28 AUGUST 2008 www . hansard . act . gov . au Thursday, 28 August 2008 Petitions: Development application 200812308...........................................................3875 Gas-fired power station ................................................................................3875 Planning and Environment—Standing Committee..................................................3876 Public Accounts—Standing Committee ..................................................................3876 Administration and Procedure–Standing Committee ..............................................3882 Strategic and functional review of the ACT public sector and services..................3885 Health and Disability—Standing Committee ..........................................................3887 Public Accounts—Standing Committee ..................................................................3893 Public Accounts—Standing Committee ..................................................................3895 Standing orders—suspension...................................................................................3896 Day and hour of next meeting..................................................................................3896 Leave of absence......................................................................................................3896 Work Safety Bill 2008 .............................................................................................3896 Questions without notice: Gas-fired power station ................................................................................3908 Aged care accommodation ...........................................................................3913 Gas-fired power station ................................................................................3915 Public housing—eviction policy ..................................................................3918 Gas-fired power station ................................................................................3919 Schools—closures ........................................................................................3920 Education—arts curriculum..........................................................................3920 Gungahlin Drive extension...........................................................................3922 Economy.......................................................................................................3924 Parking regulations.......................................................................................3927 Policing.........................................................................................................3928 Papers.......................................................................................................................3929 Papers.......................................................................................................................3930 Auditor-General’s report No 3 of 2007—government response .............................3931 Financial Management Act—instrument.................................................................3931 Papers.......................................................................................................................3932 Financial Management Act—instrument.................................................................3932 Health and Disability—Standing Committee ..........................................................3933 Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement .............................................................3935 Indigenous education performance report ...............................................................3936 Retirement villages—review ...................................................................................3938 Delivery of government services in the community (Matter of public importance)3941 Work Safety Bill 2008 .............................................................................................3957 Valedictory...............................................................................................................3962 Adjournment: Valedictory ...................................................................................................3982 Schedule of amendments: Schedule 1: Work Safety Bill 2008 ..............................................................4003 Answers to questions: Gungahlin Drive extension (Question No 2141)..........................................4005 ACT Pathology—recruitment (Question No 2142)......................................4005 Public service—privacy (Question No 2143)...............................................4006 Gas-fired power station (Question No 2144) ...............................................4006 Education—enrolments (Question No 2146) ...............................................4007 Civic—car parking (Question No 2147) ......................................................4007 Public housing—Theodore (Question No 2148)..........................................4008 Transport—national plan (Question No 2151).............................................4009 Transport—public infrastructure (Question No 2153) .................................4010 Land—ballot (Question No 2154)................................................................4012 Environment—prosecutions (Question No 2156) ........................................4012 Environment—fuel leaks (Question No 2157).............................................4014 Environment—fuel leaks (Question No 2159).............................................4014 Environment—climate change (Question No 2161) ....................................4015 Environment—solar hot water systems (Question No 2162).......................4015 Government—environmental efficiency programs (Question No 2163).....4016 ActewAGL—GreenPower (Question No 2164)...........................................4017 Environment—solar power (Question No 2165)..........................................4020 Giralang preschool site—proposed use (Question No 2166) .......................4021 Women—executive positions (Question No 2167)......................................4021 ACTION bus service—off-peak timetables (Question No 2168) ................4022 ACTION bus service—patronage (Question No 2169) ...............................4022 Land—surveys (Question No 2170).............................................................4024 Planning—heritage sites (Question No 2171)..............................................4024 Housing—assistance (Question No 2172)....................................................4027 Schools—Green Schools program (Question No 2176)...............................4028 Environment—noise assessment guidelines (Question No 2179)................4029 Kambah—leasehold inspections (Question No 2180)..................................4029 Schools—Narrabundah early childhood (Question No 2182).....................4030 Wakefield Garden—vacant building (Question No 2185)...........................4030 Water—quality (Question No 2187) ............................................................4031 Libraries (Question No 2188).......................................................................4031 Schools—evaluations (Question No 2189) ..................................................4032 Education—international students (Question No 2190)...............................4032 Civic—parking facilities (Question No 2191)..............................................4033 Bimberi—Youth Detention Centre (Question No 2206)..............................4034 Works—projects (Question No 2211)..........................................................4035 Construction Industry Long Service Leave Board (Question No 2216) ......4037 Rates—payments (Question No 2217).........................................................4038 Gungahlin Town Centre—footpaths (Question No 2219) ...........................4038 Subject Index................................................................................................................ i Speech Index ................................................................................................................ vi Legislative Assembly for the ACT Thursday, 28 August 2008 MR SPEAKER (Mr Berry) took the chair at 10.30 am and asked members to stand in silence and pray or reflect on their responsibilities to the people of the Australian Capital Territory. Petitions The following petitions were lodged for presentation: Development application 200812308 By Mr Smyth, from 214 residents: To the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory This petition of certain residents of the Australian Capital Territory draws to the attention of the Assembly that: development application 200812308 is inconsistent with the spirit and the letter of the zone objectives. Your petitioners therefore request the Assembly to: consider the merits of this case and intervene to represent the interests of residents and the broader Canberra community. Gas-fired power station By Mr Pratt, from 439 residents: To the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory This petition of certain residents of the Australian Capital Territory draws to the attention of the Assembly that ActewAGL, a Territory Owned Corporation, is proposing to develop Block 1671 of the Tuggeranong District, adjacent to the suburbs of Macarther and Fadden, to construct a facility titled “Canberra Technology City”, under the submitted Development