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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 4 Hansard (8 May) . . Page.. 1187 ..

Ms Tucker: May I seek leave to speak to address a couple of the issues Mr Hird raised? I will be very brief.

Mr Stefaniak: No.

MR SPEAKER: If you do, you will close the debate.

Ms Tucker: Yes. Does anyone else want to speak?

Mr Wood: No.

Mr Kaine: How do we know whether anybody else wants to speak?

MR SPEAKER: Order! It is a question of whether you wish to close the debate now.

Motion (by Mr Stefaniak) proposed:

That the debate be adjourned.

Ms Tucker: That is all right.

MR SPEAKER: Very well. That will give you the opportunity to respond at some later time, Ms Tucker, as you know.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

MR WHITECROSS (Leader of the Opposition) (5.08): Mr Speaker, I present Report No. 25 of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts entitled "Review of Auditor-General's Report No. 9, 1996 - ACT Cultural Development Funding Program", together with the extracts of the minutes of proceedings. I move:

That the report be noted.

I have 15 minutes to speak on this, Mr Speaker. This report is a review of an audit of the effectiveness and efficiency of the management of the cultural development funding program by the Arts and Cultural Development Unit. The funding program provided grants to artists and community-based arts bodies of $2.8m in 1994-95 and $3m in 1995-96. The Arts and Cultural Development Unit administers the program, and its functions also include support for the ACT Cultural Council and the development of new approaches to assist the arts and culture.

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