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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 13 Hansard (2 December) . . Page.. 4231 ..
(Quorum formed)
MR SPEAKER (Mr Cornwell) took the chair and asked members to stand in silence and pray or reflect on their responsibilities to the people of the Australian Capital Territory.
MR SPEAKER: I present, for the information of members and pursuant to subsection 8(4) of the Legislative Assembly (Broadcasting of Proceedings) Act 1997, an authorisation to broadcast given to a number of television and radio networks and to the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory in relation to proceedings of the Assembly for this session for the production of a training video and proceedings of the Standing Committee on Planning and Environment relating to the committee's inquiry into the John Dedman Parkway on Friday, 21 November 1997.
Report on Annual and Financial Reports for 1996-97
MS McRAE (10.33): Pursuant to the order of the Assembly of 8 April 1997, as amended on 28 August and 6 November 1997, I present the report of the Select Committee on Estimates 1997-98, together with the minutes of proceedings, and I move:
That the report be noted.
The report, as we note early in the actual report, is more by way of observation and commentary than about real action. We are really at the end of the cycle now, and nothing really much depends on this report, as opposed to previous Estimates Committee reports, which the Government had to respond to before the budget went through. The exercise became more one of offering criticism, observation and helpful feedback that we hope will influence both the activities of the current Government and the activities of the next Government of the Australian Capital Territory.
The annual reports this year came after a prolonged period of establishing the accrual accounting process. I think they are only the second set of annual reports that we have seen since accrual accounts were introduced, and to a certain extent they still display some of the teething pains of moving to accrual accounting. Some of the changes are not yet complete; some adjustments still have to be made.
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