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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 11 Hansard (4 November) . . Page.. 3541 ..

MRS CARNELL (continuing):

Mr Speaker, I was just told by one of my very efficient staff - I assume, from ringing the secretariat of the board - that the hearing did not go ahead; the chairman of the board asked for a deferment due to, I expect, some people not being available; and a new date has now been set for 12 December 1997. Guess what? On 12 December the Medical Board will not report to me either. But I have to say that those opposite have at their disposal a legislative approach to overcome this problem. Just let me finish what I was saying before. Today we have had questions about signs on Acton Peninsula; visits by MLAs to schools - - -

Mr Corbell: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: Again, I direct you to the standing order regarding relevance. The Chief Minister is not answering the question.

MR SPEAKER: Yes, I do uphold the point of order.

MRS CARNELL: Mr Speaker, I accept that those opposite are extraordinarily embarrassed about this.

MR SPEAKER: Order! I uphold the point of order.

MRS CARNELL: I accept that. Mr Speaker, all I can say is: There has been not one question on business or jobs.

MR SPEAKER: It is probably an appropriate time to suspend for 15 minutes. The chair will be resumed at about 3.30 pm.

Waterways - Jet Skis

MS HORODNY: Mr Speaker, my question is to the Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning - you would have won a bet if you had put one on that, Mr Humphries - and relates to the preliminary assessment that has just been released on the proposal by Mr Rick Marsh to allow jet ski use on the part of the Molonglo River between the Dairy Flat Road bridge and the Monaro Highway bridge. As you know, there has been a great deal of debate about jet ski use in the ACT ever since Mr Marsh proposed to set up a jet ski hire business on Lake Tuggeranong last year. At the time, you stopped a proposed trial, in the face of opposition from the community and from this Assembly. I understand that you also knocked back a further proposal from Mr Marsh to allow jet skis on the Cotter Dam. Mr Humphries, given your recent actions to stop the proposed housing development on the Federal golf course before the proponents had got to the stage of putting up a variation to the Territory Plan, why have you allowed Mr Marsh to continue pushing his jet ski business, despite the significant opposition to the use of jet skis on Canberra's waterways?

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