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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 12 Hansard (13 November) . . Page.. 4230 ..

APPENDIX 2: Incorporated in Hansard on 13 November 1997 at page 4219

Response for the Minister for Housing, Bill Stefaniak, to a question asked by Mr Simon Corbell.

None of the rental debt referred to by Ms Reilly in her question as written off was as a result of enquires from the Ombudsman's Office during 1996-97

The Ombudsman's Report referred to maintenance work. These in fact have not been waived or written off as debts owed.

The situation was that where there was doubt over older invoices or the documents were not adequate to support the invoice, the invoice was written back. This may occur either on a current tenant account or a vacated tenant account. These invoices relate largely to the period when the Labor Party was in Government.

Procedures introduced over the past 18 months as part of the new Regional Office structure, ensure that invoices raised for maintenance debt and other sundry debt are properly documented and advised to tenants.

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