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Katy wants convoy compo

CHIEF Minister Katy Gallagher says she will be looking at being “adequately compensated” by the Federal Government for the cost inflicted to the ACT Government by yesterday’s “Convoy of No Confidence” protest.

The convoy was expected to attract hundreds of trucks and 9000 visitors to the capital, however only attracted hundreds of visitors.

The Chief Minister said she had no idea how much the preparations cost the ACT Government, which drew all areas of Government, particularly ACT Policing and the Department of Territory and Municipal Services, to prepare for the influx of trucks and people to the city.

“There is a weighting given by the Commonwealth Grants Commission for our role as the national capital of Australia,” she said.

“So when the GST is distributed it forms part of that payment for the ACT.

“I am not going to send an invoice off to the commonwealth, it doesn’t work like that.

“What we will be doing, pulling together having a good understanding of what our costs were and using that as part of our submission we provide to the Commonwealth Grants Commission when they are considering the components in terms of our GST distribution and, if there is a case to argue that we are not being adequately compensated, then the evidence we’ve gathered on the convoy will be useful in supporting that argument.”

She said that from a planning point of view, the protest was “a useful exercise”.

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