Page 4791 - Week 15 - Thursday, 8 December 1994
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Bill, by leave, taken as a whole
MR MOORE (11.53), by leave: Madam Speaker, I move the following amendments together:
Page 8, line 34, clause 11, paragraph (a), proposed new paragraph 43(2)(a), omit "or" (last occurring).
Page 9, line 5, clause 11, proposed new paragraph 43(2)(b), add at the end "or".
Page 9, line 5, clause 11, proposed new subsection 43(2), add the following paragraph:
"(c) the timber is felled or damaged with the intention of using it on the land for a purpose other than sale or trade.".
I think that these few small amendments demonstrate the way the Assembly usually operates. Largely, the way the Assembly operates is that something is drawn to a member's attention and then we negotiate. For example, Mr Stefaniak and I negotiated with Mr Wood and I spoke to Ms Szuty, and we ensured that we had an agreed position on this amendment and that we were able to enhance this Act. Madam Speaker, I think that sometimes we forget that about 80 per cent of the work of the Assembly is done in that way - in a very cooperative fashion. Generally, what appears in the media is the conflicts rather than the cooperation. I think this is a good example of the cooperation that has been the hallmark of the vast majority of the work of this Assembly. I commend the amendments to members.
MR WOOD (Minister for Education and Training, Minister for the Arts and Heritage and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning) (11.55): Madam Speaker, Mr Moore is right. I was not going to follow that through; but, since he has spoken about consensus and agreement, I want to express my regret at his remarks about the new chair of the National Capital Planning Authority. They seemed to me to be rather churlish remarks. I am sure that they have been made on very hasty judgment. We work with the National Capital Planning Authority. We express our strong views. They are not always in agreement with the views of the National Capital Planning Authority. I look forward to a further generally constructive relationship with the authority, and I think time will show Mr Moore's remarks to be unjustified.
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