House debates Private Members' Business
Griffin Design for the National Capital; Report from Main Committee
Order of the day returned from the Main Committee; certified copy presented.
Debate resumed on the motion:
That this House:
(1) notes that:
(a) 24 May 2011 marks the centenary of the launch of an international competition to design an Australian national capital; and
(b) the winning design for Canberra:
(i) by the American architect, Walter Burley Griffin, was announced in May 1912; and
(ii) was a collaboration between Griffin and his wife, Marian Mahony Griffin; and
(2) calls on the National Capital Authority to work with the Parliament to arrange an appropriate celebration of the centenary of the choice of the Griffin design for our nation's capital.
Kevin Andrews Menzies, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Families, Housing and Human Services
10:20 am
I seek leave of the House to amend the motion circulated in my name.
Leave granted.
Very briefly, without detaining the House for too long, this is simply to add the Intergovernmental Working Group for the Centenary of Canberra to the parliament and the National Capital Authority as organisations which are being urged to celebrate the centenary of Canberra. I move:
Paragraph 2:
After 'Authority' insert 'and the Intergovernmental Working Group for the Centenary of Canberra'.
Christopher Pyne Sturt, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training
I second the motion.
Question agreed to.
Original question, as amended, agreed to.