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Unions will be consulted before any decisions are made which will affect staff. I hope the unions will recognise the potential benefits of this initiative for the ACT and will cooperate with the Government in implementing new commercial arrangements.
Mr Speaker, our decision to establish the Health Services Supply Centre as a government-owned business, independently managed and operating commercially, confirms the Alliance Government's commitment to efficiencies in government operations, which will contribute to achieving a balanced budget. Consistent with Alliance policies on business, employment and finance, the commercial development of the centre represents a strategic step towards encouraging revenue expansion, beneficial growth and the broadening of the economic base of the ACT. I move:
That the Assembly takes note of the paper.
Debate (on motion by Mr Berry) adjourned.
SCRUTINY OF BILLS AND SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION - STANDING COMMITTEE
Report
MS MAHER, by leave: I present report No. 4 of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny of Bills and Subordinate Legislation. This report details the committee's comments on the Business Leases Review Bill and the Credit (Amendment) Bill. I commend the report to the Assembly.
MR WHALAN, by leave: Mr Speaker, the report from the title relates to the Business Leases Ordinance Act which was tabled in the Assembly last week. I am pleased to report to the Assembly that the Opposition has been able to achieve one of its objectives in presenting that legislation in the form in which it did in that, as I reported when introducing that legislation, we have been unable to get any cooperation at all from the Government in relation to the drafting of private members' legislation. We have met with a complete blank wall in relation to that and, as I stated in introducing that legislation, we were forced into a position of having to rely on minor amendments to an existing piece of legislation. It looks as if we will have to do that in relation to other pieces of legislation that we seek to introduce into this chamber because of that lack of cooperation.
However, I have been approached today by the legislative counsel who has now indicated a willingness to assist in the redrafting of that legislation and once we have that offer formalised, we will probably proceed to withdraw that legislation so that it can then form the drafting instructions for legislation to be introduced into this chamber.
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