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"1(a) such planning and development proposals -
(i) as are referred to it by the Assembly; and
(ii) as are considered by the committee to be matters of concern to the community;".
PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE - STANDING COMMITTEE
Printing and Circulation of Proposed Report
Motion (by Mr Collaery), by leave, agreed to:
That -
(1) If the Assembly is not sitting when the Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Infrastructure has completed its inquiry into the new capital works program the committee may send its report to the Speaker or, in the absence of the Speaker, to the Deputy Speaker who is authorised to give directions for its printing and circulation; and
(2) The foregoing provision of this resolution has effect notwithstanding anything contained in the standing orders.
GOVERNMENT'S FIRST 100 DAYS
Discussion of Matter of Public Importance
MR SPEAKER: I have received a letter from Mr Kaine proposing that a matter of public importance be submitted to the Assembly for discussion, namely:
The Government's performance during its first 100 days.
MR KAINE (Leader of the Opposition) (4.43): Mr Speaker, the Chief Minister recently released a self-congratulatory statement recording her pleasure at what her Government had achieved since taking office. I have to say, Mr Speaker, that the response to her claims from the community, a deafening silence, was entirely expected by those of us who do not subscribe to the Chief Minister's rose-tinted view of her Government's performance.
Her claims, Mr Speaker, pose two important questions: firstly, how soundly based are the claims to success, and, secondly, has the Government achieved anything, and is it not rather the case that the Legislative Assembly has achieved results and not the Government?
Let us examine the first question. Just what has the Government achieved? Some of the claimed achievements can be discounted immediately. Other Liberal and opposition members will deal in detail with matters falling within
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