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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 12 Hansard (21 November) . . Page.. 4021 ..

MR HUMPHRIES (Attorney-General) (8.30): I want to make one small comment, Mr Speaker, just to clarify something Mr Moore was saying. The effect of the associated entity provision, as amended by Ms Horodny, would be that if, for example, the local pensioners club has a whip-round for a local candidate, who happens to have spoken to them and who has impressed them, and hands over $25 to that candidate, it is an associated entity. But an organisation, a business, or a trade union or anyone else who has raised $1,400 for the same candidate will not have to put in a return at all. Is that not ridiculous?

Mr Moore: That is why I am dealing with those figures.

MR HUMPHRIES: For the $1,400 donation I am referring to, even if it was $1,500, there has to be disclosure only of the fact that company A or trade union A has made that donation. That is all you have to put forward. Associated entities have to put forward an annual return. The pensioners club has to do an entire annual return, with all the numerous provisions in the legislation about disclosure. It is a quite onerous arrangement. That is ridiculous, Mr Speaker, and I would urge members not to entertain the suggestion at all.

Amendment negatived.

Clause agreed to.

Clause 5

MS HORODNY (8.32): Mr Speaker, the Greens will oppose this clause and the other clauses through to clause 12 because they are consequential amendments and it is essential to delete these clauses so that the intention of our amendments is coming through fully.

Clause agreed to.

Clause 6

MS HORODNY (8.33): We will oppose this clause.

Clause agreed to.

Clause 7 agreed to.

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