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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 4 Hansard (8 May) . . Page.. 1151 ..

Employment Growth

MS McRAE: Mr Speaker, it being not quite 3 o'clock, I remind the Chief Minister that yesterday, through Mr Humphries, I asked for a piece of paper to be tabled. I wonder where it is.

Mrs Carnell: I was not here; I am sorry.

MS McRAE: No, but I did ask Mr Humphries to ask you.

MRS CARNELL: Thank you very much. I am happy to table that piece of paper. It comes out of the Access Economics five-year business outlook. I have photocopied the page.

MR SPEAKER: It being 3.00 pm, pursuant to the resolution of the Assembly of 6 May 1997, question time is interrupted.

MR SPEAKER: I understand that it is the wish of the Assembly to permit the taking of still photographs during consideration of the Appropriation Bill 1997-98 today, Thursday, 8 May 1997. I also remind members that, pursuant to the resolution of the Assembly of 6 May 1997, the proceedings during the consideration of the Appropriation Bill 1997-98 will be videotaped with sound.

Debate resumed from 6 May 1997, on motion by Mrs Carnell:

That this Bill be agreed to in principle.

MR WHITECROSS (Leader of the Opposition) (3.01): If there was ever a time when the ACT economy needed an answer, it is now. If there was ever a time when the ACT economy needed a solution, a long-term strategic response to the difficulties it faces, it is now. And if there was ever a time when a government failed in its response, it is now.

Last month Access Economics released the Access Economics Budget Monitor. They predicted a bleak future for the ACT economy. Under the Carnell Government, Access Economics predicted that the ACT's growth would drop below the national average and stay there for some time. The ACT economy would shrink to the point

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