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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 3 Hansard (8 April) . . Page.. 677 ..

MS TUCKER (12.24): Mr Speaker, we will be supporting this. It was not our initial intention; we did want to see any modifications tabled fairly quickly. However, we have taken on the Government's point of view. I would say, however, that if a major reconstruction of plans occurred after they had been originally formulated, we would have to reconsider whether this was appropriate. We will be keeping an eye on that, but at this point we are happy to go with this compromise.

MR CORBELL (12.25): Mr Speaker, this is in line with previous amendments that have been agreed to. Again, it seems to me appropriate that this information be provided on a quarterly basis rather than on each instance when it is changed. That would seem to be an overly onerous requirement of Canberra Tourism, and for that reason we will support this amendment.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 25 to 27, by leave, taken together, and agreed to.

Clause 28

MS TUCKER (12.26): I move:

Page 9, line 30, add the following subclause:

"(3) The Minister shall cause a copy of each report given to him or her under subsection (1) to be laid before the Legislative Assembly within 6 sitting days after the day on which he or she receives the report.".

This amendment requires that the Minister must table quarterly reports in the Assembly within six sitting days. It is consistent with our other amendments about accountability, and I am happy to propose it.

MR KAINE (Minister for Urban Services and Minister for Tourism) (12.26): The Government has no objection to this amendment.

MR CORBELL (12.26): Mr Speaker, the Opposition will be supporting this amendment.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.

Remainder of Bill, by leave, taken as a whole, and agreed to.

Bill, as amended, agreed to.

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