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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 1 Hansard (16 February) . . Page.. 188 ..

PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT ACT - EXECUTIVE CONTRACTS

Papers and Ministerial Statement

MS CARNELL (Chief Minister): Mr Speaker, I present, for the information of members and pursuant to sections 31A and 79 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994, copies of short-term contracts made with Gordon Lee Koo, Irene McKinnon, Pamela Davoren, Mark Kwiatkowski, Sue Birtles, Gerry Cullen and John Thwaite; and Schedule D variations made with Sandra Lambert, Peter Gordon and Beverley Forner. Mr Speaker, I seek leave to make my usual short statement with regard to the contracts.

Leave granted.

MS CARNELL: Mr Speaker, I ask all members to view the information that is presented confidentially and appropriately. I thank members for treating these contracts as confidential documents in the past.

PRESENTATION OF PAPERS

The following papers were presented by Mr Humphries:

Financial Management Act, pursuant to section 26 - Consolidated Financial Management Reports for the months and financial years to date ending 30 November and 31 December 1999.

Ministerial Travel Report for the period 1 October to 31 December 1999.

National Crime Authority - Report for 1998-99, including financial statements and the report of the Australian National Audit Office, dated 17 September 1999.

REGIONAL FOREST AGREEMENT FOR THE SOUTH COAST

Debate resumed.

MR SMYTH (Minister for Urban Services) (3.36): Much has been said both when we discussed this in December and again today. The points on the day go to Mr Corbell for the St Augustine approach to woodchipping: Lord, let there be less woodchipping, but let it not happen now. If members of the Labor Party are serious about what they are saying, it is curious that they would insert the word "progressively". What we have here is a non-answer from the Labor Party. In the transcript of last year, the first point that Ms Tucker makes is the following:

I realise that I may not see that view supported in this place. I am raising it here because it is of concern to me that we do not in practice see this place acknowledge the fact that we are part of a bio-region.

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