Page 3548 - Week 10 - Wednesday, 18 September 2019
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Ms Le Couteur: A point of order.
MR STEEL: and also the travel time. That is why—
MADAM SPEAKER: Resume your seat, minister.
Ms Le Couteur: I was asking how long it was going to take for the light rail to get from Woden to Civic, not about the approvals process.
MADAM SPEAKER: Minister, you have a minute left to answer.
MR STEEL: Noting that there is the potential of this becoming a matter of sub judice, I want to be very clear that we have put forward—
Mrs Dunne: We’re going to court?
MR STEEL: Well, there is a court matter currently underway in relation to this particular question. We have been very clear in the case that we have approved that we are looking to do a wide network, and the wide network will have an impact on the travel time from the city to Woden and from Gungahlin to Commonwealth Park. That is something we will look to work on with the National Capital Authority and the commonwealth government because it will impact on the cost of the project in stage 2B. It will impact on the reliability and the travel times for 2B, and that is something that we need to work through with those entities. We are hopeful that they will provide approval so we can make sure that the route down to Woden is as fast as possible and delivers the benefits we are seeing with stage 1. (Time expired.)
Clubs—community contributions
MRS KIKKERT: My question is to the minister for regulatory services. Minister, under the new guidelines for community contributions, the responsible minister may grant an exemption to a professional sports team and allow contributions to that team to be counted as part of the community contributions scheme. What criteria need to be met to receive an exemption?
MR RAMSAY: That exemption can occur when the relevant minister—at the moment, that is me—
Mr Parton: It is, at the moment.
Mrs Kikkert: At the moment.
MR RAMSAY: I am clarifying for the members of the opposition that this actually sits within the responsibility of the Attorney-General as it is a matter of policy. It is not a matter of asking about it in terms of regulatory services. It is a matter that regularly the opposition does not understand the distinction between. But the exemption can be granted when I am satisfied that the contribution will support participation in community sport, that the team, or the person’s viability to participate
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