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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 8 Hansard (24 August) . . Page.. 2287 ..

MS CARNELL (continuing):

Ms Ford and Mr Lilley receive no remuneration for Bruce directorship, as with all public servants who are directors of our companies.

MR BERRY: What will she get for a secondment? The Chief Minister appeared not to want to hear my question about what payment she was going to receive as a result of her secondment. Normal pay?

Mr Humphries: She is not going to be on the board.

MR SPEAKER: Is this a supplementary question?

MR BERRY: How much are you paying for her to go to SOCOG? Normal pay?

MR SPEAKER: Is this a supplementary question?

Mr Humphries: She is coming off the board.

MR BERRY: Normal pay?

Ms Carnell: Sorry. I don't know what you are talking about. Is this a supplementary question?

MR BERRY: Is it not the case, Chief Minister, that Ms Ford, along with other public servants, is being scapegoated in order to create a smokescreen and to divert criticism from some reports that are hanging over your head? Is it not the case that they are just being made scapegoats? It is pretty clear to the rest of the community that it is. When will you admit it?

MR SPEAKER: Imputations are out of order.

MS CARNELL: Certainly, the supplementary question is out of order. Obviously it is ridiculous, Mr Speaker.

MS TUCKER: I am not quite sure whom to direct this question to as there have been three Ministers involved, but I will try the current Minister for Urban Services. My question is about the so-called Eco-Land townhouse development at McKellar shops. Last year, as part of its schedule of leases granted by government, you tabled details of the direct grant of land at McKellar and Fisher shops to Tokich Homes Pty Ltd. In reply to three questions on notice asked about these direct grants, you stated that this land was granted to Tokich Homes trading as Eco-Land and related to a proposal first announced in 1996 by a group of five people calling themselves Eco-Land who wanted to build innovative, ecologically sustainable housing around local centres. However, it has recently been revealed that the Eco-Land group broke up in 1997 and that Tokich Homes do not hold the registration for the business name Eco-Land. Could you therefore explain why you stated that this land was granted to Tokich Homes trading as Eco-Land?

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