Page 1551 - Week 05 - Wednesday, 10 May 2017

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Amendment negatived.

Question put:

That Mr Gentleman’s amendment be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Amendment negatived.

MS LAWDER (Brindabella) (12.29): I will speak briefly. I am very disappointed that this argument has descended into a debate about whether people support public housing or not. We all know we all support public housing. That was never the intent of this motion.

By calling people names the conversation has degenerated rather than having an examination of the argument itself. What name-calling tries to do is imply that you have the moral or intellectual superiority rather than actually address the issue at hand. This is what we have seen in this debate, the use of “nimbyism” et cetera. It is not addressing the issue about the use of community facility zoned land.

I am very disappointed that we are not taking advantage of our much-lauded committee system to address this really important issue and I am sure the residents of many suburbs of Canberra will be very disappointed that that is the case as well.

Question put:

That the motion be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Question resolved in the negative.

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