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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2001 Week 7 Hansard (21 June) . . Page.. 2348 ..
The Assembly voted-
Ayes 12 Noes 5 Mr Berry Mr Humphries Mr Kaine Mrs Burke Mr Quinlan Mr Moore Mr Corbell Mr Smyth Mr Osborne Mr Cornwell Mr Stanhope Mr Rugendyke Mr Hargreaves Mr Stefaniak Ms Tucker Mr Hird Mr WoodQuestion so resolved in the affirmative.
Mr Humphries' amendments agreed to.
Mr Moore's amendments, as amended, agreed to.
Bill, as a whole, as amended, agreed to.
Bill, as amended, agreed to.
Appropriation Bill 2001-2002
Detail stage
Schedule 1-part 9.Debate resumed from 19 June 2001.
Proposed expenditure agreed to.
Proposed expenditure-part 10-ACT Housing, nil expenditure-agreed to.
Proposed expenditure-part 11-Urban Services, $207,196,000 (net costs of outputs), $89,603,000 (capital injection) and $1,042,000 (payments on behalf of the territory), totalling $297,841,000.
MR HARGREAVES (4.09): Mr Speaker, the report of the Estimates Committee, amongst many things, pointed to a lack of regard for due process. The one that popped up as the most obvious to me was in regard to the government's handling of the second taxi network. It is true that the government is not paying money to the second taxi network, in the same way as the government is not paying money to the Lyneham tennis centre, but it has a responsibility to ensure, as guardian of the community, that the processes are above board.
At the Estimates Committee meetings, I asked the government whether it had done a probity check of the network and the government said that it had and gave me a copy of a letter from an accountant regarding one of the so-called principals. In fact, that person is only going to be an employee, not one of the principals. The principals are resident in Brisbane and Adelaide and had absolutely nothing to do with it. That told me that there had been a total disregard for due process. On looking at the Auditor-General's
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