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What is the Governments response to the Coroners report on the Thredbo landslip?

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What is the Governments response to the Coroners report on the Thredbo landslip?

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Mr Hartcher: Point of order: Before the Minister answers this question, I indicate that the response to the Thredbo disaster should be made as a ministerial statement, thus giving the Opposition the right of reply. Under standing orders the Opposition should be given that right. Mr Speaker, I ask that you rule the question out of order as it foreshadows a ministerial statement. Mr SPEAKER: I have no idea what the Minister will say. Mr DEBUS: A little more than an hour ago, the Coroner brought down his findings about the Thredbo landslide. I extend my gratitude to the Coroner for his diligent and extensive inquiry. In his own words, “no stone has been left unturned” in investigation of this tragedy. In the early morning of 31 July 1997, a section of the fill embankment along the Alpine Way above Thredbo collapsed into the valley below. That terrible event took 18 lives. The impact of the disaster was such that I am sure that all honourable members of this House remember where they were

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