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

By Kate Corbett

CANBERRA, Feb 20 AAP - ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope could lose his job in a week,
after a no-confidence motion was tabled today over his handling of the 2003 bushfires.

Opposition Leader Bill Stefaniak launched the action in the ACT Legislative Assembly
after Mr Stanhope refused to stand down following the release of a coroner's report on
the fatal fires.

The report, released last December, lay much of the responsibility at Mr Stanhope's feet.

The devastating firestorm in 2003 killed four people and …