Page 1840 - Week 06 - Wednesday, 1 May 1991
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PAPERS
MR COLLAERY (Deputy Chief Minister): Mr Speaker, for the information of members I table the following papers:
Audit Act -
ACT Transport Trust Account (ACTION) - Report and financial statements, including the Auditor-General's report for the period 11 May 1989 to 30 June 1990.
Canberra Theatre Trust - Report, freedom of information statement and financial statements, including the Auditor-General's report for 1989-90.
Trustees of the Canberra Public Cemeteries - Report and financial statement, including the Auditor-General's report for the period 11 May 1989 to 30 June 1990.
CASINO PROJECT
Ministerial Statement
MR KAINE (Chief Minister), by leave: Mr Speaker, I wish to make a statement about the Canberra casino project. My previous statement on this matter on 17 April this year indicated that the preferred tenderer for the Civic Square redevelopment project had been unable to secure finance. At that time I indicated that there was still very strong interest in establishing a casino in the Territory and that the Government would consider other action to ensure that the failure of that process did not have serious consequences for the local economy.
As I advised in my media statement of 24 April, the Government has decided to continue the casino selection process by calling for new expressions of interest in establishing a casino in the Territory. In making this decision, the Government was very much aware of the benefits that will accrue to the Territory with the establishment of a casino. These benefits are in terms of positive impacts for tourism, construction and long-term employment and Territory revenue.
It is with this very strong commitment that the Government has decided to call generally for expressions of interest in establishing a casino in the ACT. The advantages of this initiative are that the replacement selection process will allow the marketplace to put forward innovative and exciting proposals on sites preferred by the private sector. This process should also result in the early establishment of a casino, and it will allow the opportunity for consideration of staged developments.
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