Page 703 - Week 03 - Tuesday, 23 March 1993
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ADJOURNMENT
Motion (by Mr Berry) proposed:
That the Assembly do now adjourn.
Science Festival
MR LAMONT (10.13): Madam Speaker, it was my pleasure at 9.15 this morning to attend a function at Regatta Point where the Chief Minister launched the program for the 1993 Science Festival, which is to be held for the first time here in Canberra. It is a cooperative effort between various levels of government - Federal, State and our own - various departments, the Australian National University, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, DEET, the ACT Electricity and Water Authority, the Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories, and Computer Vision Services, the main sponsors of this program.
I rise tonight to alert members to the fact that this festival is on. It could quite as easily have been called a symposium or an exposition or a whole range of other names, but it was quite deliberately called the Australian Science Festival because it includes a range of fun activities to encourage participation in the science fields by all of our community, especially our schoolchildren. It is interesting to note, as the Chief Minister said this morning, that over 8,000 school students have already been booked in for the program, which commences on 27 March. I commend participation in any of the events to all members of the Assembly and the wider community. It is unfortunate that most of the media tend to find it just a little bit exasperating being here late at night, but we will certainly be pursuing them to continue to promote and publicise this most important event which cements the relationship between all of the arms of industry and government in the ACT.
Traffic Calming - Hughes
MR CORNWELL (10.15): Madam Speaker, I rise to draw attention to a matter that arose last week and that has been supported by a petition to the Minister for Urban Services. I did not expect Mr Connolly to necessarily table this petition today, because it is addressed to him and not to the Assembly, but I draw his attention to it. It contains 225 signatures from the people of the suburb of Hughes in relation to the traffic calming effect.
Mr Connolly: I have a letter to you on that very subject here in my file.
MR CORNWELL: Thank you. I draw his attention to this petition because it is from 225 people from one suburb, 125 of whom speak in terms of general dissatisfaction with the speed and volume of traffic, noise, environmental pollution, et cetera, and the other 100 of whom raise problems specifically related to Kitchener Street, Hughes. Along with 300-plus people, I attended a meeting on this matter last Wednesday night. In a letter to the Minister I have described the meeting as being a shambles. On behalf of the people of Hughes and Garran,
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