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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 9 Hansard (2 September) . . Page.. 2727 ..

MR STEFANIAK (Minister for Education and Training) (11.36), in reply: As I indicated when I introduced this Bill, the proposals are minimal but will enhance the efficient functioning of the vocational education and training sector. I thank Ms McRae for her comments. I do not think there is anything that I need add.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

Bill agreed to in principle.

Leave granted to dispense with the detail stage.

Bill agreed to.

MR MOORE (11.37): I present Report No. 33 of the Standing Committee on Planning and Environment, entitled "Report on Ginninderra Drive/Mouat Street, Lyneham (being the first outcome of the inquiry by the Standing Committee on Planning and Environment into proposals for the John Dedman Parkway and Ginninderra Drive/Mouat Street, Lyneham)", together with a copy of extracts of the minutes of proceedings. I move:

That the report be noted.

It is an interesting aside that during the preparation of this report my committee met for the hundredth time and has now tabled its thirty-third report. We would perceive quite a number of reports still having to be tabled, looking at the work and the likely number of variations to the Territory Plan indicated by the Minister for Planning.

This issue is a quite sensitive issue and it is one in which there is effectively a no-win situation. No matter which way this report went, it was quite clear that there were going to be residents who were terribly unhappy. We have taken a great deal of time and care not only to explain the views that were put to the committee but also to note very carefully the reasons we came to our conclusion. The conclusion of the committee on whether Ginninderra Drive should be extended reads:

The committee notes that, while there is no declared intention by either the ACT or Commonwealth Government to construct the Ginninderra Drive extension, the issue has become topical ...

Indeed, our committee was partially responsible for that. The report goes on:

It has been brought into this committee's deliberations because it links to what might happen to Mouat Street and, ultimately, to proposals for the John Dedman Parkway.

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