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should point out that this is an entirely proper question when that budget has been finally settled.
Mr Berry well knows, because he has asked questions about the process whereby that budget is determined, that the budget for the hospital redevelopment project has not yet been finalised. It is in the process of being finalised.
Mr Berry: But you have started doing things.
MR HUMPHRIES: That is quite proper and appropriate. Mr Berry obviously does not understand the way that these things work. It is entirely appropriate for work to begin while the budget is being finalised.
Mr Berry: Just give us a guess, Gary; that will do.
MR HUMPHRIES: I am not going to provide any guesses. It is my job, as Minister, to give accurate figures, and when those accurate figures are available I will produce them.
Heritage Study - Reid
MR STEFANIAK: Mr Speaker, my question is directed to the Minister for Finance and Urban Services. What progress is being made on the heritage study of Reid?
MR DUBY: I thank Mr Stefaniak for the question. The Reid heritage conservation study is funded under the national estate grants program and is being undertaken by a team from the faculty of environmental design at the University of Canberra. It will be completed by the end of next week. The Heritage Unit of my department is managing this project. The consultants have been working with individuals and organisations that are interested and concerned with the future of Reid to prepare a set of reasonable and achievable conservation objectives for that inner-city suburb.
The study will provide a better understanding of the conditions and heritage significance of the various elements of Reid - from the houses, gardens and parks areas to the finer points of detail found in streetlights and signs. The results should provide better information for residents who are interested in conserving the heritage value of their properties, and I know Mr Moore is very concerned about it. It should also set the parameters for future development in that suburb.
Office of Industry and Development
MR MOORE: Mr Speaker, I also have a question for the Minister for Finance and Urban Services. I notice in the Australian Capital Territory Gazette, No. 24 of 20 June 1990, on
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