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The timeframe for the completion of this task is tight, but I hope that the Government will live less by the letter of the law than by the spirit and, in addressing this issue, bring back to this Assembly a thoroughly researched study which properly reflects community aspirations and possibilities, or asks this Assembly to extend the process to allow this goal to be achieved. Much work remains to be done if this vision is to fulfil its promise. I am confident that the reference group will achieve the goals set for it, and, despite what may seem like a critical response to the material presented so far, I congratulate those people who have taken part in developing the papers. If I have dealt harshly with some papers, it is in the interests of making the process clear and accessible to the people of Canberra, the community we serve.
Madam Speaker, in conclusion, I am conscious that this exercise has the potential to be a very positive one in uniting Canberra in a way that has not been possible before or since self-government. We are working on a vision for our future and that of succeeding generations. What we leave for the next generation to continue will very much depend on whether we can formulate a clear vision and choose a direction that we as a community wish to take. If we have common goals and have agreement on the key issues that the future will bring, we stand a better chance of presenting ourselves to the rest of Australia as a distinct entity, separate from the politicians in Federal Parliament and from our other national capital identity.
Debate (on motion by Mr Kaine) adjourned.
Sitting suspended from 12.10 to 2.30 pm
DISTINGUISHED VISITOR
MADAM SPEAKER: Members, I would like to inform you of a distinguished guest in our midst. Present in the gallery is Mr Neil Bell, the member for Alice Springs in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly.
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
ACTEW Enterprise Agreement
MR KAINE: I would like to address a question to the Minister for Urban Services. Minister, yesterday your colleague the Minister for Industrial Relations told the Assembly:
... Mr Connolly has instructed ACTEWA to inform the Industrial Relations Commission that at this point they are not ready to proceed with an enterprise agreement between themselves and the Electrical Trades Union, or whatever its new name is ...
Can you confirm that you have issued a direction to this effect to the authority, and that you have done so in accordance with subsection 37(2) of the Electricity and Water Act?
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