Page 3659 - Week 13 - Tuesday, 15 October 1991
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One thing that the Opposition can be sure of, Mr Speaker, is that, when it comes to the ministry of sport, we will be taking every care that it is dealt with appropriately and that the sporting interests of the Territory are well looked after. We intend to ensure that organisations which represent sport have full access to the Government. But for Mr Stefaniak to ask me to rule out - - -
Mr Stefaniak: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: I refer to standing order 118(a). Mr Berry, with the greatest respect, is waffling, and he has not answered the question. It is a pretty simple answer that I am after. A yes or a no would be pretty good.
MR BERRY: Mr Speaker, clearly the Government is not in a position to make a statement about the future of Hackett school until the issues which I mentioned earlier in relation to that school are sorted out by the relevant Minister.
Demolition of House at Manuka
MR JENSEN: Mr Speaker, my question is directed to Mr Wood in his capacity as Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning. It is related to the recent demolition of the house at 18 Bougainville Street, Manuka. Can the Minister advise whether it is correct that the Heritage Committee accepted a certificate from the builders that the building was unsound and that no independent assessment was made by the Heritage Committee or the Territory Planning Authority in relation to the soundness or otherwise of the building?
MR WOOD: I will check on the fine detail of that. It may be that, as you say, that occurred; but I want to be sure that I give you a very accurate answer.
I would thank Mr Collaery for the entertainment that he gave us one morning last week when, from his bunker, he was able to give, almost as a war correspondent in some war zone, a report about the demolition. For a short time I wondered whether he was in Yugoslavia. It was all shoot from the hip stuff, and a gross overreaction to the events that were occurring.
The matters had been considered; the Heritage Committee had been approached, although I will be quite precise with you shortly about that, Mr Jensen. It was known. I understand that quite a deal of material was taken from the building for use in the future, and it was all done in the proper process.
Mr Collaery: I saw a double bed fall through the floor.
MR WOOD: It would have been sensible if Mr Collaery - you should advise your colleague - had taken a moment to think about it and acted in a more sensible manner.
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