To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives assembled in Parliament.

The petition of people residing within the region defined by the catchment of the Darling River generally, and the electors of the Division of Parkes and Gwydir in particular, draw to the attention of the House a claim to be treated similarly to and equally as the communities effected by and benefiting from the Sydney Harbour Trust Bill 1999.

Your petitioners therefore request the House to resolve and make provision for this claim in that as the Defence Dept relocates from certain sites location in western New South Wales, the Commonwealth Government establish a Trust, as a transitional body, to assume management and planning responsibilities for these sites. In this instance and particularly the former RAAF Stores depot property in Dubbo, New South Wales is requested to be treated under a suitably adapted (mirrored or amended) Bill.