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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 13 Hansard (2 December) . . Page.. 4389 ..

Clause 5

MRS CARNELL (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (11.10): Mr Speaker, I move:

Page 2, line 31, paragraph (b), omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraphs:

"(b) by adding at the end of paragraph (b) "and"; and

(c) by adding at the end the following paragraph:

`(c) the proposed budget for each Territory authority for the year.'.".

Mr Berry: Are you going to tell us what it is about?

MRS CARNELL: Mr Speaker, the Government amendment clarifies the intent of the Bill as to requiring budgets for Territory authorities while at the same time excluding an apparent requirement for Territory-owned corporations. The Government amendment also removes proposed paragraph (d), which requires an overlapping sectoral split for the budget. The budget papers already contain a sectoral split for the budget, consistent with the Government definitions contained in amendments 1, 2 and 3.

MR BERRY (Leader of the Opposition) (11.13): Mr Speaker, an amendment was moved by me relating to public trading enterprises. I think what is proposed by Mrs Carnell tends to water down what was proposed in relation to the matter. It strikes me as odd that she should want to change this. If I can be so bold as to judge the motives, it would seem to me that this would provide less information to the Assembly and provide a definition which prevents a greater level of information from coming to the Assembly. That is why this amendment will be opposed.

Amendment agreed to.

MR BERRY (Leader of the Opposition) (11.14): I move:

Page 3, line 6, paragraph 5(b), proposed subparagraph 10(d)(i), (ii) and (iii), omit the proposed subparagraphs, substitute the following subparagraphs:

"(i) the General Government Sector; and

(ii) the Public Trading Enterprise Sector.".

Mr Speaker, the terms of this amendment were agreed to, I understand, in the round table conference. The amendment is moved accordingly. It relates to the inclusion of some subparagraphs in relation to the general government sector and the public trading enterprise sector.

Amendment agreed to.

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