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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 5 Hansard (11 May) . . Page.. 1438 ..
MR WOOD (continuing):
Perhaps the most significant aspect is security of tenure. Now, I understand the logic of people moving from public housing to private housing when their circumstances change. There is a logic to it. I understand that. But it is no easy task to see how that might occur. I thought I heard that we were perhaps one of the few regimes where that did not happen, but when I went to a conference on housing in Adelaide I heard some of the concern expressed there and the difficulties that have to be surmounted before people can be told, "Well, sorry, you need to move on; your circumstances have changed and you must go from public to private housing." It is no easy question. The committee has asked the minister to look at how best this might be done and to come back to the Assembly and justify that determination and show how things may be worked through if it is to proceed.
There is very considerable interest in the community about housing. I have said before that the number of submissions and the range of submissions is a clear indication of that. All over Australia, all over the world, the right of people to affordable, decent housing is unquestioned. We need to see that that right is not diminished in any way in the ACT, again acknowledging the difficulty of finding a place for all people. I commend the report to the Assembly, and especially to the minister.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
MR HUMPHRIES (Treasurer, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Community Safety) (11.39): Mr Speaker, I move:
That:
(1) a Select Committee on Estimates 2000/01 be appointed to examine the expenditure proposals contained in the Appropriation Bill 2000/01 and any revenue estimates proposed by the Government in the 2000/01 Budget.
(2) the committee be composed of:
(a) one Member to be nominated by the Government;
(b) two Members to be nominated by the Opposition; and
(c) two Members to be nominated by either the Independent Members or the ACT Greens;
to be notified in writing to the Speaker by 5.00 p.m., Thursday, 11 May 2000;
(3) the committee report by Friday 23 June 2000 in respect of the Appropriation Bill 2000/01;
(4) if the Assembly is not sitting when the Committee has completed its inquiry, the Committee may send its report to the Speaker or, in the absence of the Speaker to the Deputy Speaker who is authorised to give directions for its printing, circulation and publication;
(5) the Committee is authorised to release copies of its report pursuant to embargo conditions and to persons to be determined by the Committee, prior to the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker authorising its printing, circulation and publication; and
(6) the foregoing provisions of this resolution have effect notwithstanding anything contained in the standing orders.
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