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requisite powers to come into the Territory so that his inquiries could be based on a comparable evidentiary standard and investigatory standard to the New South Wales inquiry.
I stress that the first step is, of course, to clarify our law to make it effective. The second step is then to ascertain the structure required of the Royal Commissioner. The Royal Commissioner has indicated to me that, were he to be given a dual commission, he would see a small administrative staff being established in the ACT and he would expect that the rest of his staff would come in for any possible inquiry. There would not be any large structure in the ACT because most of the functions of the royal commission would be based, as I understand it, in Sydney. I want to stress that the questions of costs and financial implications have yet to be discussed between my Law Office and the Chief Minister's Department and the Treasury. I also wish to state that in their meeting last Friday the Attorneys had absolutely no political discussions about this issue other than these legal ramifications.
This is not a union bashing exercise, as was suggested by Mr Connolly. This is a matter that the Law Office and I, as first law officer, as Mr Moore obviously appreciates, need to assess very carefully and prudently. The worst thing we could do would be to knee-jerk ourselves into an inquiry without adequate consultation with the industry, the unions and the community, and on that matter the responsibility for these consultations rests with the Chief Minister.
MR KAINE: I request that any further questions be placed on the notice paper.
TREASURER'S ADVANCE
Paper and Ministerial Statement
MR KAINE (Chief Minister), by leave: I table the following paper:
Audit Act - Statement pursuant to subsection 47(4), together with a minute from Acting Assistant Under Treasurer, to Mr T. Kaine, MLA, Chief Minister, dated 3 May 1990 and Schedule of Advance.
In accordance with the provisions of the Audit Act I table an explanatory statement concerning an increase in the appropriation of the Treasurer's Advance for the year 1989-90. The Audit Act anticipates the possible need for the appropriation to the Treasurer's Advance to be increased to ensure the effective management of ACT programs during the course of any given budget year. The Act sets certain criteria which need to be met before any increase in
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