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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1998 Week 6 Hansard (3 September) . . Page.. 1862 ..

MR MOORE (continuing):

This Bill inserts the standard legislative clause to make the ministerial direction disallowable. It is a fairly standard clause that members have seen on many occasions. What the Bill does, in summary, is empower the Assembly to maintain control over its own legislation. As such, it is a piece of legislation that I would have thought all members would be not only willing to support but also keen to support.

Debate (on motion by Mr Stefaniak) adjourned.

MR OSBORNE: I seek leave to make a statement relating to two new inquiries to be undertaken by the Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety.

Leave granted.

MR OSBORNE: Mr Speaker, I wish to inform the Assembly that, on 13 July 1998, the Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety resolved to inquire into and report on the joint emergency services centre, JESC, proposal with particular reference to: The effectiveness of the consultation process used in developing the proposal; the implications of the proposal for ACT police, fire and ambulance personnel, facilities and services; the likely effects on the Woden-Weston communities if Woden Police Station is replaced with a shopfront; the viability of police relying more on upgraded information technology in police cars; the adequacy of space allocations in the new accommodation proposals; the cost-effectiveness of the proposal, including asset management issues; the management of any implementation stage, including staff consultation; and any other related matter.

I further wish to inform the Assembly that, on 24 August 1998, the committee resolved also to inquire into and report on the establishment of a prison in the ACT with particular reference to: The justification for the prison, a very important issue, Mr Speaker; the process used by the ACT Government to establish the prison, including the use of consultants; the philosophical approach of the prison and whether it should be publicly run or privately run; community involvement in the development, design and siting of the prison, a very hot issue, Mr Speaker, Australian and international best practice models for prisoner rehabilitation and avoidance of deaths in custody; cost-effectiveness issues in the establishment and running of the prison; and any other related matter. Mr Speaker, these are two very important issues which have received an amount of publicity recently and it is very important that the justice committee look at them.

MS CARNELL (Chief Minister and Treasurer): Pursuant to standing order 77(d), I move:

That Executive business be called on.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

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