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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 12 Hansard (25 November) . . Page.. 3774 ..


Leave granted.

MR HIRD: I move:

That the resolution of the Assembly of 1 July 1999, as amended on 26 August 1999, referring the level and charging of betterment and change of use charge to the Standing Committee on Urban Services, be amended by omitting "by the last sitting day in 1999" and substituting "by the first sitting day of March 2000".

Question resolved in the affirmative.

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT PROCESSES - SELECT COMMITTEE

Commercial-In-Confidence Documents - Publication

MR OSBORNE (5.52): Mr Speaker, I seek leave to move the motion being circulated in my name.

Leave granted.

MR OSBORNE: I move:

That this Assembly requires the Government to submit the following agreements to the Select Committee on Government Contracting and Procurement Processes:

(a) hirer's agreement between Bruce Operations Pty Ltd and the Canberra Raiders;

(b) hirer's agreement between Bruce Operations Pty Ltd and the ACT Brumbies;

(c) hirer's agreement between Bruce Operations Pty Ltd and the Canberra Cosmos; and

(d) Agreement between the ACT Government and the Sydney Olympic Organising Committee (SOCOG) for the staging of Olympic football in Canberra.

And directs that the Select Committee, and its members, regard these documents as being commercial-in-confidence and not publish them, or extracts from them, without the express permission of a majority of members of the Assembly.

The foregoing provisions of this resolution have effect notwithstanding anything contained in the standing orders.

This motion relates to the contracts for the hirers of Bruce Stadium. I have had discussions with Mr Stanhope and Mr Humphries in relation to this motion and I think we have agreement that there needs to be some clarification of the Government's


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