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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 14 Hansard (11 December) . . Page.. 4974 ..

MR SPEAKER: Order! It being 5.00 pm, I propose the question:

That the Assembly do now adjourn.

Mr Stefaniak: I require the question to be put forthwith without debate.

Question resolved in the negative.

Debate resumed.

MS TUCKER: I think that was very important. If that is addressed in here - and I do not know whether it is - I would appreciate - - -

Mrs Carnell: It has already happened.

MS TUCKER: The Chief Minister says that it has already happened. I would quite like to see how that has happened and how that is spelt out. Perhaps you can give me more information later, or perhaps I will talk to Ms van Raay about that, because I do think that having that included is very important, as well as having these basic principles outlined. As I said, from the short time I have had to look at it, this looks like a really excellent document. Actually ensuring that it is coordinated - so that we do not have best-practice consultation occurring on one issue from four different departments, which has happened in the past, or things like that - is obviously really important, as is ensuring that the expertise for running consultations will lie in that group. You cannot really expect that that expertise will be to the same degree across all government agencies who may want to run a consultation. So, if indeed that is happening, then I am very happy to see it, and I congratulate the Government on it.

MS REILLY (5.02): I would just like to congratulate Mrs Carnell, as well.

Mrs Carnell: No; congratulate - - -

MS REILLY: May I finish what I was going to say, Mrs Carnell?

MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mr Hird): Order!

Mr Berry: Marion, she wants to throw you out of work.

Ms McRae: It is your job she wants.

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