Page 5003 - Week 12 - Wednesday, 26 October 2011

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today by those they thought represented them and those they thought understood what good planning is and making sure that we get it right for future generations by doing it properly today. It has not been done properly today, and that is a shame because this is another opportunity lost. As Mr Hargreaves so eloquently put it, the coalition of the Greens and the Labor Party today is crushing the desires, the wishes and the aspirations of the Calwell community.

Question put:

That Mr Barr’s amendments, as amended, be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Ayes 10		Noes 5
Mr Barr	Mr Hargreaves	Mr Coe	Mr Smyth
Dr Bourke	Ms Hunter	Mr Doszpot
Ms Bresnan	Ms Le Couteur	Mrs Dunne
Mr Corbell	Ms Porter	Mr Seselja
Ms Gallagher	Mr Rattenbury

Question so resolved in the affirmative.

Question put:

That Mr Smyth’s motion, as amended, be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Ayes 10		Noes 5
Mr Barr	Mr Hargreaves	Mr Coe	Mr Smyth
Dr Bourke	Ms Hunter	Mr Doszpot
Ms Bresnan	Ms Le Couteur	Mrs Dunne
Mr Corbell	Ms Porter	Mr Seselja
Ms Gallagher	Mr Rattenbury

Question so resolved in the affirmative.

Motion, as amended, agreed to.

Sitting suspended from 12.21 to 2 pm.

Questions without notice

Emergency Services Agency—flooding

MR SESELJA: My question is to the Minister for Police and Emergency Services. Minister, as you would be aware, the new ESA headquarters at Fairbairn were inundated in December 2010 and the construction site for the ESA training facility at Hume was also flooded. Minister, were you ever advised that either or both of the Fairbairn and Hume sites are on a flood plain?

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