Page 1514 - Week 05 - Thursday, 12 May 1994
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Mr Westende: Yes, after I have sent them copies, Mr Minister.
MR WOOD: I am sure that they got their copies in any event. We were meticulous in sending copies to any sort of organisation that we could find. I think they are happy to participate, and I have no doubt that their contribution is a very sensible one. Mr Westende made, I think, a highly valid point - I am not sure that it is one we can get away from - when he said that the jargon or the language is sometimes a little esoteric. Maybe it is. I tried to think of the language to which he was referring. Perhaps he means "ecologically sustainable development", or "biological diversity", or "greenhouse" or "ozone depletion". These are the major concepts being discussed.
Ms Follett: What is that intergenerational one, Bill?
MR WOOD: Intergenerational something. I am waiting for you to - - -
Ms Follett: "Equity", I think. "Equity"?
MR WOOD: It might be that, Chief Minister. I rely on you to tell me. A term like "biological diversity" is a basic part of the environmental debate. I think it is pretty self-explanatory in any case, but if there is a need for people - - -
Mr Cornwell: Come on, Bill. Fair go.
Mr Connolly: We would not expect you to understand, Mr Cornwell.
Mr Cornwell: No; I was thinking of the average person out there in the community, not a NIMBY like you, Mr Connolly.
Mr Connolly: It has been part of public debate since about 1980.
MR WOOD: I think that there is a need for some small effort to be made on the part of people to accommodate to the terms that are an essential part of the environmental debate. They really are. Mr Westende sometimes talks about business matters and I think that in doing so he has to use a bit of jargon. Enterprise bargaining is something that Mr Westende is familiar with. That is jargon. There is an element of it that has to be used, but I do note the point. It is always desirable that the English be as plain as possible. This is a matter - - -
Mr Westende: I am only passing on the feedback we got.
MR WOOD: Yes. I take note of it, but I think there is an initial step that has to be taken. Ms Szuty, along with Mr Moore, mentioned urban renewal - there are some more words for you, but I think we all know what they mean - and the concern sometimes expressed in the community about developments. Any time someone proposes a dual occupancy somewhere there is the potential for someone to complain. This Assembly, especially those members who are on the PDI Committee and who went along the
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