Page 4200 - Week 13 - Thursday, 14 December 2006

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It has been, quite simply, a very, very poor process. Some of the other members have alluded to the fact that Mr Barr has drawn the short straw on this. Clearly there was a cabinet decision, but it was a rushed cabinet decision; it was not done with proper thought, and it was done in a way that fundamentally breached the trust that the people of the ACT had placed in the Labor Party when they voted for them at the last election. That is why this motion should be supported.

Motion (by Mr Corbell) put:

That the question be now put.

The Assembly voted—

Ayes 8		Noes 5
Mr Barr	Mr Gentleman	Mrs Dunne	Mr Stefaniak
Mr Berry	Mr Hargreaves	Mr Pratt
Mr Corbell	Ms Porter	Mr Seselja
Dr Foskey	Mr Stanhope	Mr Smyth

Question so resolved in the affirmative.

Question put:

That Mrs Dunne’s motion be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Ayes 6		Noes 7
Mrs Dunne	Mr Smyth	Mr Barr	Mr Hargreaves
Dr Foskey	Mr Stefaniak	Mr Berry	Ms Porter
Mr Pratt		Mr Corbell	Mr Stanhope
Mr Seselja		Mr Gentleman

Question so resolved in the negative.

Mr Stanhope: I ask that all further questions be placed on the notice paper.

Supplementary answer to question without notice

Registrar-General and Office of Fair Trading—relocation

MR CORBELL: Mr Speaker, in question time yesterday Dr Foskey asked me a question regarding the Registrar-General’s Office and the Office of Fair Trading shopfront. She asked me what were the arrangements for the previous tenancies and the new tenancies and also asked about the option of using the North Building.

In response I can advise Dr Foskey that the Registrar-General’s Office was previously located in Allara House. The office and shopfront had an area of 1,049 square metres at $315 per square metre per annum plus GST. The basement storage was 100 square

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