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MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (11.41): Madam Speaker, I seek leave to move the three amendments which are now being circulated and also to move those three amendments together.
Leave granted.
MS FOLLETT: I thank members. I move:
Paragraph (3), omit "5", substitute "3".
Paragraph (3), omit "two" (wherever occurring), substitute "one".
Paragraph (5), omit "31 January 1995", substitute "before the commencement of the in principle debate on the Bill".
New paragraph -
After paragraph (7) add the following new paragraph:
"(8) Membership of the Committee shall be Mr De Domenico, Ms Szuty and Mr Lamont.".
Madam Speaker, I do not need to speak at any length on these amendments. What I have sought to do is to contain the committee to three members, as Mr Kaine has quite rightly said. That has a lot to do with the current workload of non-government members, particularly in light of the Estimates Committee being about to commence and other committee obligations, and the absence of members. Five members might have been a nice idea, but it is really not achievable. The last amendment lists those members who, it is my understanding, it has been agreed should constitute the committee. The third amendment requires that the committee report before the commencement of the in-principle debate on the Bill. Madam Speaker, the intention is quite clearly not to delay the timetable which I previously outlined, and it is my understanding that that amendment is acceptable to the mover of the motion and to other members as well. I commend the amendments.
MR DE DOMENICO (11.43): Madam Speaker, the Liberal Party will support the amendments, albeit reluctantly, as Mr Kaine has said. I, too, am disappointed not to see Mr Kaine's name on that committee, because there is no doubt that the - - -
Mr Connolly: It is sad to see anything happen to Mr Kaine.
Mr Kaine: It is not there, because your mob will not participate fully.
Mr Connolly: You are not there, because of what he did to you.
Mr Kaine: Because your mob will not participate fully. That is why my name is not there.
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Connolly and Mr Kaine, order! Mr De Domenico has the floor.
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