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APPENDIX 1: (Incorporated in Hansard on 20 November 1990 at page 4237 )
CHIEF MINISTER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION WITHOUT NOTICE
25 OCTOBER 1990
MS FOLLETT: MY QUESTION IS DIRECTED TO MR KAINE AND IT CONCERNS THE SOUTH EAST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. MR KAINE I REFER TO YOUR DECISION TO ABOLISH THE CANBERRA DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND ESTABLISH THE SOUTH EAST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND ID ASK IF YOU COULD TELL THE ASSEMBLY WHAT IS THE COST OF THE NEW COUNCIL INCLUDING THE COST OF ABOLISHING THE CANBERRA DEVELOPMENT BOARD. HOW WILL THE COST BE DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN THE ACT AND NEW SOUTH WALES. WHAT ARE THE TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE COUNCIL AND WHAT ARRANGEMENTS F-A.VE BEEN MADE FOR INDIVIDUALS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY THE CANBERRA DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
MY ANSWER IS: SINCE MARCH THIS YEAR THE ACT AND NSW GOVERNMENTS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A JOINT REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. COSTS HAVE BEEN SHARED EQUALLY WITH ACT FUNDS BEING ALLOCATED FROM PROGRAM 3: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. PROGRAM 3 ALSO INCLUDES FUNDS AMOUNTING TO AROUND $321,000 WHICH WERE TO BE DIRECTED TOWARD THE OPERATION OF THE CANBERRA DEVELOPMENT BOARD. GIVEN THAT STAFF, RESOURCES, ACCOMMODATION ETC ARE IMMEDIATELY BEING REALLOCATED TO OTHER ACTIVITIES INCLUDING SUPPORT FOR THE SOUTH EAST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH CEASING THE OPERATION OF THE CANBERRA DEVELOPMENT BOARD. IT IS INTENDED THAT THE ACT CONTRIBUTION TO THE COST OF WORK UNDERTAKEN BY THE NEW SOUTH EAST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WILL BE FUNDED FROM WITHIN PROGRAM 3.
THE ACT WILL BEAR THE INITIAL ESTABLISHMENT COST OF THE NEW COUNCIL. THIS WILL BE DONE IN WHOLE BY REDIRECTING RESOURCES WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE BE USED ON CANBERRA DEVELOPMENT BOARD ACTIVITIES. NSW WILL CONTINUE TO FUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC STRATEGY ON AN EQUAL COST SHARING BASIS. FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS ARE TO BE REVIEWED WITH NSW BEFORE THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR.
THE ROLE OF THE NEW COUNCIL IS T0:
PROVIDE HIGH LEVEL DIRECTION AND ADVICE ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE SE REGION OF NSW AND THE ACT OVERSIGHT THE PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR THE SE REGION AND THE ACT
ADVISE ON AREAS OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN NSW AND THE ACT IN RELATION TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RECOGNISING THE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SYDNEY AS AUSTRALIAS FINANCIAL CENTRE AND INTERNATIONAL GATEWAY AND CANBERRA AS THE NATIONS CAPITAL
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