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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 13 Hansard (3 December) . . Page.. 4531 ..

MR WHITECROSS (continuing):

This motion calls on the Government to commission and fund a social and economic impact study of gambling in the ACT by an independent researcher. Mr Speaker, there is any number of inquiries which the Government has funded and has under way, even as we speak, in relation to a whole range of matters which they have commissioned and which are due to report after the next election. From the Labor Party's point of view, there is no reason why this should not be one more inquiry. The Labor Party does believe that we should be voting for this motion, because we do not see any obstacle to the inquiry being established now, even if it cannot report till after the end of the life of this Assembly and becomes a matter for the next government.

Question resolved in the negative.

ROCKS Area

MR HUMPHRIES (Attorney-General and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning) (9.48): I move:

That the Assembly do now adjourn.

Mr Speaker, I wish to add briefly to a question that I answered today about the ROCKS in Civic, at section 21. The proposal is beginning to advance. My department has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the proponent, NDH Management, to provide for a public consultation process on the proposal before it comes to government. It is likely that public meetings involving stakeholders will be held in the next week. In due course, a report will be prepared for my consideration. I will be considering in the coming days the establishment of a public forum to deal with this proposal.

MRS LITTLEWOOD (9.49): Mr Speaker, I am fully aware of the time, and I will be very brief. I seek your indulgence for a couple of minutes. At lunchtime today I had the pleasure of attending the open day at the Tuggeranong regional office of the disability program. The regional team there has just moved from Callam Offices to Tuggeranong, which I am delighted to see, for a number of reasons. One is that the office itself is a quite delightful area in which to work, and I know the staff there are very pleased with the move. Another is that in the Tuggeranong area there are, I understand, something like 140 or 150 people who use this service and there are about 15 houses. For these people it will mean easier access to the services it provides.

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