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done. The people of the ACT do not need, in our view, this fast-tracking. It is clear that not all of the people in that area want the fast-tracking which Mr Humphries is infamous for. It is very interesting that the Liberal Party itself does not particularly support the fast-tracking that Mr Humphries was infamous for, because his support was not sufficient to have him allotted a place further up the Liberal ticket. They do not like it; nobody likes it. The Labor Party dislikes it; we are sick of it.
What we are going to do is consult the community and find out what they really want before we proceed further. But we are not going to be involved in fast-tracking for a philosophical reason; we are not going to be involved in fast-tracking, as the former Government was, just because there was an election over the hill and a change of government seemed likely. What we are going to do is listen to the community.
Mr Humphries: Mr Speaker, I neglected to table the document I referred to in my speech before. May I have leave to do so now?
Leave granted.
Mr Humphries: I table the following paper:
Stromlo High School upgrading - Copy of minute from the Deputy Secretary (Corporate Services), Department of Education to the Minister for Education.
MR SPEAKER: It being 12.30, the debate is interrupted in accordance with standing order 77, as amended by temporary orders.
Sitting suspended from 12.30 to 2.30 pm
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
Land Tax
MR KAINE: I direct a question to the Treasurer. The proposed levying of land tax on private investments in residential properties is becoming a quite hot issue, according to the correspondence that I have been receiving on the issue. I have received letters and phone calls from a number of people who are not voluntarily landlords. In one case, in particular, a woman who, because of ill health, has been forced not to live in her house is concerned that she is going to be charged tax. Since your budget is based on social justice, and since we have not seen the details of how this land tax is to work, Chief Minister and Treasurer, will you give an assurance that people who will be unjustly treated by the imposition of this tax will have their cases reviewed and that an exemption will be arranged for such people?
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