Page 2670 - Week 09 - Wednesday, 25 August 1993
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State Trading Enterprises
MS FOLLETT: Madam Speaker, I was asked a question on 19 August by Mr Humphries. It was in two parts - firstly, whether we would be prepared to volunteer State trading enterprises to be subject to the Commonwealth income tax and sales tax in return for tax compensation; and, secondly, why the ACT is participating in the Commonwealth-State working party to achieve this objective.
Madam Speaker, the answer to Mr Humphries's question is, firstly, that the Government is willing to consider reforms suggested by the Commonwealth, subject to the final details of those reforms being negotiated in a satisfactory manner; and, secondly, that the 1993 Premiers Conference agreed that a working party would be established. The working party would explore the scope and mechanisms for the States to consider subjecting their trading enterprises to Commonwealth income tax and wholesale sales tax. This would be subject to the Commonwealth making compensation payments to the States. The working party has not been established and the Government does not wish to pre-empt the outcome of that process. I ask that that answer be incorporated in Hansard.
Leave granted.
Document incorporated at Appendix 3.
PAPERS
MR DE DOMENICO: Madam Speaker, I seek leave to table a document that we alluded to before.
Leave granted.
MR DE DOMENICO: I seek leave for it to be incorporated in Hansard, Madam Speaker.
Leave not granted.
Motion (by Mr Humphries) proposed:
That so much of the standing and temporary orders be suspended as would prevent the incorporation of Mr De Domenico's paper in Hansard.
MR DE DOMENICO (3.03): Madam Speaker, it is a publicly available document. There is no doubt about that. It was referred to during the questions that Mrs Carnell and I asked during question time. I think we ought to incorporate it in Hansard because it was referred to by both Mrs Carnell and me.
Question resolved in the negative.
MR BERRY (Deputy Chief Minister): Madam Speaker, for the information of members, I present, pursuant to the Audit Act 1989, the ACT Institute of Technical and Further Education and ACTAID Pty Ltd annual report and financial statements, including the Auditor-General's report and freedom of information statement, together with the ACT Teaching Service Act report for the year ended 31 December 1992.
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