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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1998 Week 10 Hansard (26 November) . . Page.. 3064 ..

DAYS OF MEETING

MR HUMPHRIES (Attorney-General, Minister for Justice and Community Safety and Minister Assisting the Treasurer) (12.18): Mr Speaker, I move:

That, unless the Speaker fixes an alternate day or hour of meeting on receipt of a request in writing from an absolute majority of Members, or the Assembly otherwise orders, the Assembly shall meet as follows for 1999:

February 16 17 18

March 9 10 11
23 24 25

April 20 21 22

May 4 5 6

June 22 23 24
29 30 1 Jul

August 24 25 26
31 1 Sep 2

October 12 13 14
19 20 21

November 16 17 18
23 24 25

December 7 8 9

Members will see that a 14-week sitting pattern is proposed, a couple of weeks more than for this year. We have endeavoured to avoid school holidays, public holidays and major conferences that will call members of various committees away from the Assembly. The result is a reasonably workable pattern of meetings. I commend the motion to the house.

MR CORBELL (12.18): Mr Speaker, the Labor Party has been consulted on the sitting pattern and we have no difficulty with it.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

Sitting suspended from 12.19 to 2.30 pm

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