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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 14 Hansard (11 December) . . Page.. 4950 ..

MR SPEAKER: I present for the information of members Auditor-General's Report No. 13 of 1997, "Management of Nursing Services".

MR HUMPHRIES (Attorney-General) (3.34): I ask for leave to move a motion authorising the publication of the Auditor-General's Report.

Leave granted.

MR HUMPHRIES: I move:

That the Assembly authorises the publication of the Auditor-General's Report No. 13 of 1997.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

MRS CARNELL (Chief Minister and Treasurer): Mr Speaker, for the information of members, I present, pursuant to the Financial Management Act 1996, an instrument issued under section 14 and a statement of reasons for giving it; an instrument issued under section 16 and a statement of reasons for giving it; and a consolidated financial management report for the period ending 31 October 1997, pursuant to section 26. I ask for leave to make a short statement.

Leave granted.

MRS CARNELL: Mr Speaker, I am pleased to present to the Assembly the consolidated monthly financial management report for the month ending October 1997. As invited by Mr Whitecross in this place in the last sitting week, this report also provides details on the indicative year-end forecast as prepared by the Office of Financial Management, but more of that later. This report is presented under section 26 of the Financial Management Act and provides a clear comparison between last year's outcome, year-to-date actual versus budget, and an indicative forecast to the year end of the current year. Mr Speaker, the October year-to-date report shows that the Territory has achieved an operating surplus of $1m against a budgeted operating loss of $38m. This result has been achieved through improvements against budget for both revenue and expenses. To the end of October, revenue is better than budget by $24m, while expenditure is under budget by $15m. Keep up with me, Mr Berry. It is all right. The details of individual line items that these items comprise are shown at page 13 of the report.

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