Fed: No confidence motion lodged against ACT Chief Minister

AAP General News (Australia)
02-20-2007
Fed: No confidence motion lodged against ACT Chief Minister

ACT Chief Minister JON STANHOPE could have just one more week in the position .. after
facing a no-confidence motion today over his handling of the 2003 bushfires.

Opposition leader BILL STEFANIAK has launched the action in the ACT Legislative Assembly
.. after Mr STANHOPE refused to stand down following the release of a coroner's report
into the fatal fires.

Released last December .. the report lay much of the responsibility at Mr STANHOPE's feet.

The devastating firestorm in 2003 killed four people and destroyed 500 …