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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 13 Hansard (3 December) . . Page.. 4410 ..

MR WHITECROSS (continuing):

under ACT statute law and will endeavour to meet those requirements in the future, both under the Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Act and under other Acts like the Freedom of Information Act and the Public Interest Disclosure Act.

I commend the Bills to the house. They ought to be uncontroversial Bills because they simply bring Territory-owned corporations into line with other government agencies. It was perhaps an oversight of the Assembly that we did not bring them within the purview of the Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Act when it first passed. This is an opportunity to correct that error.

Debate (on motion by Mrs Carnell) adjourned.

MR WHITECROSS (11.14): Mr Speaker, I present the Annual Reports (Government Agencies) (Amendment) Bill 1997.

Title read by Clerk.

MR WHITECROSS: I move:

That this Bill be agreed to in principle.

This Bill is complementary to the Territory Owned Corporations (Amendment) Bill I have just introduced. While the Territory Owned Corporations (Amendment) Bill changed the timeframe for annual reports from Territory-owned corporations so that they are identical to those in the Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Act, this Bill ensures that Territory-owned corporations come within the definition of "Territory instrumentality" and therefore within the purview of the guidelines for annual reports which are produced by the Chief Minister. It thus ensures that Territory-owned corporations are subject to the same standards of reporting as other Territory instrumentalities.

Debate (on motion by Mrs Carnell) adjourned.

MS McRAE (11.16): Mr Speaker, I move:

That this Assembly condemns the Government for its management of planning with the Federal Government, in particular its complete failure to establish a working partnership and protect the interests of the people of Canberra.

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