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We come to the point, Mr Speaker, where we have got to make a decision, and that time has come now. It is time for us to make a decision on this issue. We have addressed the issues to death. The evidence, in my view, is entirely clear. We must proceed. The time has come now to take a vote and I believe that we should all live with the result of that vote.

Question put:

That the motion be agreed to.

The Assembly voted -

AYES, 11 NOES, 5

Mr Berry Mr Collaery

Mr Duby Mr Jensen

Ms Follett Dr Kinloch

Mr Humphries Mr Moore

Mr Kaine Mr Stevenson

Ms Maher

Mrs Nolan

Mr Prowse

Mr Stefaniak

Mr Whalan

Mr Wood

Question resolved in the affirmative.

AMALGAMATION OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS - SELECT COMMITTEE

Report

DR KINLOCH (11.31): Mr Speaker, I present the report of the Select Committee on the Amalgamation of Tertiary Institutions, together with copies of the minutes, proceedings of the committee, and copies of the transcript of evidence. I move:

That the recommendations be agreed to.

It has been an honour to have been involved in the work of this select committee. We thank the Assembly for the trust you placed in us. May I begin with my most sincere thanks to my colleagues Bill Wood and Gary Humphries. I thank Bill, who deserves an academic chair, a professorship of committees, for being such a kind and constructive mentor, based on a much wider experience of political life than I have had. His initiative in one crucial matter has been a vital and central element in whatever achievements emerge from the eventual outcomes of this report. I especially thank him.

I similarly thank Gary Humphries, whose fair-mindedness was equally notable on weekends as well as weekdays, and we

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