Page 3117 - Week 12 - Tuesday, 17 November 1992
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the future. I am sure that there will be several members of this Assembly who will take up his suggestion to talk about this particular issue further at another time. I also heard a suggestion that perhaps the Social Policy Committee could take this particular question on as a reference, and I would welcome that, should it come up for consideration in the New Year.
Mr Connolly also said that the process should be a genuine one, and I would agree, on this occasion, that the process was a genuine one and appeared to be so. He also commented on the non-budget-dependent entities and suggested that it would be a good idea for the Estimates Committee to consider them in future years. He also drew attention to the recommendations on the Belconnen Remand Centre. I am sure members will be pleased that a departmental review will be organised on that issue. He also commented on the review of the adoptions unit. I looked at the recommendations carefully when Mr Connolly was referring to those and in fact that is what the Estimates Committee did; it just recommended a review of the adoptions unit and not necessarily a reduction in staffing, although that point was made.
Mr Berry concentrated a lot on the political nature of the responses in the report and I believe that those comments are unfortunate. I believe that the Estimates Committee has done a fair and credible job with the task that it has had this year. It has given examples of where it believed that Mr Berry was unresponsive in terms of his dealings with the committee. In concluding, I would like to thank members for their contributions to the debate and ask that members support the motion that the report be noted.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion (by Mr Berry) proposed:
That the Assembly do now adjourn.
Tuggeranong Community Festival
MS ELLIS (10.41): I would like to draw to the attention of the Assembly the success last weekend of the Tuggeranong Community Festival. In doing so I must declare an interest inasmuch as I am a member of the committee involved. With the indulgence of the Assembly I will explain. I seek leave to incorporate in Hansard a list of the committee members and, more importantly, the sponsors and backers of the festival. There are too many to name here tonight in the five minutes I have.
Leave granted.
Document incorporated at Appendix 1.
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