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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 4 Hansard (22 April) . . Page.. 1282 ..

6) If contestability is introduced, the GSO would continue to provide legal services to Government but in a manner which would be more commercially focussed. The impact of contestability on GSO positions would not be assessable for some time after its introduction and would depend on the volume of work referred to the Office. The Office would have natural advantages in some areas of legal expertise and it should not be assumed its staff numbers would reduce. Of course, as Mr Stanhope knows, the process of the private sector undertaking some legal work for Government agencies has been initiated in other states and at the Commonwealth level.

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