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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 10 Hansard (5 September) . . Page.. 3135 ..

MR HIRD (continuing):

If the Government ignores the views of the committee or fails to consult informally, in accordance with current practice, the Assembly can censure the Minister or, in extreme cases, cast a no-confidence vote in the Minister or, indeed, the Government. Therefore, Mr Speaker, while supporting the majority of the report, I will not be supporting item (iii) of the recommendations, which reads:

... that the Government introduce legislation to amend the Statutory Appointments Act to provide that:

... ... ...

(iii) an instrument by which an appointment to the board of a Territory Owned Corporation is made be a disallowable instrument for the purposes of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989.

Mr Kaine: You are publicly disagreeing with me?

MR HIRD: Yes.

MR WOOD (11.56), in reply: Mr Hird seems to be speaking for the Government on this matter. I know that some correspondence has transpired; but I am just a little surprised that Mr Hird is standing up and speaking with the full authority of the Government - - -

Mr Hird: I am not speaking with the full authority of the Government. I am saying that that is where there are problems.

MR WOOD: It certainly gave me that impression. If that is the Government policy, it would be a disappointment, because I think - - -

Mr De Domenico: You are yet to receive the Government's response.

MR WOOD: Yes. There would be logic in the recommendations made by our committee. These were proposals initiated in the first instance when we were in government. The present Government ought to be consistent, I believe, with the proposals it made at an earlier date.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

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