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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1998 Week 6 Hansard (3 September) . . Page.. 1905 ..

MS CARNELL (continuing):

I believe that it is important to release this register to show once again that the Government is clearly committed to ongoing consultation with Canberrans and to demonstrably refute claims by some that they do not feel that they have been consulted enough. As you can see, Mr Speaker, with these documents, the Government has produced tangible proof of its commitment to community consultation.

Mr Speaker, I would like to use this opportunity to thank Tina van Raay and her team - Tina is here - for the enormous amount of work that they have done in the Customer Involvement Unit in the Chief Minister's Department. It is a tough job, and one that they have done very well.

I reaffirm to the Assembly that the Government considers consultation to be an integral part of its approach to policy development and to decision-making. I am also very pleased that this approach has been put together in consultation with the community and with the support of such organisations as ACTCOSS.

I present the following paper:

Community Consultation - ministerial statement, 3 September 1998.

I move:

That the Assembly takes note of the paper.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

APPROPRIATION BILL 1998-99

[COGNATE PAPER:

ESTIMATES 1998-99 - SELECT COMMITTEE - REPORT ON THE APPROPRIATION BILL 1998-99 - GOVERNMENT RESPONSE]


Detail Stage

Schedule 1 - Appropriations

Debate resumed.

MR SPEAKER: I remind members that we have previously resolved to debate this order of the day concurrently with the Government's response to the report of the Select Committee on Estimates 1998-99 on the Appropriation Bill 1998-99. Therefore, in debating order of the day No. 1, Executive business, they may also address their remarks to order of the day No. 1, Assembly business, relating to the Government's response to the report of the Select Committee on Estimates 1998-99 on the Appropriation Bill 1998-99.

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