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construction or erection of what seems to them to be a small structure in the backyard, for example, would be perfectly okay. However, we also know that in the ACT we have a very special planning regime which requires people to have special regard to their neighbour's amenity and the design and siting requirements of the structures that they propose to erect.
While this Bill is not one that will lead to significant change in the ACT, it nonetheless provides people who are especially keen to do the right thing regarding gaining approval for unapproved structures the opportunity to get it right after the event.
MR WOOD (Minister for Education and Training, Minister for the Arts and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning) (5.55), in reply: Madam Speaker, I thank members for their support. Mr Cornwell wanted an answer to a question relevant to this debate. The guidelines are reasonably well advanced in that we have been doing a lot of work on guidelines lately, so that is a good jump off point. After that, there has not been a great deal of discussion. We are now getting things under way.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Leave granted to dispense with the detail stage.
Bill agreed to.
ADJOURNMENT
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General and Minister for Health) (5.56): I move:
That the Assembly do now adjourn.
Mr Humphries: Thanks for the notice.
MR CONNOLLY: I am sorry; I withdraw. Let us all consult. Let us spend an hour-and-a-half debating whether or not the house should now adjourn. I was told by my deputy leader that it was agreed that we would stop after that Bill. You people really are carrying on. The most unedifying sight I have ever seen was the pettiness of you people prattling on for two hours this afternoon. I do not care; I will sit here until midnight. I am in Mr Humphries's hands.
Mr Humphries: You have not been here most of the time, Mr Connolly; so you would not know what it was like.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order! Mr Humphries has the call. Mr Humphries, do you wish to speak in the adjournment debate?
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