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MR DUBY: All right, smarties; how many plates were not sold? Come on.
Members interjected.
MR DUBY: If you know all the answers, tell us how much money was raised.
MR SPEAKER: Order!
MR DUBY: Mr Speaker, as the people opposite obviously know, the ACT Motor Registry stopped issuing numeric number plates in 1986, but plates like this are very popular; so the ACT Government made a commitment to meet public demand by releasing 200-odd plates for auction. That auction was recently held at the Albert Hall. We auctioned off numeric plates and taxi plates, and it was very successful. There was an excellent response to the taxi licences and bidding reached a peak of $135,000 - that was the most expensive plate. All nine taxi plates offered for sale were sold, and all were bid well above the reserve price of $100,000 that the Government put on.
There was a capacity crowd at the Albert Hall. I think that actually we could have sold tickets. They bid enthusiastically for the numeric plates. The highest bids were $4,900 for a three-digit plate, $1,250 for a four-digit plate and $900 for a five-digit plate. The amount raised for taxis amounted to $1.195m, and the numeric plates that were auctioned off raised a total of $124,690, making a total addition of almost $1.32m to the Government's revenues. Of the plates that were auctioned off, 200 plates were offered and actually fewer than 20 plates, I believe, were returned unsold. So, there is no doubt that members of the community out there were very keen to get their hands on those plates and were prepared to pay good prices for them. The Government is only too pleased to meet that demand.
Social Policy Committee - Fluoride Inquiry
MR STEVENSON: My question is to Mr Wood as the chairman of the Social Policy Committee. It concerns the current reporting date of 29 November for the fluoride inquiry. In 1977, as a result of data showing more cancer deaths in fluoridated areas of America than in unfluoridated areas, the US Congress caused the National Cancer Institute to conduct an animal study into the possibility of fluoride being a carcinogen. The result of that study, which took 13 years to complete - - -
MR SPEAKER: Order! Is this a question or a statement, Mr Stevenson?
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