Page 3225 - Week 12 - Wednesday, 18 November 1992
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MR HUMPHRIES: We are all into lobby groups today, are we not? Who was it this morning? The adoptive parents. It must be right if they are saying it. Mr Deputy Speaker, the fact of life is that tourism stands to gain very significantly from the Fightback package. What is a fundamental ingredient in virtually all tourism? I will tell you - fuel prices. All the planes that fly into this city, all the buses that bring people here, all the cars that bring people here, all the coaches that travel around showing people sights, the boat on the lake and so on, depend on fuel, and fuel prices are going to drop significantly under Fightback.
Mr Kaine: Massively.
MR HUMPHRIES: Massively, in fact. What will that do for people wanting to travel? It will do a lot. That, Mr Deputy Speaker, will be a significant help to the ACT's tourist industry. I am optimistic about those changes. I do not think everything that is good about tourism has flowed from the acts and pens of this Government.
Mr Kaine: Not even the casino.
MR HUMPHRIES: Not even the casino. The Government likes to think that the casino was the creation of the present Government. It was not. It has been a process that has involved many people other than the present Government. I think, Mr Deputy Speaker, that we can expect to see many benefits from that exercise, but I think it would be difficult for this single Government to claim all the credit.
MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! The time for the discussion has now expired.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS - STANDING COMMITTEE
Statement by Presiding Member
MR KAINE (Leader of the Opposition): Mr Deputy Speaker, I seek leave to make a statement regarding a new inquiry by the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.
Leave granted.
MR KAINE: Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker and members. I wish to inform the Assembly that the Standing Committee on Public Accounts has resolved to inquire into and report on the monitoring of budget supplementation. Members will recall that this was a recommendation that came from the Estimates Committee considerations. In its report the Estimates Committee recommended that the Public Accounts Committee inquire into and report on methods by which budget supplementation to all agencies can be monitored by the Assembly. On Monday, 16 November, the Public Accounts Committee noted that recommendation, and it has formally adopted the terms of the recommendation as an inquiry for the committee to conduct.
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