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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 14 Hansard (12 December) . . Page.. 4817 ..

Mr Kaine: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker.

MR SPEAKER: Resume your seat, Mr Moore.

Mr Kaine: If the events that Mr Moore is recounting actually occurred in a public meeting, could I ask him to table the transcript of the meeting?

MR SPEAKER: You have been asked to table the transcript of the meeting.

MR MOORE: Mr Speaker, I would be delighted to table full transcripts of whatever public hearings we have had, as soon as I get the opportunity, as soon as I can. In fact, if Mr Kaine wants, he can have transcripts of every public hearing we have had, but I think it is a ludicrous question from Mr Kaine. You know it is, Mr Speaker. He is a member of the committee and has access to them, as any member of the committee does. Mr Speaker, I believe it is unnecessary but I - - -

Mr Hird: I raise a point of order. Mr Speaker, I have not seen the transcript that Mr Moore has referred to, like a lot of other people. I think it is reasonable that the transcript that Mr Moore has just referred to be tabled forthwith in the Assembly.

MR MOORE: I am quite comfortable, Mr Speaker, to table any transcript that we have of the public hearings on Kingston-Acton, and to do it as soon as I can. Mr Speaker, one of the interesting things that came out of that public hearing was the issue of contamination. There had been a very good public process which had involved the community and the Conservation Council to ensure that there was agreement between different sectors of the community about contamination in order to allow the development of the Kingston foreshore to occur.

Mr Speaker, it is extraordinary, therefore, that a particular letter should come to my attention, a letter in which the Deputy Chief Minister, Mr De Domenico, has fired a member of that board. Mr Speaker, I will seek to table this letter in a minute, but I will read from it first. The letter is from Mr De Domenico to Ms Jacqui Rees. This is the person who was responsible for organising and coordinating the range of groups involved in that consultation process on behalf of that board. Mr Speaker, the letter, which I will table shortly, says:

It has become increasingly clear that you do not have any confidence in the ability of the Government to manage community consultation surrounding major projects such as the National Capital Beyond 2000 Report or the Kingston Foreshore redevelopment.

Mr De Domenico: She said it publicly.

MR MOORE: You will get your turn, maybe. It continues:

I refer particularly to the comments attributed to you in an article in The Canberra Times of 8 December 1996 regarding the former project.

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