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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 10 Hansard (12 October) . . Page.. 2988 ..
MR OSBORNE: I present Scrutiny Report No. 11 of 1999 of the Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety performing the duties of a scrutiny of Bills and subordinate legislation committee. I ask for leave to make a brief statement on the report.
Leave granted.
MR OSBORNE: Scrutiny Report No. 11 of 1999 was circulated on 21 September 1999 when the Assembly was not sitting, pursuant to the resolution of appointment of 28 April 1998. I commend the report to the Assembly.
MR HIRD (4.07): Mr Speaker, I present Report No. 32 of the Standing Committee on Urban Services, entitled "Report on attendance of the Standing Committee on Urban Services at the National Conference of Parliamentary Public Works and Environment Committees in Hobart on 13-15 September 1999", together with a copy of extracts of the minutes of the proceedings. I move:
That the report be noted.
Mr Speaker, the report is about the committee's attendance at the annual conference of parliamentary public works and environment committees, which was attended by the committees of the Commonwealth and all States except Victoria. The Northern Territory was represented at the conference by its environment committee. The conference was hosted this year by the Tasmanian public works committee and held in Parliament House in Hobart.
The report demonstrates the committee's accountability to this parliament. It enables members to see what we have done and to share our insights. We highlight four specific insights. First, Tasmania has a comprehensive and easily accessible database on all land-holdings in the State, called LIST. It uses the Internet, is controlled by the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industry, Water and Environment, and gives up-to-the-minute information on land titles, valuation details, property sales and the registry of deeds. Contaminated sites are also indicated. The committee recommends that the Government establish a working party to investigate the use of the LIST system in the ACT because it offers great benefits to all those needing accurate and speedy information on land details, including government officials, householders, lawyers, real estate agents and valuers.
Secondly, several of the committees attending the conference are changing the way they report to their parliaments. They are doing so for two reasons. The need to reduce operating costs is one. The second is the need to produce a large number of reports in a short timeframe. The Urban Services Committee fits the latter description perfectly.
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