are responsible, and their responsibilities go no further than that. Quite clearly, if they are not members of the Executive, then they are in no way impinging on the question of ministerial responsibility under the Westminster system.
MR WHALAN: I ask a supplementary question. Has Mr Kaine any personal commitment to the concept of separation of the Executive from the legislature?
MR KAINE: Yes.
Proposed Weapons Legislation
MR JENSEN: Mr Speaker, my question is directed to the Attorney-General. I draw his attention to statements concerning the proposed weapons Bill attributed to the Leader of the Opposition, Rosemary Follett, in the Canberra Times of 31 January 1990 when she claimed:
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