Page 392 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 2 March 1994
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Mrs Carnell: Is the answer yes?
MR BERRY: You have to draw comparisons with what happens with the Northern Territory TAB to get to an actual situation here in the ACT. That, too, is not a problem for the ACT because TABs across Australia have an agreement that they will not offer inducements to each other. The Northern Territorians could bet in the ACT if that was their wish, but we do not poach their bettors. We have a similar arrangement - that is, the Northern Territory TAB pay us one per cent for the use of the facilities in the TAB. So there you have it, Madam Speaker. This is entirely hypothetical. We have an understanding from VITAB that they will not offer inducements in the ACT or in Australia even, or actively recruit Australians; so I do not think it is a matter that will ever arise.
MRS CARNELL: I ask a supplementary question, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I know that this is out of order, but the question was - - -
Members interjected.
MRS CARNELL: Okay; I will ask a supplementary question. The Minister has not answered the question at all. If the horse, the odds and the dividend are the same, does a bet with ACTTAB cost the same as a bet with VITAB? Yes or no.
Mr Moore: Or "I do not know".
MRS CARNELL: Or "I do not know".
MR BERRY: I am glad that you agree with me; it is hypothetical and it is out of order.
Kambah - Traffic Calming Measures
MS SZUTY: Madam Speaker, my question without notice is to the Minister for Urban Services, Mr Connolly. Residents of Bateman Street in Kambah have long complained about the significant increase in traffic using their street. Following recent discussion with key residents, it appears that their concerns would be effectively addressed through the construction of appropriate traffic calming measures in their street. My question to the Minister is: What traffic calming measures is he prepared to implement in Bateman Street, and in what timeframe, to satisfy local residents' concerns?
MR CONNOLLY: Madam Speaker, this is probably one of the longest and most intractable traffic calming community arguments in Canberra. It goes back well into the First Assembly. Both the Alliance and Labor governments in the First Assembly were grappling with this problem. I well recall attending a number of meetings with residents there where the residents basically split 50 : 50, saying, "We want the street blocked" or "We do not want the street blocked" or "We want traffic calming" or "We do not want traffic calming".
The Government, a couple of years ago, went through a very long process of monitoring all the streets and we had vast amounts of statistical information. I will give copies to Ms Szuty if she does not have them already. We conducted a survey of all the residents in that area. The residents were given a choice of what they wanted, and the bottom line was that they did not want any action. While some residents who lived in that street wanted the street blocked
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