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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 8 Hansard (26 August) . . Page.. 2559 ..

MS TUCKER: Mr Quinlan is putting the argument that the reference to "an animal used for racing" is not fair to someone who has 2 per cent ownership of a horse that is worth $10; but, if we take it out, someone who owns five or 10 racehorses will be fine. I just think that is a real worry. But I have another amendment which - - -

Mr Humphries: You would not appoint someone in those circumstances, Kerrie.

MS TUCKER: You would not appoint someone like that - - -

Mr Humphries: Nobody would. No Minister would.

MS TUCKER: So that it is about ministerial discretion, and Mr Humphries is reassuring us that a Minister would not do that. I do not think that is right.

Amendment agreed to.

MS TUCKER (5.42): I seek leave to move amendment No. 7 circulated in my name.

Leave granted.

MS TUCKER: I move:

Mr Quinlan keeps talking about how he wants expertise on this commission. I just want to say again that, of course, this commission will consult with people with expertise within the industry. I believe that the advantage of having expertise on that commission, which means having someone from the gambling industry, will be negated by the disadvantage in terms of community confidence in how this commission is operating. This amendment does makes quite clear what I think the select committee was saying and what I know the Productivity Commission was saying, that is, that these commissions should not have people from within the industry. This amendment makes quite clear that a person would not be eligible if the person or person's spouse has within the previous five years held or been a member of the governing body of a corporation that held a licence under a gaming law or been employed by a licensee under a gaming law to work on activities governed by the licence. In fact, it is strengthening what we are left with now that we have lost the reference to an interest in an animal used for racing. The amendment strengthens the first clause that we have been left with.

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