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outstanding for quite some time and I believe it is being appropriately followed up by this house at appropriate opportunities.
The Alliance Government is committed, as members will know, to developing studio space for Canberra artists, and considerable progress has been made with the planning of that project. Of the $1.9m allocated to the project, funds totalling $416,000 have been granted since the beginning of this year to ANCA, Australian National Capital Artists, and work is under way, particularly on the Mitchell site. ANCA has secured the lease over a site at Mitchell to develop as one of its two campuses. Plans have been drawn up by ACT Public Works for a new purpose-designed facility for industrial artists, such as sculptors and wood turners, on this site. Public Works will manage the project on behalf of ANCA and I expect the Government will call for tenders before the end of this year.
A second campus for artists such as painters, weavers and graphic designers has been planned for north Canberra, and the Government is assisting ANCA in assessing several sites. Unfortunately, one of the earlier preferred sites was unavailable as negotiations for that site fell through very recently. If a new building is decided upon, many of the design principles being used at Mitchell will be used at this facility as well.
Cosmetics Manufacturer
MRS GRASSBY: I address my question to Mr Kaine. I refer the Chief Minister to the establishment of the Revlon complex in Canberra, a proposal which will provide many new jobs and a new industry. What is the progress of this industry?
MR KAINE: I will have to take that question on notice, Mr Speaker. I do not know the details of that project at the moment.
Clinical Waste
MS MAHER: I would like to address my question to the Minister for Finance and Urban Services. Is the Minister aware that clinical-type waste has been found at two sites in south Canberra, and what will he be doing to ensure that this does not happen again?
MR DUBY: Yes, I am aware that clinical-type waste has been found at sites in south Canberra. My officers have informed me that the waste was discovered when excavation of a site in Deakin - actually block 27, section 35 - was taking place. I notice also that the Conservation Council
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