Page 3467 - Week 12 - Wednesday, 19 September 1990
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MR KAINE: I have no knowledge, Mr Speaker. I was not aware that there was any advertisement on the subject; so I cannot answer the question. If there was such an advertisement, I will find out how it came to be in the newspaper and who paid for it.
School Land
MR MOORE: My question is also to the Chief Minister and it deals with planning matters. Have the proposed changes of purpose to leases of the land of schools that are affected by the current round of school closures been prepared and passed on to the National Capital Planning Authority for approval? Will the Chief Minister tell us what stage those change of purpose proposals have reached, if they have started?
MR KAINE: I do not know what stage those variations or proposed variations have reached, Mr Speaker. I did ask that they be processed quickly to prevent the situation that occurred with the first round of school closures put into place by the Labor Party. The schools sat around for two years without any attempt being made to dispose of them. It is our intention that these schools will be put up for disposal as quickly as possible, but I do not know just where in the process we are at the moment. I will seek advice on that, Mr Moore, and let you know.
Contamination of Fish
MR WOOD: I direct a further question to the Chief Minister in his capacity of environment Minister. Is he aware that the extent of contamination in the fish of Lake Burley Griffin by zinc, copper, lead and cadmium is of concern to noted scientists in the ACT? Will the Chief Minister provide funding for further research in this area?
MR KAINE: It seems to me that that is almost the same question as that asked by the Leader of the Opposition a moment ago.
Mr Wood: No, that was the Molonglo. This is in our Territory.
MR KAINE: My recollection is that the Molonglo and Lake Burley Griffin are contiguous and, if it relates to the Molonglo, then presumably it relates also to Lake Burley Griffin. I think the answer has to be the same as I gave to the Leader of the Opposition. I will seek advice on that matter and what, if anything, is being done or can be done, and I will inform the house.
MR WOOD: I have a supplementary question. Are you aware, Chief Minister, that Lake Burley Griffin, in relation to
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