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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 11 Hansard (21 October) . . Page.. 3509 ..

MR WOOD (continuing):

If I have not been able to find where the report on the Belconnen Remand Centre is, maybe I should look a little more diligently. I have to say I have not seen it in the Justice Minister's annual reports. We will be more alert to that now and see that it does turn up. So I want them there, but I will not support this process.

MS TUCKER (5.54): May I just clarify something? I was confused by something the Minister said. I think he might have been actually looking at the original amendment. This is a different amendment, on the buff coloured sheet. If you look at section 8, we have subsection (5A) which states:

We did not have that before. So that might clarify it for you. It is a fairly significant change. It is what is in the schedule, which is just this particular Official Visitor's report. The Minister was saying it is going to change it for everyone, but this is just the Official Visitor. That is the only one in the schedule.

MR STEFANIAK (Minister for Education) (5.55): It does assist to an extent, Mr Speaker, but I understand there is still a duplication there in relation to the Official Visitor, so I make that point.

MR STEFANIAK (Minister for Education) (5.56): I seek leave to move government amendments 1 to 4 together circulated in my name. I have already mentioned them briefly in the in-principle stage.