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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 8 Hansard (27 June) . . Page.. 2359 ..

Mr Humphries: We have always said that joint ventures should not be exposed.

MR BERRY: If you are going to tell the whole story, let us be a bit truthful about it. These sorts of provisions have never existed in health legislation in the Territory in the past, and there has not been a convincing case put that they ought to be there right now. If you think that you have something that would advantage people who might be receiving health services at some point in the future and you want to change the legislation, well, you come back here, minority government and all, and try to convince us. At this point, Labor will not be buying a pig in a poke.

MR SPEAKER: Do you wish to speak, Ms Tucker?

Ms Tucker: Is this the point where I seek to move the other amendment?

MR SPEAKER: No, not yet.

Ms Tucker: No, I do not wish to speak, thank you.

Amendment agreed to.

MS TUCKER (6.26): I now seek leave of members to propose another amendment which has been brought to my attention. It relates to something earlier in the Bill.

Leave granted.

MS TUCKER: Thank you. I move:

Page 4, line 33, to page 5, line 6, clause 8, paragraph (3)(b), omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraph:

"(b) cause a copy of the statement to be laid before the Legislative Assembly within 15 sitting days after the subscription or purchase, or, participation, formation or interest, takes place.".

This amendment is obviously consistent with the first one. It is to do with the issue of subscription or purchase, or participation, formation or interest, taking place with shares or debentures or other securities. It is obviously important to maintain consistency in the Bill.

MR MOORE (6.27): This gives us an opportunity to deal with some of the issues that Mrs Carnell and Mr Humphries raised. I think Mr Humphries is quite right about the Liberal Party's consistency. They have always sought to protect commercial-in-confidence. They used commercial-in-confidence as a very convenient tool for ensuring some form of secrecy within critical parts of what we delegate to government.

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