Page 2271 - Week 08 - Friday, 21 June 1991
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MR JENSEN: Okay, I will get to that. Mr Collaery, Mr Duby and I were present; so also were Mr Humphries and Mr Kaine. At that particular meeting it was agreed to provide us, Mr Speaker - I am sorry; that was the day before the motion of no confidence in the Chief Minister was presented - with a written response to our submission by 12 o'clock on the day of the no-confidence motion. However, Mr Speaker, we never received those written comments. They were not provided to us.
Mr Collaery: They took a dive.
MR JENSEN: Well, that is interesting. Mr Speaker, I would also like to put another proposition in relation to the position of Leader of the Opposition. It is true that Mr Kaine indicated to us that they would not move a motion to abolish the position of Leader of the Opposition but if it was moved they would support it. That is what they said to us and that was the message that we passed to Ms Follett and Mr Berry. It is important to get those couple of points - that is what I said, Rosemary - quite clearly on the table so that everyone knows for sure what happened during some of those discussions.
We never sought any written agreement from the Labor Party in discussions that we had. Nor did we seek a written agreement from the Liberal Party; they indicated to us that they were prepared to provide us with some written comments. However, Mr Speaker, they were not prepared in that discussion to change their views in relation to the school sites and a number of other issues that we put in the blueprint for stable government.
Those, Mr Speaker, are the points that I think it is very important to get on the record. I will be making some other comments later on today in relation to improvements to our committee system along the lines of the document that my colleague Mr Collaery tabled earlier.
ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS
Ministerial Statement and Paper
MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister and Treasurer), by leave: Mr Speaker, I will make a brief statement about the administrative arrangements which will apply to my Government. On 7 June I announced the portfolio responsibilities for the new Labor Government. I signed detailed administrative arrangements on Tuesday, to take effect from 1 July 1991.
The date of effect was chosen to avoid complicated financial arrangements for the remainder of this financial year, and until that time I have authorised Ministers to act on my behalf in respect of the matters covered in their portfolios. I have allocated ministerial functions in a way that will encourage stable government and minimise disruption in the ACT Government Service.
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