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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 12 Hansard (21 November) . . Page.. 4009 ..

MR DE DOMENICO (continuing):

There may be some members of this Assembly who might think of opposing this Bill. I think they would really have a case to answer in terms of where they believe the additional funding to support positive initiatives in industry training should come from. They are surely answerable to the young people, the mature and the aged, and those others disadvantaged in the labour market who will directly benefit from this initiative. I have great pleasure in strongly recommending that the Bill be passed by this Assembly.

Question put:

That this Bill be agreed to in principle.

The Assembly voted -

AYES, 11	 NOES, 6

Mrs Carnell	Mr Berry
Mr Cornwell	Ms Follett
Mr De Domenico	Ms McRae
Mr Hird		Ms Reilly
Ms Horodny	Mr Whitecross
Mr Humphries	Mr Wood
Mr Kaine
Mr Moore
Mr Osborne
Mr Stefaniak
Ms Tucker

Bill agreed to in principle.

Leave granted to dispense with the detail stage.

Bill agreed to.

Debate resumed from 26 September 1996, on motion by Mr Humphries:

That this Bill be agreed to in principle.

MR WHITECROSS (Leader of the Opposition) (5.12): Mr Speaker, the Opposition will be supporting this legislation. This legislation is indeed very good. It seeks to maintain the standard established under the previous Labor Government of keeping the Electoral Act and the electoral funding provisions, as far as possible, in line with those of the Commonwealth, and I think that is, in principle, a good aim. I am also pleased to be supporting this particular piece of legislation because it is a strengthening of the

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