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North Watson Residential Development
The petition read as follows:
To the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory.
This petition of certain residents of the Australian Capital Territory draws to the attention of the Assembly that we are opposed to housing development at North Watson.
Your petitioners therefore request the Assembly not to approve the Draft Variation to the Territory Plan for North Watson.
Petitions received.
POSTPONEMENT OF ORDER OF THE DAY
Motion (by Mr Moore), by leave, agreed to:
That order of the day No. 1, Assembly business, relating to the presentation of the report of the Select Committee on Euthanasia, be postponed until the next day of sitting.
STATUTORY APPOINTMENTS BILL 1994
Debate resumed from 23 February 1994, on motion by Mr Moore:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General and Minister for Health) (11.35): The Government will be opposing the Statutory Appointments Bill. We believe, for reasons that I have previously stated in this place, that this is an undesirable move by an Australian Westminster-style parliament towards a more American-style political system that would be unique in Australia. The Liberal Party, of course, are supporting this. I will be very interested to see the landslide of support that this gets from Liberal Party divisions in other parts of Australia which are in office in the States. I can just see Premier Fahey saying, "Gee, Mrs Carnell, aren't you clever. I would love to have every New South Wales statutory appointment exposed to Reverend Fred Nile and Clover Moore, and all the rest of it". John Fahey is going to say, "This is a great idea; I am right into it"! I can just imagine Jeff Kennett saying the same thing in Victoria!
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