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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1998 Week 1 Hansard (30 April) . . Page.. 252 ..

MR SPEAKER: Pursuant to standing order 222, I have been notified in writing of the nominations of Mr Cornwell, Mr Osborne and Mr Stanhope to be members of the Select Committee on the Report of the Review of Governance.

Motion (by Mr Humphries) agreed to:

That the members so nominated be appointed as members of the Select Committee on the Report of the Review of Governance.

MR BERRY (4.04): Mr Speaker, I seek leave to amend the resolution of appointment to provide for five members of this committee.

Leave granted.

MR BERRY: I move:

That the resolution of appointment of the Assembly establishing the Select Committee on the Report of the Review of Governance be amended by omitting paragraph (2) and substituting the following paragraph:

"(2) The committee be composed of 5 members.".

Mr Speaker, Labor has proposed this because of the oft spoken need to sample all of a wider spectrum of expertise in this place. Mr Speaker, to confine membership of this committee to three on such an important issue that will affect the future of the Territory for the foreseeable future - certainly, well beyond our own individual experiences - is rather more restrictive than it ought to be. There are many of us who are interested and can make a contribution to this committee. There is a new floor of members, if I can put it that way, in the place who have different ideas of self-government and how it might proceed. Many of us have a range of experiences in government, out of government, on the crossbenches, in committees, around the country - and indeed, for some of us, around the world - in respect of governance.

Mr Humphries: Is this Cuba you are talking about?

MR BERRY: I have no difficulty in talking about Cuba if Mr Humphries thinks it is relevant. I might even be criticised because I spent a couple of weeks in the USA. I might also be criticised because I spent some time in the UK. It depends from which - - -

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