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Thursday, 1 June 1989
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MR SPEAKER (Mr Prowse) took the chair at 10.30 am, and read the prayer.
AMALGAMATION OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
Postponement of Notice
MR KAINE (Leader of the Opposition): Mr Speaker, as Mr Humphries has been delayed this morning, I move:
That notice No. 1, private members' business, standing in the name of Mr Humphries, be postponed until a later hour this day.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
CORRUPTION - ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MR COLLAERY (10.31): I move:
(1) That this Assembly supports the early establishment of an independent advisory committee against corruption.
(2) That the committee include community and government members.
(3) That the committee have defined terms of reference; powers established by statute; and a responsibility to the Attorney-General of the ACT.
The winners in and around the issue of corruption in both the public and private sectors are obviously those who gain out of the misdeeds and the quasi-illegality of corruption issues, and of course the real losers are the community.
There is always a gain to some people in corruption situations, and the great loss usually is in terms of social disruption and social problems arising out of a disruption to the morale of the public sector and also out of the very real situation that confronts us in the ACT, where there is a deep and unpleasant situation of innuendo and rumour which will affect business confidence in the ACT. Mr Speaker, the Residents Rally takes the view that there is sufficient evidence of partiality and insider trading within the administration to warrant the establishment of a commission against corruption.
Mr Whalan: Table it. Give us some evidence. Give us one bit of evidence.
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