Page 646 - Week 02 - Thursday, 20 March 2014
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MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Corbell, can you sit down. There is a point of order.
Mr Smyth: The minister is clearly and deliberately ignoring the question. The question was: “Could Northbourne Avenue be redeveloped with bus rapid transport or with no rapid transport at all?”
MADAM SPEAKER: That was the question. It is not about the traffic on the corridor. The question is about—
Mr Coe interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Sit down. Will members of the opposition be quiet. I am ruling on a point of order. A little bit of courtesy, please. In relation to the point of order, I uphold Mr Smyth’s point of order in relation to relevance. The question was clearly about whether Northbourne Avenue could be developed under other circumstances, not about the traffic or the congestion on Northbourne Avenue. I ask you to be directly relevant.
MR CORBELL: I take your ruling, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, in relation to whether or not you could develop bus rapid transit on Northbourne Avenue, yes, you could. Yes, you could, Madam Speaker. In relation to whether or not you could do nothing at all on Northbourne Avenue, yes, you could. Of course you could do nothing at all. But what are the consequences of those decisions? The consequences of those decisions are that the transit time for people who live in Gungahlin will go up. It will take over an hour to get from Gungahlin to the city and points south if nothing is done. If the Liberal Party thinks that is a good outcome, then I welcome their engagement in that debate.
Mr Smyth: Point of order, Madam Speaker.
MADAM SPEAKER: Point of order. Can you stop the clock. Sit down, Mr Corbell.
Mr Smyth: The whole question has been about land uplift and its value, not about travel times. We asked could Northbourne Avenue be redeveloped with bus rapid transport or with no rapid transport at all. He should be relevant as per the standing orders.
MADAM SPEAKER: Again, Mr Corbell, I uphold the point of order. The question was: could Northbourne Avenue be developed with other infrastructure in there—BRT or nothing?
MR CORBELL: It was not about uplift, Madam Speaker; it was about the—
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Smyth, would you like to repeat the question for a third time.
Mr Smyth: I would be happy to. All the questions have been about uplift.
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