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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 12 Hansard (25 November) . . Page.. 3685 ..


STANDING COMMITTEES

MR QUINLAN (11.21): I move:

That the resolution of the Assembly of 28 April 1998, as amended on 28 May 1998, which appointed the General Purpose Standing Committees for this Assembly, be amended by:

(1) omitting from paragraph (1)(a):

(a) "for the Chief Minister's Portfolio" and substituting "on Finance and Public Administration (incorporating the Public Accounts Committee)";

(b) "the portfolio of the Chief Minister including";

(c) "and any other matter under the responsibility of the portfolio minister" and substituting ", women's affairs, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues, asset management, gaming and racing and any other related matter";

(2) omitting from paragraph (1)(b) "and any other matter under the responsibility of the portfolio minister" and substituting "and any other related matter";

(3) omitting from paragraph (1)(c) "and any other matter under the responsibility of the portfolio minister" and substituting "and any other related matter";

(4) omitting from paragraph (1)(d):

(a) "on Urban Services" and substituting "on Planning and Urban Services";

(b) "and any other matter under the responsibility of the portfolio minister" and substituting "and any other related matter";

(5) omitting from paragraph (1)(e):

(a) "on Education" and substituting "on Education, Community Services and Recreation";

(b) "and any other matter under the responsibility of the portfolio minister" and substituting "and any other related matter";

(6) omitting from paragraph (2) "for the Chief Minister's Portfolio" and substituting "on Finance and Public Administration (incorporating the Public Accounts Committee)"; and

(7) omitting from paragraph (5) "on Urban Services" and substituting "on Planning and Urban Services".

This is, as far as I can see, the most minimal alteration to the original resolution passed by this place. It changes the nomenclature of a couple of committees and broadens the terms of reference to embrace related matters rather than those matters confined to a single portfolio.

I have moved this motion strictly to accommodate the changes to administrative orders that occurred recently when the Chief Minister divested the Treasury portfolio to Mr Humphries and has assumed, within administration, an overarching policy role. It means that we have, in many cases, two Ministers who could possibly be involved in


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