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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 7 Hansard (25 June) . . Page.. 2052 ..

Mr Humphries: Why is it urgent?

MR BERRY: Mr Humphries says, "Why is it urgent?". This is a question of bad administration which has been hanging for some time and needs to be resolved. Let me put a hypothetical: If the Assembly adjourns consideration of this Bill to a later day the matter will come up again and it will draw attention again to the fact that the Government has made an error of judgment. Today's discussion of this issue will draw attention to the humbling of a stubborn government. So you should be humbled, because your stubbornness on this issue demonstrates how little you are committed to good administrative practice. The community needs to be reminded that this Government can be expected to take a political line to save their own skins before they will take on good administrative practice. That is what this is all about.

I urge members to send the amendments moved by the Attorney-General off to the Scrutiny of Bills Committee. I urge members to pass the Bill because there are quite significant administrative mistakes that need to be fixed. This validation of fees and charges Bill will, in fact, fix the mistakes of this Government and it should not be left hanging. When it emerges again in August, it will merely serve as a reminder of the Government's blunder.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

Motion (by Mr Humphries) put:

That the debate be adjourned.

The Assembly voted -

	AYES, 9	 		NOES, 6

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

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