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and none have been approved since self-government. These applications refer to difficulties with the contractor, et cetera.
Mr Speaker, there was a statement attributed to my office, which I have received some advice on, stating that the Office of Sport and Recreation considers the documents confidential. There are commercial-in-confidence aspects of this matter; but I have all the pertinent documents, on my advice, here. I am quite willing to make them available to all members of the Assembly forthwith. They are on my desk, Mr Speaker.
MR KAINE: I request that any further questions be placed on notice.
Mr Wood: Mr Speaker, after that waffle, thankfully, he does not get asked too many questions. That was 10 minutes.
MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Wood!
Mr Stefaniak: Because there are so many interjections.
MR SPEAKER: That is a correct observation.
Cosmetics Manufacturer
MR KAINE: Mr Speaker, I would like to provide answers to two earlier questions taken on notice. The first was from Mrs Grassby on 17 October and it had to do with the Revlon complex in Hume and what was the status of that project. The answer is fairly straightforward and fairly short. Revlon has now rationalised its five local distribution centres to one centralised warehousing facility in Hume and is currently employing 85 staff. To date Revlon has invested $7m in the ACT, including $385,000 in relocation expenses.
Political Parties - Headquarters
MR KAINE: The other question, Mr Speaker, was from Mr Moore - talking about long questions - and had to do with the Labor Party's lease on a block of land in Barton. The answer to Mr Moore's question, Mr Speaker, is that the original lease for John Curtin House - that is on block 12, section 6 in Barton - was issued under the provisions of the City Area Leases Ordinance, not the Lease (Special Purposes) Ordinance. That, of course, was quite some time ago. The purpose clause of the lease permits the use of the premises not only for the purposes of the national headquarters of the Australian Labor Party but also for any conventions, conferences, auditoria or offices, excluding offices engaged in the business of insurance and the sale of goods, a bank, a kiosk and a restaurant. The use of the bottom floors of the building for offices is not inconsistent with the purposes of the lease.
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