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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 3 Hansard (8 April) . . Page.. 726 ..

Question put:

That the amendment (Mr Humphries's) to Mr Berry's amendments be agreed to.

The Assembly voted -

	AYES, 9	 	NOES, 8

	Mrs Carnell	Mr Berry
	Mr Cornwell	Mr Corbell
	Mr Hird		Ms Horodny
	Mr Humphries	Ms McRae
	Mr Kaine	Ms Reilly
	Mrs Littlewood	Ms Tucker
	Mr Moore	Mr Whitecross
	Mr Osborne	Mr Wood
	Mr Stefaniak

Amendments (Mr Berry's), as amended, agreed to.

MR HUMPHRIES (Attorney-General) (5.14): I must make the brief point, Mr Speaker, that the Government's view actually is that the Estimates Committee ought really to be concerned about the arrangements in the budget. It has always been the view of the Government that the Public Accounts Committee ought to be the proper body to review outcomes for the year, particularly annual reports. If we think about it, the Public Accounts Committee considers all sorts of other annual reports and other, as it were, reports on the operation of the agencies of the Government, particularly Auditor-General's reports. It would be appropriate, I believe and the Government believes, for the Public Accounts Committee to do the same job in respect of annual reports of government agencies. I acknowledge that that is not the view of most members of the Assembly; but I simply put it on the record that the Government, in fact, believes that the Estimates Committee ought not to be extended over that period of time.

Motion, as amended, agreed to.

MR KAINE: During question time Mr Corbell raised the question of a letter written by an officer of ACT Tourism which caused him concern. I must admit that I have some reservations about the need for such a letter too. However, I do not have a copy of that letter. I have checked to verify that what I said at question time was correct. I wonder whether Mr Corbell would table the copy of the letter so that I can satisfy myself as to the contents of it.

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