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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 8 Hansard (30 August) . . Page.. 2659 ..
MR SMYTH (continuing):
and released the final price direction in June of this year. The new taxi fare structure commenced on 1 July 2000.
I am also pleased to advise that a further survey will be undertaken later this year to assess community satisfaction with taxi services in the ACT. This will build on the base data provided in the initial 1999 survey. These surveys, and analysis of the outcome, will assist the commission in its future determinations.
The government welcomes the commissioner's price direction and looks forward to future determinations and associated recommendations concerning the methodology for setting of taxi fares. I commend the commission's 2000-2001 price direction for taxi fares to the Assembly.
MR QUINLAN (3.44): I present the following reports:
Finance and Public Administration-Standing Committee (incorporating the Public Accounts Committee)-Finance Committee Report No 8-
Final Report on proposed ACTEW/AGL partnership agreement, dated 29 august 2000, together with a copy of the extracts of the minutes of proceedings.
Report on proposed ACTEW/AGL partnership-Report by ACTEW/AGL to the Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration (incorporating the Public Accounts Committee)-August 2000.
I move:
That the committee's report be noted.
We had some debate regarding the merger yesterday, so I will not take up too much of the Assembly's time today. I would like to repeat yesterday's expression of gratitude to the various officers who attended committee meetings and provided briefings and information, particularly those from ACTEW, but also the officers of departments and the probity auditor who was appointed. The committee had nothing but cooperation, except for a couple of hiccups when we thought that officers found themselves constrained for a little while. Generally, the information flow was good.
The committee set out to provide a reporting process and to dovetail with the reporting process that was the responsibility of government. Unfortunately, we were gazumped a bit there yesterday, as it is the government's wont to make everything a media event, and damn the parliamentary procedure.
The report and the reports that were tabled by government yesterday are recommended reading to all members of the Assembly. This is, in terms of finance and economics at least, the biggest decision that I think has been taken since local government by local government. It is no doubt, therefore, a candidate to be revisited and dissected at a later date. I do think that members who participated in the decision ought to avail themselves
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