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Flats were not occupied; so the complex has not been full for years, ever since the architectural and other problems became evident. Certainly there will be a downturn in the number of people in the area until the flats are completely demolished, the land is put back on the market and there is further development in the area.
That would seem to me to represent the normal vicissitudes of life. The flats were not suitable, the tenants agreed to the projects undertaken by the Government and some of the purchasing public have moved away from that area. But, by the same token, the news might be very much better in two to three years time because not only will there be a full scale redevelopment of the area, possibly following other decisions of the Government, but there will also be up to 50 aged persons units erected on land adjoining that area, with the Uniting Church. A proposal is currently before the Government and being considered. So there may well be an upturn in the purchasing population. But at this stage I do not think I could give any accurate predictions as to when that may come about.
Weetangera Primary School
MR SPEAKER: Members, I would just like to take the opportunity to welcome to the chamber visitors from the Weetangera Primary School.
New South Wales Code of Conduct for Local Government
MS FOLLETT: My question is directed to Mr Kaine as Chief Minister. I refer Mr Kaine to the New South Wales Government code of conduct for local government which was endorsed and tabled by the Attorney-General during yesterday's debate on a code of ethics. I ask whether the Chief Minister endorses his Attorney-General's support for this code, and in particular the following requirement that is in that code:
Members who have a direct or indirect financial interest ... in a matter to be considered by their council (i.e. one in which there is a reasonable likelihood or expectation of an appreciable loss or gain) shall not take part in discussion or vote on the issue.
MR KAINE: I have not seen the code of ethics to which the Leader of the Opposition refers. I do not know without seeing it. It is easy to take one paragraph out of context, quote it and ask for a view on it - and I am not going to fall for that trick. I would like to see the document in its entirety. But I would make the point, of course, that it is a document that relates to the local government level and not the State government level. As
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