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CHIEF MINISTER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO . 434
Government Bodies - Corporatisation
MR HUMPHRIES - Asked the Chief Minister upon notice on 6 August 1991:
(1) Has a decision been made to delay or stop the Alliance Governments corporatisation process.
(2) If the corporatisation process has been delayed, what is the estimated cost to the Territory of this delay.
(3) If a decision has been taken not to proceed with corporatisation, what are the reasons for this decision.
(4) What advice had been sought from the administration before a decision was made to delay or halt the corporatisation process.
(5) What views had been sought from unions about the corporatisation process. What were these views.
(6) What advice had been sought from management of the bodies to be corporatised. What was this advice.
MS FOLLETT - The answer to the members question is as follows:
(1) Corporatisation is one element of micro-economic reform and is only one approach to reforming government owned enterprises. Rather than accept at face value the previous Governments policy on corporatisation, the present Government is reviewing the full range of micro-economic reform options and will make decisions following full consideration of all the issues and available information.
(2) The corporatisation of ACTEW and Totalcare Industries, proposed by the previous Government for 1 July 1991, did not proceed at that time. There were minor administrative costs only as a result of this. However, the Government has moved in budget decisions to be announced shortly to ensure that the dividends and savings required of ACTEW and Totalcare during 1991-92 at least match the financial performance that these bodies would have achieved had they been corporatised on 1 July.
(3) See answer to Question 1.
(4), (5) & (6) The usual briefings were provided by senior officers of the ACT Government Service immediately after the change of government, and discussions have been held with the unions and organisations affected. Consistent with its consultative approach to decision-making, this Government will have regard to the views of all relevant parties as part of the approach outlined in response to Question 1.
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