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appointed three persons who I am sure will discharge the duties of the commission with distinction. I am particularly gratified that the three appointees have the overwhelming support of Assembly members.
Madam Speaker, Mr Graham Glenn has been appointed chairperson of the Electoral Commission. Mr Glenn brings to the position a wealth of experience in public administration, including periods as commissioner of the Public Service Board, Secretary of the Department of Administrative Services and, most recently, Secretary of the Department of Industrial Relations. Madam Speaker, Mr Gary Whitley has been appointed Electoral Commissioner. Mr Whitley is a former head of the Chief Minister's Division and is perhaps best known for heading the self-government unit which was responsible for the implementation of self-government for the ACT in the late 1980s. The third member of the commission is Dr Christabel Young, who is a fellow in the Department of Demography, Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University. Dr Young has had a distinguished academic career and her expertise in demographic matters will be of particular relevance to the commission in its initial task of determining the ACT's electoral boundaries.
Madam Speaker, the appointments will be for an initial period of 12 months, pending the enactment of the substantive electoral legislation and a reassessment of the role and functions of the commission under that legislation. I am sure that members will join with me in wishing the members of the commission well in their important work. In accordance with the provisions of the Electoral Act, I table the instruments of appointment. Madam Speaker, could I also thank those members with whom I consulted on this matter for the time that they put into it and for their bipartisan approach to the issue.
FIGHTBACK
Statement by Member
MR KAINE (Leader of the Opposition): Madam Speaker, I seek leave to make a short statement in connection with a matter raised by the Chief Minister in an answer at question time.
Leave granted.
MR KAINE: I will be quite brief. The Chief Minister, in answer to a question during question time, dealt with what she claimed would be the consequences of the introduction by the Hewson Government next year of the Fightback program. I have a document, Madam Speaker, that indicates that the Labor Party itself, at the Federal level, has claimed that 4,400 public servants will lose their jobs under a coalition government - not the numbers quoted by the Chief Minister. The Department of Finance itself estimates only 3,300. I would also like to note in that connection that the Labor Party is claiming that they themselves have retrenched 7,259 jobs in the Public Service in the last year. Madam Speaker, I seek leave to table the document in connection with that matter and I seek its incorporation in Hansard.
Leave granted.
Document incorporated at Appendix 1.
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