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.

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