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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 10 Hansard (24 September) . . Page.. 3244 ..

Question put:

That the amendment (Mrs Carnell's) be agreed to.

The Assembly voted -

	AYES, 7	 	NOES, 6

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

MRS CARNELL (Chief Minister and Minister for Health and Community Care) (4.22): Mr Speaker, I seek leave to move my second amendment.

Leave granted.

MRS CARNELL: I move:

Paragraph (2), after "supplement", insert "where appropriate".

The reason for this amendment is quite obvious. There will be organisations that should be supplemented, potentially at a very high level, because they are operating efficiently and doing a great job out there in the community. There will be other organisations that are significantly bigger, possibly have inefficiencies and may not need to be supplemented to the same sort of level or at all. It just makes sure that the money that the ACT Government or taxpayers are putting forward is used for those organisations that need it most.

MR BERRY (Leader of the Opposition) (4.24): Mr Speaker, I would be very hesitant to arm the Government with the words "where appropriate" in any motion that I move, because I worry about those organisations that might criticise the Government and might not then be appropriately funded. I would rather leave my proposal as it stands than include those words. I think "where appropriate" opens things up a little too wide for the Government.

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