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Leave granted to dispense with the detail stage.
Bill agreed to.
DAY OF NEXT MEETING
Motion (by Mr Collaery) agreed to:
That the Assembly, at its rising, adjourn until Tuesday, 16 October 1990, unless the Speaker fixes an alternative day or hour of meeting on receipt of a request in writing from an absolute majority of Members.
PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE - STANDING COMMITTEE
Report - Government Response
Debate resumed from 7 August, on motion by Mr Jensen:
That the report be noted.
MR DUBY (Minister for Finance and Urban Services) (12.12): Mr Speaker, I would like to respond to the report by the Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Infrastructure on the new capital works program for 1990-91. On behalf of the Government, I would like to thank the committee for their report. With a total of 21 recommendations, I do not propose to speak to each individually. Rather, I will seek leave to table the Government's detailed response to each recommendation.
However, before doing so, Mr Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to comment on a number of issues. Firstly, there is the non-participation of the Opposition in the workings of this committee. Mr Berry must appreciate that his presence on the committee would have injected the independence he yearned for and it would have helped counter the bias that he claimed that Mr Jensen's presence as chairman was providing - a lamentable contradiction, Mr Speaker.
In the first of its recommendations the committee sought to have the Government respond to the report prior to the budget. While this might be highly desirable, it has not been possible to achieve this due to the arrangement of the Assembly sitting dates. Furthermore, I do believe that it is appropriate that the Government's response should be provided during the Assembly's budget sitting.
One project that drew comment from the committee was the proposal to construct bus lanes on Athllon Drive south of the Woden town centre. As members would appreciate,
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