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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 12 Hansard (5 December) . . Page.. 3688 ..

Question put:

The Assembly voted -

Ayes, 6  		Noes, 10

Mr Berry  		Ms Carnell
Mr Corbell  		Mr Cornwell
Mr Hargreaves  		Mr Hird
Mr Quinlan  		Mr Humphries
Mr Stanhope  		Mr Moore
Mr Wood  		Mr Osborne
 			Mr Rugendyke
 			Mr Smyth
 			Mr Stefaniak
 			Ms Tucker

Question so resolved in the negative.

Amendment negatived.

MR QUINLAN: Mr Speaker, I seek leave to move amendment No 9 circulated in my name.

Leave granted.

MR QUINLAN (8.14): I move amendment No 9 circulated in my name:

Mr Speaker, the amendment that I now move is about ensuring that political decision - making effectively remains with the executive and remains with the responsible minister, and that we do not overly delegate that responsibility to a commission.

This has the double effect of ensuring that the executive takes responsibility for the decisions that it makes, and also of relieving the commission from a schizophrenic situation, in which it would be possibly both making policy and qualitative judgments, and then regulating and enforcing them. I do understand that the Chief Minister is prepared to accept this particular amendment and, that being the case, I will not labour the point any further.

MR SPEAKER: No pun intended presumably.

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