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I had been involved in some proposal by Civil & Civic to redevelop the Northbourne Flats. This is absolutely false and the introduction of the letter in this context is deliberately misleading. I now read to the Assembly the exact words of the letter:
Dear Joan,
Re: joint venture housing.
Thank you for attending the meeting with Tony Waters, Des Jordan and myself on Wednesday last.
As agreed, we are working on a proposal to provide new stock for the trust on various sites around Canberra. It may take some time to identify and secure appropriate land. However, we are working towards this goal and hope to be in a position to write to you again in the near future.
Meanwhile we are keen to proceed with a joint venture proposal on Rugby Park in Ainslie and note that a communication concerning the trust's interest in such a venture and establishing our credibility for negotiations will be forwarded shortly.
Yours faithfully,
Civil & Civic Pty Limited
Alan Johnson
Development Manager.
You will note that the letter was addressed to Ms Joan Westaway, that it was dated 8 November 1989 and it refers to discussions between the Housing Trust and representatives of Civil & Civic. Nowhere in the letter is there any reference to the redevelopment of Northbourne Flats, and I state that that was never at any stage brought to my attention. The letter relates to general discussions about joint venture housing and is consistent with policies which were enunciated in this chamber as an additional mechanism for increasing the public housing stock in the ACT.
This is another attempt by Mr Collaery to create a diversion to alleviate his embarrassment over the Northbourne Flats.
SCRUTINY OF BILLS AND SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION - STANDING COMMITTEE
Report and Statement
MS MAHER (3.05): I present report No. 3 of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny of Bills and Subordinate Legislation and seek leave to make a brief statement on the report.
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