Page 2891 - Week 10 - Wednesday, 15 August 1990
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appropriation may be considered, and further requires that an explanatory statement addressing the criteria and the purposes for the additional appropriation be tabled in the Assembly within six sitting days of the increase in the appropriation to the advance. On 25 June 1990 the Executive was satisfied that sufficient moneys were available in the consolidated revenue fund to meet an additional appropriation of $2,416,000 to the Treasurer's Advance.
Two significant issues led to the need to increase the appropriation. Firstly, due to an anomaly in the calculation of salary costs in the original ACT government schools funding base - and that, Mr Speaker, goes back to July last year and the consequent impact of the second tier wage agreement - additional funds were necessary to meet salary payments in the education program in the final weeks of the financial year just finished. Secondly, an increase of $307,000 in specific purpose funding from the Commonwealth Department of Employment, Education and Training was received by the Government. The additional funding was not included in the annual appropriation to the department of education and an increase in the Treasurer's Advance was the most effective way of making these funds available. I table the following statement:
Treasurer's Advance - Ministerial statement, 15 August 1990.
PLANNING AND LAND USE - PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON DRAFT LEGISLATION
Ministerial Statement and Paper
MR KAINE (Chief Minister), by leave: Mr Speaker, as members will recall, the five draft Bills in this integrated package of legislation were released progressively between February and June of this year with a period for public consultation extending until 5 July. I am delighted at the outcome of the public consultation process because some 50 submissions have been received from a range of interested groups and private individuals, with some groups and individuals providing more than one submission.
These submissions contain many thoughtful and detailed comments in relation to each of the draft Bills. They raise many significant issues and provide a valuable and constructive contribution to the further development of the legislation. It is clear from the comments that we have received that the public shares our view that this legislation will be amongst the most important to be considered by the Assembly in its early years. It is therefore vital for all the relevant issues to be fully aired before finalising the legislation.
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