Page 3906 - Week 12 - Thursday, 30 October 2014

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project. We want to give the people of Canberra an opportunity to express their thoughts about this record infrastructure spend. If this is going to cost $783 million, not including staff, not including Northbourne remediation, not including park and ride, not including all sorts of other offsite works, we think it is right that the people of Canberra have a say.

This government does not have a mandate to deliver light rail. The government should spend the next year or two talking about light rail, consulting with the community about light rail and then allowing the people of Canberra to make an informed decision rather than going ahead based on a partisan deal done by the Chief Minister and Mr Rattenbury.

Question put:

That the amendment be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Ayes 9		Noes 8
Mr Barr	Ms Gallagher	Mr Coe	Ms Lawder
Ms Berry	Mr Gentleman	Mr Doszpot	Mr Smyth
Dr Bourke	Ms Porter	Mrs Dunne	Mr Wall
Ms Burch	Mr Rattenbury	Mr Hanson
Mr Corbell		Mrs Jones

Question so resolved in the affirmative.

Question put:

That the motion, as amended, be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Ayes 9		Noes 8
Mr Barr	Ms Gallagher	Mr Coe	Ms Lawder
Ms Berry	Mr Gentleman	Mr Doszpot	Mr Smyth
Dr Bourke	Ms Porter	Mrs Dunne	Mr Wall
Ms Burch	Mr Rattenbury	Mr Hanson
Mr Corbell		Mrs Jones

Question so resolved in the affirmative.

Motion, as amended, agreed to.

Adjournment

Motion (by Mr Gentleman) proposed:

That the Assembly do now adjourn.

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