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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 2 Hansard (9 March) . . Page.. 438 ..

MR SMYTH: Mr Speaker, variation 124 to the Territory Plan concerns the former Charnwood High School site at section 94, block 1, Charnwood. This variation will assist in the disposal of the underutilised school site, removing ongoing government costs of maintenance; facilitate the reuse of the existing buildings and grounds on a financially self-sufficient basis; provide a focus for a range of community activities within the area; increase employment opportunities within the area; and provide an opportunity for residential infill which addresses the lack of housing choice suitable for the elderly.

The Standing Committee on Urban Services considered the draft variation, and report No. 19 of 5 March 1999 endorsed the draft variation proposal. Again, Mr Speaker, I would like to thank the committee for their hard work. The three members get through a large amount of work, and I think they do a very good job.

JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY - STANDING COMMITTEE

Scrutiny Report No. 2 of 1999 and Statement

MR OSBORNE: I present Scrutiny Report No. 2 of 1999 of the Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety performing the duties of a scrutiny of Bills and subordinate legislation committee, and I ask for leave to make a brief statement on the report.

Leave granted.

MR OSBORNE: Mr Speaker, Scrutiny Report No. 2 of 1999 contains the committee's comments on four Bills, nine pieces of subordinate legislation and four government responses. Our legal adviser has also covered the issue of retrospectivity in relation to Mr Berry's Bill, so I would encourage all members to read the report. I commend the report to the Assembly.

BUDGET PREPARATION - PRINCIPLES

Debate resumed.

MR QUINLAN (3.27): Mr Speaker, I am quite happy to rise and to participate in this discussion. I use the word "discussion" advisedly because at the end of the day the Government will make its own decisions, as it should. (Quorum formed)

Seeing that I had not got far, I will start again, Mr Speaker. I am happy today to take the opportunity to participate in this discussion, and I use the word "discussion" advisedly because, at the end of the day, in relation to the budget for the ACT, the Government will make its own decisions, as it should. I realise that this debate today is a tactic of the Government. Some describe it as a stunt. It is a pre-emptive strategy as a precursor to

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